Saint-Pont: 37% of households are couples with children, above 96% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The share of flats stands at 0.6%. The 2023 Census counted 689 residents in 290 households. With residents aged 65 and over at 16%, Saint-Pont is behind 89% of compared French towns on that count.
Throughout this page, the Allier 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 Saint-Pont
A town of families
37% of households are couples with children and 7% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Saint-Pont grew +14% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 80% 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 Allier town changed −1% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +9% and the next six +5%.
Only 8.7% of residents are 15 to 24 in Saint-Pont
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-Pont 41.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Saint-Pont’s residents are under 41.1, younger than in 72% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Allier 52.6%, France 51.8%.
Saint-Pont ranks below 95% of compared French towns on one-person households: 25%
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 Allier median and the France median
Living alone · share
Each household has 2.4 people on average. The wider picture: 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Fewer single-parent households than in 90% of compared French towns: 7%.
A lower share of households without a car than 99% of compared French towns, at 2.4%
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
Turnover: 9.4% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 22% have lived in their home 30 years or more. 6.4% of homes are second homes, a higher share than in 81% of compared French towns. The usual figure: just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. The share of empty homes is 5.2%, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town.
Median living standard: €26,580 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €26,580 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 56% of compared French towns.
Only 25% of households are headed by a retired person in Saint-Pont
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
Nearly a fifth of households are headed by a manual worker; in the typical compared French town the figure is 14%. Typically, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manager or professional account for 8.8%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 2%, a lower share than 91% 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.
By its share of foreign nationals (1.5%), Saint-Pont is below 87% 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: 18%, a lower share than 97% 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: 44%, above 60% of compared French towns. For comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Below 88% of compared French towns: 12% of adults out of school have no qualification
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
Few places have so few graduates of higher education: 29% here, fewer than in 53% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%.
41 French towns of 689 to 2,582 people: this is the 4th youngest
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).
Every neighbor is older than Saint-Pont
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Pont | 41.1 | 16% | 6.4% | 2% |
| Bellerive-sur-Allier 8,943 · 5.7 mi | 53 | 34% | 4.9% | 7.7% |
| Creuzier-le-Vieux 3,205 · 6.4 mi | 53.3 | 30% | 2.6% | 4.1% |
| Vichy 25,115 · 6.4 mi | 53.1 | 37% | 8.5% | 11% |
| Gannat 5,610 · 6.6 mi | 48.6 | 28% | 2.9% | 3.9% |
| Saint-Germain-des-Fossés 3,579 · 7.1 mi | 45.9 | 25% | 3% | 4.3% |
| Cusset 13,316 · 7.6 mi | 48.2 | 27% | 1.9% | 10% |
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 Saint-Pont
What is the population of Saint-Pont?
689 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% more than in 2012 (603).
How old are Saint-Pont’s residents?
The median age is 41.1, younger than 72% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Pont?
21, with occasional dwellings: 6.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Pont?
INSEE counts 14 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (1.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Pont?
€26,580 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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