More second homes than 95% of compared French towns: 30%
With single-parent households at 15%, Pont-de-Labeaume is ahead of 94% of compared French towns on that count. The 2023 Census counted 567 residents in 270 households. 14% of homes are flats. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Ardèche 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 Pont-de-Labeaume
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 140 second homes and occasional dwellings in Pont-de-Labeaume, 30% of its 470 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 86% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Pont-de-Labeaume’s residents are under 50.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 28% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.4% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 57 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
12% of homes stand empty, more than in 89% 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
One in ten households moved in less than two years ago; 25% have been in their home 30 years or more. Empty homes: 6.7% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. At 11%, the share of households without a car is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town.
Slower than most: −2% since 2012, behind 78% 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 −1%; from 2017 to 2023, −1%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Ardèche town +4%.
Half of Pont-de-Labeaume is over 50.8, older than 85% 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
■ Pont-de-Labeaume 50.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 28%, above four fifths of compared French towns. Census figures put residents aged 15 to 24 at 8.3% in Pont-de-Labeaume.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ardèche 52.7%, France 51.8%.
Pont-de-Labeaume ranks below 82% of compared French towns on couples with children: 18%
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 Ardèche median and the France median
Living alone · share
The share of one-person households is 40%, against 35% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 2 people on average.
Half above, half below €21,130 a year in 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 Pont-de-Labeaume’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €21,130 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 93% of compared French towns.
3.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 94% 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
34% of households are headed by a retired person, against 32% in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manual worker: 13% of the total. Measured more widely, 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).
Pont-de-Labeaume ranks below 96% of compared French towns on foreign nationals: 0.9%
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 Ardèche has 9.3%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 87% of compared French towns. On average, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Locally, 2.5% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A higher share of single residents than 64% of compared French towns, at 27%
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
Here, 43% of residents 15 and over are married. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 82% of compared French towns, at 21%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%; Pont-de-Labeaume has 21%. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
Ranked by age, 11th oldest 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).
Pont-de-Labeaume and its 5 nearest towns: 1 of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pont-de-Labeaume | 50.8 | 28% | 30% | 2.5% |
| Vals-les-Bains 3,474 · 3.4 mi | 56.1 | 36% | 24% | 5.2% |
| Aubenas 12,416 · 5.7 mi | 47.9 | 29% | 5.3% | 12% |
| Saint-Étienne-de-Fontbellon 2,920 · 6.3 mi | 49.7 | 28% | 5.1% | 5.8% |
| Villeneuve-de-Berg 3,031 · 12.7 mi | 50.2 | 30% | 8% | 5.1% |
| Privas 8,538 · 15.5 mi | 48.1 | 26% | 2.3% | 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 Pont-de-Labeaume
What is the population of Pont-de-Labeaume?
567 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (578).
How old are Pont-de-Labeaume’s residents?
The median age is 50.8, older than 85% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pont-de-Labeaume?
140, with occasional dwellings: 30% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pont-de-Labeaume?
INSEE counts 14 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.5% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (0.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Pont-de-Labeaume?
€21,130 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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