The town: Mont-de-Marsan
Discover some practical information about the population of Mont-de-Marsan
In 2018, the number of inhabitants of Mont-de-Marsan was estimated at 29,683, and its surface area is 36.67 km². Its population density was then 809.5 inhabitants/square kilometer. This locality therefore had one of the highest population densities in the Landes department.
Discover the key figures of the Mont-de-Marsan real estate portfolio
Mont-de-Marsan has around 16,000 housing units to accommodate all its residents. With 29,683 inhabitants and an area of 36.67 km², the locality has a fairly high population density but a very low residential density (respectively 809.5 inhabitants/km² and 4.5 log/ha). They are both higher than those of the department (0.3 log/ha and 43.9 inhabitants per km²).
Characteristics and practical information on the distribution of housing in the city
There are currently a greater share of tenants than owners in the municipality: 48.5% of main residences are occupied by owners while 51.5% are occupied by tenants (including 3.2% free of charge). Among the homes in Mont-de-Marsan, 2.2% are second homes, 10% are vacant homes and 87.8% are primary residences. As for social housing, it makes up 11.7% of homes. The majority of the 14,474 households settled across the city recently (between 2 and 4 years ago).
Discover some practical information on the distribution of rooms in municipal housing
Within the municipality, housing is mainly houses (57.6%). Family houses (4 rooms) are the most numerous. They represent 31.2% of these and have a surface area mainly between 80 and 100 m². There are also many houses with 5 rooms (29.4%). Most of them date from between 1971 and 1990. The apartments, fewer in number (6,908), are mainly made up of 2 rooms. Most often, their surface area is between 40 and 60 m². The apartments mostly date from between 1991 and 2005.
Discover the key figures of income tax in Mont-de-Marsan
Mont-de-Marsan has a total of 18,810 tax households. Around 51.4% of these are below the tax threshold. This percentage is identical to that of the department. Mons tax households have a median annual income of €21,200, or €730 less than that of France. The inhabitants of Mont-de-Marsan pay on average an income tax of €1,187 per tax household. The latter is therefore lower than that of Landes which amounts to €1,236. On the other hand, 7,103 households reported receiving a pension or retirement.
In the city, the 83.8% of taxable households with a reference tax income below 50,000 euros pay nearly 39.2% of the total amount of income tax. At the department level, there are 82.3% of tax households declaring less than 50,000 euros of income. The share of taxable households in Mont-de-Marsan declaring an annual income greater than 100,000 euros is 2.3%. This tranche contributes €5,968,000 to the municipality's net tax, or approximately 26.7% of the total.
Some figures in detail concerning employment in Mont-de-Marsan
In Mont-de-Marsan, the activity rate was 69.84% as of December 31, 2018: there were 13,339 active people out of 19,100 inhabitants aged over 15. The share of active workers was therefore equivalent to that of France, where the activity rate reached 71.9%.
Among the city's working population, there were 2,048 unemployed, which constitutes an unemployment rate of 15.35%. Proportionally, there were then more unemployed than in the rest of France, where the unemployment rate stood at 9.1%.
Unemployment rate by CSP in Mont-de-Marsan
In 2018, in Mont-de-Marsan, the socio-professional category of workers was the most affected by unemployment, the unemployment rate reached 24.38%. The share of unemployed among the other CSPs was 15.41% for employees, 9.51% for intermediate professions, 9.38% for traders, craftsmen and business leaders and 4.16% for the executives. Of the 18 farmers in the town, all had jobs.
