Older than 93% of compared French towns: half of Pousthomy is over 54.3
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Pousthomy was home to 212 people in 100 households. The share of households without a car stands at 3.9%. Where nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, Pousthomy has 52%.
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 Pousthomy
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 78 second homes and occasional dwellings in Pousthomy, 40% of its 200 homes: higher than in 96% of compared French towns. 98% 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 Pousthomy’s residents are under 54.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 28% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.1% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Pousthomy, 40% of homes are second homes, more than in 96% 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
In the typical compared French town, 30% of homes are flats; in Pousthomy, 5%. Second homes make up 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Census figures put empty homes at 8.3% here.
±0% since 2012: slower than 68% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Aveyron town +1%.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 6.2% in Pousthomy, less than in 99% 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
■ Pousthomy 54.3. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 65 and over at 28%, Pousthomy is ahead of 80% of compared French towns on that count. As a yardstick, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Aveyron 52.1%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of one-person households than 63% of compared French towns: 33%
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 2.1 people each. The share of one-person households in the typical compared French town is 35%. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Little separates the share of couples with children here, 25%, from the figure in the typical compared French town.
A median standard of living of €20,000 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 Pousthomy’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €20,000 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 97% of compared French towns.
Only 4.7% of households are headed by a manual worker in Pousthomy
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
Set against 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 4.9% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Pousthomy. Households headed by a manual worker: 14% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
7.1% of Pousthomy’s residents are immigrants
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.
About one in 19: that is how common foreign nationals are in Pousthomy (5.2%). That is higher than in 54% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Aveyron has 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Pousthomy, 21% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 85% 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
48% of residents 15 and over are married, against 43% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 68% of compared French towns: 25%
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
Set against 19% in the typical compared French town, 16% of adults out of school have no qualification in Pousthomy. In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification.
41 French towns of 212 to 2,582 people: this is the 7th oldest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Pousthomy and the towns around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pousthomy | 54.3 | 28% | 40% | 7.1% |
| Saint-Affrique 7,941 · 15.2 mi | 49.9 | 30% | 8.8% | 5.8% |
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 Pousthomy
What is the population of Pousthomy?
212 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (211).
How old are Pousthomy’s residents?
The median age is 54.3, older than 93% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pousthomy?
78, with occasional dwellings: 40% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pousthomy?
INSEE counts 15 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.1% of residents, and 11 foreign nationals (5.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Pousthomy?
€20,000 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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