A median age of 54.2: Vallon-Pont-d'Arc is older than 93% of compared French towns
Where 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, Vallon-Pont-d'Arc has 41%. 18% of households are couples with children, or about one in six. Fewer households in social housing than in 78% of compared French towns: 6.7%. There were 1,150 households in the town at the 2023 Census, home to 2,403 residents.
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 Vallon-Pont-d'Arc
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 850 second homes and occasional dwellings in Vallon-Pont-d'Arc, 38% of its 2,250 homes: higher than in 96% of compared French towns. 90% 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 Vallon-Pont-d'Arc’s residents are under 54.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 34% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
38% of homes in Vallon-Pont-d'Arc are second homes
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
The share of households without a car is 9.2%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Vallon-Pont-d'Arc has fewer flats than 73% of compared French towns, at 17%. By way of comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. In the last two years, 13% of households moved in; at the other end, 15% have stayed 30 years or more.
A +3% change since 2012: slower than 59% 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 +2%; from 2017 to 2023, +1%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Ardèche town +4%.
In Vallon-Pont-d'Arc, 34% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 93% 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
■ Vallon-Pont-d'Arc 54.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, 7.5% of residents are 15 to 24 in Vallon-Pont-d'Arc. Across the comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ardèche 52.7%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
38% of households are one person living alone, a share 62% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
At 9.2%, the share of single-parent households is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Each household has 2 people on average.
€23,270 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 €23,270 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 79% of compared French towns. Below the poverty threshold: 18.0% of the population.
Vallon-Pont-d'Arc sits below 80% of compared French towns for households headed by a manager or professional (5.5%)
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
The share of households headed by a manual worker is 9.6%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 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).
In Vallon-Pont-d'Arc, 6.2% of residents are foreign nationals, more than in 65% 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 Ardèche has 9.3%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 59% of compared French towns. Immigrants: 7.8% of the total. The comparison figure for foreign nationals is 4.3% in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
23% of residents 15 and over are single, below 74% 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
Roughly four in ten: 42% of residents 15 and over are married. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Adults with no qualification make up 24% in Vallon-Pont-d'Arc, more than in 73% 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: 25% here and 30% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 7th oldest of 41 French towns of 2,403 to 2,582 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 Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Vallon-Pont-d'Arc is younger than 2 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vallon-Pont-d'Arc | 54.2 | 34% | 38% | 7.8% |
| Villeneuve-de-Berg 3,031 · 11.7 mi | 50.2 | 30% | 8% | 5.1% |
| Les Vans 2,662 · 12.6 mi | 58.6 | 39% | 25% | 8.7% |
| Bourg-Saint-Andéol 7,661 · 12.7 mi | 44.2 | 25% | 3.9% | 14% |
| Saint-Étienne-de-Fontbellon 2,920 · 12.8 mi | 49.7 | 28% | 5.1% | 5.8% |
| Aubenas 12,416 · 14.2 mi | 47.9 | 29% | 5.3% | 12% |
| Saint-Ambroix 3,445 · 14.3 mi | 56.1 | 37% | 7.8% | 5% |
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 Vallon-Pont-d'Arc
What is the population of Vallon-Pont-d'Arc?
2,403 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (2,343).
How old are Vallon-Pont-d'Arc’s residents?
The median age is 54.2, older than 93% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 34% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vallon-Pont-d'Arc?
850, with occasional dwellings: 38% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vallon-Pont-d'Arc?
INSEE counts 190 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.8% of residents, and 150 foreign nationals (6.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vallon-Pont-d'Arc?
€23,270 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 18.0% 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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