Half of Montholon is over 51.9, older than 88% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, the share of second homes is 2.1%; Montholon has 7.9%. 4.7% of households rent social housing (HLM), or about one in 21. Compared with other places, households headed by a retired person are common here: 44%, more than in 92% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 2,709 residents in 1,330 households.
Throughout this page, the Yonne 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 Montholon
An older town
Half of Montholon’s residents are under 51.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 31% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 10% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Montholon had 2,887 residents at the 2012 census and 2,709 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 91% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A change of −6% since 2012 leaves Montholon behind 91% 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 median Yonne town changed −4% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −1% and the next six −5%.
Below 92% of compared French towns: 8% of residents are 15 to 24
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Montholon 51.9. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 31% in Montholon and 22% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Yonne 52.2%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Only 21% of households are couples with children in Montholon
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 Yonne median and the France median
Living alone · share
In the typical compared French town, just over a third of households are one person living alone; in Montholon, 40%. On average, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households make up about one in eight here (12%).
13% of homes are flats, fewer than in 82% 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
Nearly a quarter of households have been in place 30 years or more; 7.6% moved in within the last two years. Higher than in nearly four fifths of compared French towns: 9.9% of homes stand empty. Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, 10% of households have no car here.
€25,490 a year: the median standard of living
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 €25,490 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 55% of compared French towns. Living below the poverty line: 12.0% of residents.
6% of households are headed by a manager or professional, below 77% 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
For Montholon, the census puts households headed by a manual worker at 13%. As a yardstick, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
3.7% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 76% 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.
The median compared commune in Yonne has 9.2%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 76% of compared French towns. Typically, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Foreign nationals make up about one in 48 here (2.1%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents make up 22% in Montholon, less than in 81% 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
By its share of married residents (41%), Montholon is below 64% of compared French towns. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 68% of compared French towns: 25%
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
Adults with no qualification: 22%, above 64% of compared French towns. For comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 6th oldest of 41 French towns of 2,678 to 2,743 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.
The youngest is Étrembières (36.2), the oldest Piriac-sur-Mer (63.6).
Median age: 3 of the 6 towns around Montholon are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montholon | 51.9 | 31% | 7.9% | 3.7% |
| Joigny 9,016 · 6.8 mi | 43.4 | 25% | 4.8% | 21% |
| Appoigny 3,114 · 8.7 mi | 50.2 | 28% | 2.7% | 6.2% |
| Migennes 6,688 · 9.7 mi | 45.1 | 25% | 1.8% | 17% |
| Charny Orée de Puisaye 4,900 · 10.4 mi | 56 | 35% | 23% | 3.3% |
| Saint-Georges-sur-Baulche 3,151 · 10.8 mi | 56.9 | 38% | 1.5% | 6.3% |
| Toucy 2,571 · 11.1 mi | 52.2 | 32% | 4.2% | 4.3% |
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 Montholon
What is the population of Montholon?
2,709 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (2,887).
How old are Montholon’s residents?
The median age is 51.9, older than 88% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Montholon?
130, with occasional dwellings: 7.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Montholon?
INSEE counts 100 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.7% of residents, and 57 foreign nationals (2.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Montholon?
€25,490 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 12.0% 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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