Montmorillon is older than 97% of compared French towns: a median age of 57.4
One-person households: 47%, above 88% of compared French towns. Across Montmorillon, half of households are headed by a retired person. Few places have as many households without a car: 15% here, more than in 71% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 5,821 residents and 3,010 households locally.
Throughout this page, the Vienne 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 Montmorillon
An older town
Half of Montmorillon’s residents are under 57.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 38% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 12% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 710 homes empty (18%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Montmorillon had 6,258 residents at the 2012 census and 5,821 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 93% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A change of −7% since 2012 leaves Montmorillon behind 93% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was −5%; from 2017 to 2023, −2%.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 38% in Montmorillon, more than in 97% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Montmorillon 57.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 9.9%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vienne 52.1%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Fewer couples with children than 96% of compared French towns: 13%
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 Vienne median and the France median
Living alone · share
The average household has 1.8 people. Montmorillon has fewer single-parent households than nearly two thirds of compared French towns, at 9.1%. Across the comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
18% of homes stand empty, more than in 99% of compared French towns
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
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of homes are flats here. Elsewhere, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 9.2% of households rent social housing (HLM). Second homes are more common here than in 70% of compared French towns.
Median standard of living: €23,720 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 €23,720 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 75% of compared French towns. Living below the poverty line: 17.0% of residents.
Below 95% of compared French towns: 3.5% of households are headed by a manager or professional
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
Put another way, about one in eight: 13% of households are headed by a manual worker. Households headed by a manager or professional: 9.4% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 5.3%, a lower share than 60% of compared French towns
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.
Across Montmorillon, 4.4% of residents are foreign nationals. The share of immigrants in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A smaller share of married residents than 63% of compared French towns: 41%
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
Put another way, about one in four: 26% of residents 15 and over are single. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
20% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 87% of compared French towns
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
Against a figure of 19% in the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification in Montmorillon comes in at 27%. For graduates of higher education, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%.
The oldest of 41 French towns of 5,780 to 5,862 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.
Viry is the youngest (35.9); Montmorillon the oldest (57.4).
No nearby town is as old as Montmorillon
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montmorillon | 57.4 | 38% | 3.8% | 5.3% |
| Valdivienne 2,715 · 12.4 mi | 44.9 | 22% | 8.1% | 1.8% |
| Chauvigny 7,007 · 14.1 mi | 49.6 | 29% | 5.2% | 2.7% |
| Le Blanc 6,164 · 17.2 mi | 52.8 | 34% | 9.2% | 4.4% |
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 Montmorillon
What is the population of Montmorillon?
5,821 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (6,258).
How old are Montmorillon’s residents?
The median age is 57.4, older than 97% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 38% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Montmorillon?
150, with occasional dwellings: 3.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Montmorillon?
INSEE counts 310 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.3% of residents, and 260 foreign nationals (4.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Montmorillon?
€23,720 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 17.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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