A lower share of households in social housing than 97% of compared French towns, at 1.7%
With a median age of 47.9, Pont-de-Salars is older than nearly three quarters of compared French towns. The town is home to 1,623 residents in 650 households, by the 2023 Census. For Pont-de-Salars, the census puts households without a car at 6.4%. Against a figure of 14% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker in Pont-de-Salars comes in at 17%.
Throughout this page, the Aveyron 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-Salars
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 130 second homes and occasional dwellings in Pont-de-Salars, 15% of its 870 homes: higher than in 91% of compared French towns. 84% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Pont-de-Salars ranks above 91% of compared French towns on second homes: 15%
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
30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town, against 18% in Pont-de-Salars. To put it in context, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Empty homes account for 11%.
−1% since 2012, a pace below 75% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +1% in Aveyron.
Above 72% of compared French towns: 26% 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
■ Pont-de-Salars 47.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Pont-de-Salars comes in at 9.1%. The wider picture: 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: Aveyron 52.1%, France 51.8%.
33% of households are one person living alone, below 64% of compared French towns
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 Aveyron median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households here average 2.2 people each. Just over one in ten households are single parents, a higher share than in 70% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Couples with children make up 26%, against 25% in the typical compared French town.
A typical living standard of €25,410 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.
Half of Pont-de-Salars’ residents live in households with a standard of living below €25,410 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 55% of compared French towns.
Below 75% of compared French towns: 6.1% of households are headed by a manager or professional
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
About one in three: that is how common households headed by a retired person are in Pont-de-Salars (32%). The wider picture: 9.4% of 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).
Only 3.2% of residents are immigrants in Pont-de-Salars
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.
With foreign nationals at 2.2%, Pont-de-Salars is behind just over three quarters of compared French towns on that count. Elsewhere, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
Pont-de-Salars ranks above 60% of compared French towns on single residents: 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
Census figures put married residents at 43% in Pont-de-Salars. Against that, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification make up 27% in Pont-de-Salars, more than in 83% 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: 22% here and 30% in the typical compared French town. Typically, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 15th oldest of 41 French towns of 1,623 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).
Around Pont-de-Salars, 2 of 6 towns have a higher 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pont-de-Salars | 47.9 | 26% | 15% | 3.2% |
| Luc-la-Primaube 6,046 · 8.5 mi | 49.5 | 28% | 2.8% | 3.5% |
| Rodez 23,981 · 8.9 mi | 41.7 | 24% | 4.3% | 11% |
| Olemps 3,559 · 9 mi | 51.6 | 30% | 2% | 3.6% |
| Onet-le-Château 12,080 · 9.3 mi | 42.6 | 23% | 2.9% | 14% |
| Sébazac-Concourès 3,234 · 10.5 mi | 47.4 | 25% | 3.4% | 3.6% |
| Druelle Balsac 3,187 · 12.7 mi | 43.4 | 18% | 4% | 3.5% |
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 Pont-de-Salars
What is the population of Pont-de-Salars?
1,623 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% fewer than in 2012 (1,642).
How old are Pont-de-Salars’ residents?
The median age is 47.9, older than 74% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pont-de-Salars?
130, with occasional dwellings: 15% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pont-de-Salars?
INSEE counts 51 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.2% of residents, and 35 foreign nationals (2.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Pont-de-Salars?
€25,410 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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