Above 86% of compared French towns: 12% of homes stand empty
Households headed by a retired person: 38%, above 77% of compared French towns. 43% of households are one person living alone, more than in 80% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 10,958 residents in Pont-Saint-Esprit, living in 5,260 households. Census figures put households without a car at 15% here.
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 Pont-Saint-Esprit
Empty homes
The census found 710 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A change of +3% since 2012 leaves Pont-Saint-Esprit behind 58% 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
The median Gard town changed +7% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −3% and the next six +6%.
Half of Pont-Saint-Esprit is over 48.4, older than 76% 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-Saint-Esprit 48.4. The median compared French town: 44.
9.5% of residents are 15 to 24; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%. The census found that 28% of residents are 65 or over in Pont-Saint-Esprit.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gard 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Pont-Saint-Esprit sits below 73% of compared French towns for couples with children (20%)
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
Single-parent households are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 9.3%. Couples with children: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Flats: 39%, a higher share than 62% 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
The census found that 2.6% of homes are second homes in Pont-Saint-Esprit. In the typical compared French town, the share of flats is 30%. Car-free households: one in seven, where the median compared French town has 11%.
€22,320 a year is the median standard of living here
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 median standard of living in Pont-Saint-Esprit is €22,320 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 87% of compared French towns. Under the poverty line sit 24.0% of residents.
Fewer households headed by a manager or professional than 75% of compared French towns: 6.2%
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
Census figures put households headed by a manual worker at 15% in Pont-Saint-Esprit. The comparison figure for households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A higher share of immigrants than 73% of compared French towns, at 11%
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 share of foreign nationals is 7.4%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Set beside 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: 41%, a lower share than 66% 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
The census found that 25% of residents 15 and over are single in Pont-Saint-Esprit. In the median compared French town 43% are married and 6.1% in a PACS; here it is 41% and 4.7%, and 9.9% are widowed.
26% of adults out of school have no qualification, more than in 80% 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
30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, against 23% in Pont-Saint-Esprit. In the typical compared French town, adults with no qualification come to 19%.
Among 41 French towns of 10,767 to 11,159 people, the 9th 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.
Chanteloup-les-Vignes is the youngest (33.7); Arcachon the oldest (67.4).
Pont-Saint-Esprit is older than every town 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pont-Saint-Esprit | 48.4 | 28% | 2.6% | 11% |
| Mondragon 3,833 · 4.1 mi | 45.6 | 22% | 3.8% | 7.2% |
| Lapalud 3,853 · 4.3 mi | 41.5 | 19% | 3.7% | 6.6% |
| Bollène 14,024 · 5.9 mi | 48.3 | 27% | 2.6% | 14% |
| Mornas 2,569 · 6.2 mi | 43.5 | 21% | 4.1% | 5% |
| Bagnols-sur-Cèze 18,112 · 6.8 mi | 45.8 | 26% | 2.5% | 14% |
| Bourg-Saint-Andéol 7,661 · 8.1 mi | 44.2 | 25% | 3.9% | 14% |
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-Saint-Esprit
What is the population of Pont-Saint-Esprit?
10,958 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (10,651).
How old are Pont-Saint-Esprit’s residents?
The median age is 48.4, older than 76% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pont-Saint-Esprit?
160, with occasional dwellings: 2.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pont-Saint-Esprit?
INSEE counts 1,160 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 11% of residents, and 810 foreign nationals (7.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Pont-Saint-Esprit?
€22,320 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 24.0% 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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