Pontruet sits above 99% of compared French towns for couples with children (40%)
Nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24 (typical compared French town: 11%). At 2.8%, the share of empty homes is lower than in 96% of compared French towns. Pontruet counted 353 residents and 140 households at the 2023 Census. Census figures put households without a car at 2.9% in the town.
Throughout this page, the Aisne 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 Pontruet
A town of families
40% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 18% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Growth of +8% since 2012 puts Pontruet ahead of 62% 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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Aisne town −4%.
Below 60% of compared French towns: 21% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Pontruet 44.4. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 44.4, Pontruet is older than 53% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Aisne 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Pontruet sits below 99% of compared French towns for one-person households (19%)
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 Aisne median and the France median
Living alone · share
The typical household size is 2.5 people. As a reference point, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
100% of homes are houses
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
1.4% of homes are second homes, about the same as in the typical compared French town. Newcomers of less than two years account for 6.5% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 33%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
€30,540 a year is the median standard of living here
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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €30,540 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 87% of compared French towns.
18% of households are headed by a manual worker, a share 77% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Where nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, Pontruet has 11%. Typically, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a retired person: 33% of the total.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
1.1% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 99% 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.
0.6% of residents are foreign nationals; in the typical compared French town the figure is 4.3%. The median compared commune in Aisne has 5.7%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, immigrants come to 6.5%.
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 17% in Pontruet, less than in 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
In the typical compared French town, 43% of residents 15 and over are married; in Pontruet, 55%. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Adults with no qualification: 8.8%, a lower share than 98% 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
Graduates of higher education make up 42%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Adults with no qualification make up 19% in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 16th youngest of 41 French towns this size
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 Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Pontruet sits below 3 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pontruet | 44.4 | 21% | 1.4% | 1.1% |
| Saint-Quentin 52,813 · 4.9 mi | 41.3 | 23% | 1.6% | 9% |
| Gauchy 5,183 · 6.2 mi | 47.7 | 24% | 0.4% | 4% |
| Fresnoy-le-Grand 2,890 · 8.8 mi | 44.1 | 23% | 1.2% | 2.7% |
| Bohain-en-Vermandois 5,605 · 11.3 mi | 41.1 | 21% | 0.8% | 4.9% |
| Ham 4,378 · 13 mi | 45.8 | 25% | 1% | 2.8% |
| Péronne 7,090 · 13.3 mi | 48.6 | 28% | 1.4% | 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 Pontruet
What is the population of Pontruet?
353 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (328).
How old are Pontruet’s residents?
The median age is 44.4, older than 53% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pontruet?
2, with occasional dwellings: 1.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pontruet?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.1% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Pontruet?
€30,540 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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