Photo: Armand27340 · CC BY-SA 3.0Below 78% of compared French towns: 18% of residents are 65 or over
Households in social housing are more common here than in 72% of compared French towns. Here, 29% of households are couples with children. Pont-de-l'Arche counted 4,133 residents and 1,810 households at the 2023 Census. 22% of homes are flats; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%.
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.
A change of −1% since 2012 leaves Pont-de-l'Arche behind 73% 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 ±0%, then ±0% to 2023.
Half of Pont-de-l'Arche is under 41, younger than 73% 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-de-l'Arche 41. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 12%, against 11% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Eure 52.5%, France 51.8%.
In Pont-de-l'Arche, 11% of households are single parents, more than in 71% 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 Eure median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households here average 2.2 people each. The comparison figure for single-parent households is 10% in the typical compared French town. Just over a third of households are one person living alone (typical compared French town: 35%).
77% of homes are houses
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
1.3% of homes are second homes, about the same as in the typical compared French town. For Pont-de-l'Arche, the census puts empty homes at 7.1%.
Half above, half below €26,480 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.
Half of Pont-de-l'Arche’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €26,480 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 56% of compared French towns. The share living below the poverty line is 11.0%.
A higher share of households headed by a manager or professional than 66% of compared French towns, at 12%
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 tops 61% of compared French towns: 16%. On average, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town. 30% of households are headed by a retired person, or about one in three.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 3.6%, a lower share than 76% 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.
In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Pont-de-l'Arche, 2.1%. Against that, 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 40% in Pont-de-l'Arche, less than in 69% 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
Single residents: just over a quarter of the total. For comparison, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
22% of adults out of school have no qualification, a share 63% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Across Pont-de-l'Arche, 31% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%.
Of 41 French towns its size (4,102 to 4,166 people), the 8th youngest
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 Chanteloup-en-Brie (36.5), the oldest Fouras (62.9).
2 of 6 neighbors are older than Pont-de-l'Arche
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-l'Arche | 41 | 18% | 1.3% | 3.6% |
| Tourville-la-Rivière 2,596 · 2.7 mi | 40.5 | 20% | 0.5% | 3.8% |
| Pîtres 2,589 · 3.6 mi | 39.5 | 18% | 0.8% | 4.6% |
| Val-de-Reuil 13,245 · 3.6 mi | 32.3 | 9.8% | 0.5% | 17% |
| Le Vaudreuil 3,624 · 4 mi | 46.3 | 24% | 2.5% | 4.4% |
| Oissel-sur-Seine 12,317 · 4.1 mi | 38.3 | 18% | 0.8% | 9.5% |
| Saint-Pierre-lès-Elbeuf 8,306 · 5 mi | 44.3 | 23% | 0.7% | 4.9% |
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-l'Arche
What is the population of Pont-de-l'Arche?
4,133 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (4,163).
How old are Pont-de-l'Arche’s residents?
The median age is 41, younger than 73% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pont-de-l'Arche?
26, with occasional dwellings: 1.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pont-de-l'Arche?
INSEE counts 150 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.6% of residents, and 86 foreign nationals (2.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Pont-de-l'Arche?
€26,480 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 11.0% 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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