Mons is older than 93% of compared French towns: a median age of 54.7
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Put another way, about one in 24: 4.1% of households have no car. Mons had 909 residents in 440 households at the 2023 Census. In Mons, 5.7% of households are headed by a manual worker, beside 14% in the typical compared French town.
Throughout this page, the Var 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.
What stands out about the people of Mons
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 390 second homes and occasional dwellings in Mons, 45% of its 880 homes: higher than in 97% of compared French towns. 92% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Mons’ residents are under 54.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 31% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A larger share of second homes than 97% of compared French towns: 45%
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
Type of home
Cars per household · share of households
Where 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town, Mons has 5.8%. The benchmark for second homes in the typical compared French town: 2.1%. Locally, 5.7% of homes stand empty.
Mons grew +5% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 51% 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.
2012 to 2023
2017 to 2023
The first five years brought −6%; the six to 2023, +11%.
Mons ranks below 99% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 5.2%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Mons 54.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 31%, against 22% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Var 51.4%, France 51.8%.
Mons sits below 91% of compared French towns for single-parent households (6.8%)
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.
Against the Var median and the France median
Living alone · share
Against a figure of 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children in Mons comes in at 19%. There are 2.1 people in the average household. This Var town has fewer one-person households than 55% of compared French towns, at 34%. By way of comparison, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
Median living standard: €25,500 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.
Medians of compared communes. Source: INSEE, Filosofi 2023.
Half of residents live in households above €25,500 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 54% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person: 35%, a higher share than 65% of compared French towns
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
Households headed by a manager or professional account for 10%. The comparison figure for households headed by a retired person is 32% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
5.7% of residents in Mons are immigrants
INSEE publishes two measures, which overlap but aren’t the same. Neither is the UK’s “born abroad”.
Share of residents · census 2023
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.
The median compared commune in Var has 6.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 57% of compared French towns. About one in 18: that is how common immigrants are in Mons (5.7%). Foreign nationals are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 4.1%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
16% of residents 15 and over are single, below 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
Married residents: 50%, above 93% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Only 15% of adults out of school have no qualification in Mons
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
About one in three: that is how common graduates of higher education are in Mons (30%). As a yardstick, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
7th highest median age among 41 French towns of 909 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Mons is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mons | 54.7 | 31% | 45% | 5.7% |
| Tourrettes 2,972 · 4.4 mi | 51.3 | 29% | 34% | 8.3% |
| Callian 3,823 · 4.4 mi | 47 | 23% | 21% | 8.9% |
| Saint-Cézaire-sur-Siagne 4,056 · 4.4 mi | 49.9 | 26% | 17% | 6.2% |
| Fayence 6,157 · 4.7 mi | 48.9 | 26% | 23% | 9.4% |
| Seillans 2,941 · 5.1 mi | 50.5 | 29% | 28% | 12% |
| Montauroux 7,183 · 5.8 mi | 44.3 | 20% | 18% | 8.5% |
Health, work, housing and schools
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 Mons
What is the population of Mons?
909 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (866).
How old are Mons’ residents?
The median age is 54.7, older than 93% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Mons?
390, with occasional dwellings: 45% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Mons?
INSEE counts 52 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.7% of residents, and 37 foreign nationals (4.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Mons?
€25,500 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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