1.3% of households rent social housing (HLM), below 98% of compared French towns
6.5% of households have no car (typical compared French town: 11%). Pompignan counted 908 residents and 380 households at the 2023 Census. On the census count, nearly one in ten homes are flats. With a median age of 49.8, Pompignan is older than 83% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Gard 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 Pompignan
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 63 second homes and occasional dwellings in Pompignan, 12% of its 510 homes: higher than in 90% 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 ↓
Empty homes
The census found 74 homes empty (14%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
14% of homes stand empty, a share 95% 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
Car-free households: one in 15, where the median compared French town has 11%. Here, just over one in ten homes are second homes. Empty homes: 6.7% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
+5% since 2012, a pace 52% of compared French towns didn’t match
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 +11%; from 2017 to 2023, −5%.
27% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 75% 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
■ Pompignan 49.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 9.1% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gard 51.9%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Single-parent households: 14%, a higher share than 93% 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 Gard median and the France median
Living alone · share
Average household size: 2.1 people. Few places have so few couples with children: 20% here, fewer than in 72% of compared French towns. On average, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Pompignan sits close to the norm on one-person households: 35%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €21,980 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.
At €21,980 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 88% of compared French towns.
Pompignan sits above 69% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (36%)
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
Here 12% of households are headed by a manager or professional, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 9.4%. The share of households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town is 32%. In Pompignan, 13% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Pompignan, 4.7% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 66% 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: 3.2%, below 62% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, immigrants come to 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A smaller share of married residents than 87% of compared French towns: 36%
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: 30%, above 78% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
32% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, more than in 57% 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
19% of adults out of school have no qualification, or about one in five. Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
14th highest median age among 41 French towns of 908 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Pompignan and its 6 nearest towns: 3 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pompignan | 49.8 | 27% | 12% | 4.7% |
| Saint-Hippolyte-du-Fort 3,737 · 4.7 mi | 51.1 | 29% | 6.8% | 8.8% |
| Quissac 3,528 · 7.1 mi | 48.6 | 26% | 5.6% | 7.6% |
| Ganges 3,724 · 8 mi | 52.8 | 35% | 3.5% | 9.8% |
| Saint-Mathieu-de-Tréviers 4,979 · 8.9 mi | 44.2 | 20% | 3.6% | 7% |
| Saint-Martin-de-Londres 2,696 · 9.8 mi | 45 | 21% | 5.4% | 4.2% |
| Anduze 3,391 · 12.4 mi | 56.8 | 37% | 15% | 8.1% |
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 Pompignan
What is the population of Pompignan?
908 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (862).
How old are Pompignan’s residents?
The median age is 49.8, older than 83% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pompignan?
63, with occasional dwellings: 12% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pompignan?
INSEE counts 43 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.7% of residents, and 29 foreign nationals (3.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Pompignan?
€21,980 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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