Fewer couples with children than 83% of compared French towns: 18%
The share of empty homes tops 80% of compared French towns: 10%. About one in four: that is how common residents aged 65 and over are in Gond-Pontouvre (25%). Fewer flats than in 64% of compared French towns: 22%. The town had 5,862 residents in 2,940 households at the 2023 census.
Throughout this page, the Charente 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.
Slower growth than 72% of compared French towns: Gond-Pontouvre changed by −1% since 2012
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, −2%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Charente town +1%.
Gond-Pontouvre is older than 66% of compared French towns: a median age of 46.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Gond-Pontouvre 46.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 11%.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 86 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 44%, a higher share than 82% 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 Charente median and the France median
Living alone · share
With single-parent households at 11%, Gond-Pontouvre is ahead of 60% of compared French towns on that count. By way of comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. The average household has 1.9 people.
Households in social housing make up 11% in Gond-Pontouvre, less than in 54% 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
Newcomers of less than two years account for 15% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 19%. In the typical compared French town, households in social housing come to 12%. Compared with other places, second homes are scarce here: 1.7%, fewer than in 58% of compared French towns. Households without a car: 10%, below 53% of compared French towns.
Half above, half below €24,360 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €24,360 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 67% of compared French towns. The poverty rate is 13.0%.
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 7.3% in Gond-Pontouvre, less than in 65% 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
The share of households headed by a manual worker stands at 15%. Compared with other places, households headed by a retired person are common here: 33%, more than in 56% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 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).
Immigrants: 5.5%, a lower share than 59% 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.
Foreign nationals make up about one in 26 here (3.8%). Typically, 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.
Married residents make up 35% in Gond-Pontouvre, less than in 91% 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
Where a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, Gond-Pontouvre has 28%. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
Only 27% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Gond-Pontouvre
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%; Gond-Pontouvre has 21%. The benchmark for graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town: 30%.
The 20th oldest of 41 French towns of 5,816 to 5,906 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.
Ages run from 36.9 in Villabé to 57.4 in Montmorillon.
Around Gond-Pontouvre, 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gond-Pontouvre | 46.5 | 25% | 1.7% | 5.5% |
| L'Isle-d'Espagnac 5,682 · 1.6 mi | 49.7 | 30% | 0.9% | 6.3% |
| Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente 7,539 · 1.8 mi | 47.5 | 28% | 1.5% | 5.6% |
| Angoulême 41,908 · 1.9 mi | 39.9 | 21% | 3.1% | 11% |
| Soyaux 10,087 · 2.4 mi | 42 | 23% | 1.5% | 16% |
| Ruelle-sur-Touvre 7,408 · 2.7 mi | 48.7 | 27% | 1.1% | 4.2% |
| Champniers 5,281 · 3.1 mi | 48.7 | 26% | 1.7% | 2.4% |
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 Gond-Pontouvre
What is the population of Gond-Pontouvre?
5,862 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (5,892).
How old are Gond-Pontouvre’s residents?
The median age is 46.5, older than 66% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Gond-Pontouvre?
57, with occasional dwellings: 1.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Gond-Pontouvre?
INSEE counts 320 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.5% of residents, and 220 foreign nationals (3.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Gond-Pontouvre?
€24,360 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 13.0% 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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