13% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 97% of compared French towns
The share of second homes tops just over four fifths of compared French towns: 6.7%. Pont-Authou counted 584 residents and 270 households at the 2023 Census. Households headed by a retired person come to 42% here, about four in ten. Empty homes are more common here than in 84% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Eure 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-Authou
Fewer residents than in 2012
Pont-Authou had 684 residents at the 2012 census and 584 in 2023, down 15%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Pont-Authou’s residents are under 51 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 28% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower than most: −15% since 2012, behind 99% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −8%, then −8% to 2023. Over those years, the median Eure town changed −1% and the median compared French town +5%.
A median age of 51: Pont-Authou is older than 86% 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-Authou 51. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 65 and over (28%), Pont-Authou is above 79% of compared French towns. Roughly one in ten: 11% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Eure 52.5%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
15% of households are single parents, a share 94% 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 Eure median and the France median
Living alone · share
Where just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, Pont-Authou has 43%. Single-parent households: 10% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. There are 2 people in the average household.
16% of households rent social housing (HLM), a share 64% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 7.6% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 18%. In the typical compared French town, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM). Few places have so few flats: 24% here, fewer than in just over three fifths of compared French towns.
€22,810 a year: the median 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.
Living standards centre on €22,810 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 83% of compared French towns.
5.5% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 80% 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
Households headed by a manual worker: 19%, above 78% of compared French towns. Against that, 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).
A smaller share of immigrants than 99% of compared French towns: 0.7%
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 Eure has 4.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns. Typically, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. In Pont-Authou, 0.3% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
27% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 99% 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
Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, 33% of residents 15 and over are single in Pont-Authou. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 98% of compared French towns: 14%
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
The share of adults with no qualification is 28%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. For graduates of higher education, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%.
The 11th oldest of 41 French towns of 584 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).
No nearby town is as old as Pont-Authou
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pont-Authou | 51 | 28% | 6.7% | 0.7% |
| Brionne 4,185 · 3.6 mi | 45.9 | 27% | 3.9% | 3.1% |
| Grand Bourgtheroulde 3,995 · 8.7 mi | 41.4 | 20% | 1.3% | 1.9% |
| Bourg-Achard 4,026 · 9.2 mi | 41.5 | 23% | 1.8% | 2.3% |
| Bosroumois 3,872 · 10.6 mi | 43.1 | 22% | 1.4% | 1.9% |
| Le Thuit de l'Oison 3,827 · 10.9 mi | 42.2 | 21% | 1% | 2.3% |
| Pont-Audemer 10,023 · 11.2 mi | 48.1 | 27% | 3.1% | 3.3% |
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-Authou
What is the population of Pont-Authou?
584 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 15% fewer than in 2012 (684).
How old are Pont-Authou’s residents?
The median age is 51, older than 86% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pont-Authou?
22, with occasional dwellings: 6.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pont-Authou?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.7% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Pont-Authou?
€22,810 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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