45.8median age

Who lives here · INSEE, census 2023

Montfa ranks below 99% of compared French towns on one-person households: 14%

Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, 2.3% of households have no car in Montfa. At the 2023 Census, 464 people lived in the town, in 190 households. Here, 2.6% of homes are flats. This Tarn town has fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 97% of compared French towns, at 7.1%.

+6%residents since 2012 23%aged 65 or older 5%immigrants 190households

Throughout this page, the Tarn median and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median. Source: INSEE, census 2023.

Population

Montfa grew +6% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 56% of compared French towns

Residents at INSEE’s last three censuses, each recast in the 2026 commune boundaries. France has no yearly estimate by commune between censuses.

Census 2012

437

residents

Census 2017

488

residents

Census 2023

464

residents

in today’s commune boundaries

2012 to 2023

Montfa+6%

Tarn median+7%

France median+5%

2017 to 2023

Montfa−5%

Tarn median+4%

France median+2%

The median Tarn town changed +7% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +12% and the next six −5%.

Ages

Half of Montfa is over 45.8, older than 62% of compared French towns

Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.

Age groups · share of residents

MontfaTarn medianFrance median

Under 1520%

15 to 247.1%

25 to 4422%

45 to 6428%

65 and over23%

of whom 80 and over5.8%

0%20%40%

Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns

2535455565

■ Montfa 45.8. The median compared French town: 44.

On residents aged 65 and over, Montfa sits higher than 57% of compared French towns: 23%.

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

Montfa

Tarn median

France median

WomenMen

About an even split. Median share of women: Tarn 52.2%, France 51.8%.

Households

31% of households are couples with children, a share 80% of compared French towns don’t reach

A household is everyone who shares a main home (résidence principale). Household types come from INSEE’s fuller sample of a quarter of census forms.

One person 14%Couple, no children 44%Couple with children 31%Single parent 8.1%Several people, not a family 2.8%

Against the Tarn median and the France median

Montfa

Tarn median

France median

One personCouple, no childrenCouple with childrenSingle parentSeveral people, not a family

Living alone · share

MontfaTarn medianFrance median

One-person households14%

Residents 65+ living alone15%

0%25%50%

In Montfa, 8.1% of households are single parents, beside 10% in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2.5 people. The wider picture: a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.

Homes & cars

Montfa sits below 95% of compared French towns for empty homes (3.1%)

Every home the census counted: main residences, second homes and occasional dwellings (INSEE counts them together), and empty homes. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.

All homes · share of homes

MontfaTarn medianFrance median

Main residences94%

Second homes3.1%

Empty3.1%

0%50%100%

Type of home

Montfa

Tarn median

France median

HousesFlats

Cars per household · share of households

MontfaTarn medianFrance median

No car2.3%

One car29%

Two or more69%

0%40%80%

Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Of all households, 8.1% moved in during the last two years and 25% have stayed three decades or more. Empty homes: 6.7% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town, against 3.1% in Montfa.

Income

Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €26,060 a year

The standard of living (niveau de vie) is a household’s disposable income after taxes and benefits, divided by its consumption units (UC) to allow for its size and make-up: 1 for the first adult, 0.5 for each other person 14 or older, 0.3 for each child under 14.

Median standard of living

€26,060

a year, per consumption unit (2023)

Medians: Tarn €24,045 · France €25,970

Medians of compared communes. Source: INSEE, Filosofi 2023.

Living standards centre on €26,060 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 51% of compared French towns.

Households by occupation

A lower share of households headed by a manager or professional than 80% of compared French towns, at 5.6%

Households by the socio-professional group (PCS) of their reference person, INSEE’s own categories. Jobs and commuting are on the Work & commute page.

Households by reference person’s group · share of households

MontfaTarn medianFrance median

Retired34%

Managers and professionals5.6%

Intermediate occupations11%

Clerical and service workers23%

Manual workers13%

Craftspeople, shopkeepers, business owners8%

Farmers5.4%

Others not working0%

0%25%50%

Unemployment rate

7.7%

of economically active residents 15 to 64 (census 2023)

Median of compared communes: 10.1%

Working residents

210

aged 15 or older

Work & commute →

In the typical compared French town, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person; in Montfa, 34%. Households headed by a manager or professional: 9.4% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. 13% of households are headed by a manual worker.

Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).

Immigrants and foreign nationals

A lower share of immigrants than 63% of compared French towns, at 5%

INSEE publishes two measures, which overlap but aren’t the same. Neither is the UK’s “born abroad”.

Immigrants

5% of residents

Median of compared communes: 6.5%

Foreign nationals

4.3% of residents

Median of compared communes: 4.3%

Share of residents · census 2023

MontfaTarn medianFrance median

Immigrants5%

Foreign nationals4.3%

0%5%10%

Immigrant (immigré)

Born abroad, not French at birth. Someone stays an immigrant after becoming French. A French citizen born abroad (for example in Algeria before 1962) is not one.

Foreign national (étranger)

Not a French citizen today, wherever born. A child born in France to foreign parents can be a foreign national without being an immigrant.

Put another way, about one in 23: 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals. In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants.

INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.

Couples

Single residents: 14%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns

Residents 15 and over by how they live: the census asks both the legal status and whether people live as a couple.

Residents 15 and over · share

MontfaTarn medianFrance median

Married58%

In a civil partnership (PACS)11%

Living together, unmarried9.9%

Single14%

Divorced2.6%

Widowed4.5%

0%35%70%

43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, against 58% in Montfa. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.

Qualifications

Below 72% of compared French towns: 15% of adults out of school have no qualification

Highest diploma of residents 15 and over who have left education, in French terms: the levels don’t map one-to-one to UK or U.S. ones.

Highest diploma · 15 and over, out of education

MontfaTarn medianFrance median

No diploma (or primary certificate)15%

Brevet4.1%

CAP or BEP (vocational)29%

Baccalauréat20%

Bac+214%

Bac+3 or bac+412%

Bac+5 or more6.1%

0%20%40%

By its share of graduates of higher education (32%), Montfa is above 56% of compared French towns. Against that, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.

Towns its size

The 20th oldest of 41 French towns of 464 to 2,582 people

The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.

Montfa 45.8

VillejustPrayssac

365064

The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).

Neighbors

Of the 6 towns nearest Montfa, 5 are older

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.

RéalmontCastresSaïxLabruguièreSoualGraulhetMontfa

Under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	Median age	65+	Second homes	Immigrants
Montfa	45.8	23%	3.1%	5%
Réalmont 3,561 · 5.7 mi	47.7	29%	3.5%	5.5%
Castres 42,505 · 6.7 mi	46.6	27%	3%	8.9%
Saïx 3,748 · 9.2 mi	48.5	29%	1.2%	4.5%
Labruguière 6,584 · 12 mi	46	25%	1.1%	6.1%
Soual 2,637 · 12 mi	45.3	25%	1.7%	4.2%
Graulhet 13,129 · 13 mi	48.1	26%	1.8%	14%

More about Montfa

Health, work, housing and schools

HealthDeaths, doctors and care nearby Work & commuteJobs, unemployment and how people get to work Cost of livingHome prices, rents, owning and renting SchoolsCollèges and lycées within 5 km

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

Census 2023. INSEE’s census is a rolling survey: a fifth of small communes each year, 8% of homes in large ones each year. “2023” pools the surveys of 2021 to 2025, so the figures describe the town around 2023, not on one day.
Medians of compared communes. The comparisons are the median of the département’s compared communes and of France’s (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median: not the total for the département or for France, which large cities pull towards their own figures.
Immigrants and foreign nationals. INSEE’s two measures: an immigrant was born abroad without French nationality; a foreign national isn’t French today. Neither is a count of people born abroad, which INSEE doesn’t publish by commune.
Second homes. Homes used for holidays or weekends, with occasional dwellings (kept for work, for example), which INSEE counts together. Their owners are counted where they live, not here.
Standard of living. INSEE’s Filosofi: disposable income per consumption unit, from tax and benefit files, 2023. The poverty rate is the share of residents below 60% of France’s median. Not published for the smallest communes.
What France doesn’t ask. The French census asks nothing about ethnicity, religion, language or health, so this page has no such section.

Questions about who lives in Montfa

What is the population of Montfa?

464 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (437).

How old are Montfa’s residents?

The median age is 45.8, older than 62% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.

How many second homes are there in Montfa?

6, with occasional dwellings: 3.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.

How many immigrants live in Montfa?

INSEE counts 23 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5% of residents, and 20 foreign nationals (4.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.

What is the median income in Montfa?

€26,060 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970). Source: INSEE, Filosofi.

Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, ages, households, homes, marital status, diplomas, immigrants, foreign nationals, employment), 2026 geography · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (standard of living, poverty) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · Medians and percentiles: TownRatings, over compared French towns, updated November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).

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