Half of Ponteils-et-Brésis is over 61.4, older than 99% of compared French towns
Flats: 1.8% here and 30% in the typical compared French town. Ponteils-et-Brésis is home to 365 residents in 160 households, by the 2023 Census. Here, 53% of households are headed by a retired person. 6.2% of households are single parents, fewer than in 95% 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 Ponteils-et-Brésis
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 170 second homes and occasional dwellings in Ponteils-et-Brésis, 51% of its 330 homes: higher than in 97% 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 ↓
An older town
Half of Ponteils-et-Brésis’ residents are under 61.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 42% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 15% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Above 97% of compared French towns: 51% of homes are second homes
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
One household in 14 has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The benchmark for second homes in the typical compared French town: 2.1%. The census found that 7.4% of households have no car in Ponteils-et-Brésis.
Slower growth than 55% of compared French towns: Ponteils-et-Brésis changed by +4% 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 +3%; from 2017 to 2023, ±0%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Gard town +7%.
Ponteils-et-Brésis ranks above 98% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 42%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Ponteils-et-Brésis 61.4. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (4.4%), Ponteils-et-Brésis is below 99% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
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%.
19% of households are couples with children, below 79% 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
A household here holds 2 people on average. Measured more widely, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Compared with 35% in the typical compared French town, just over a third of households are one person living alone here.
A median of €25,030 a year per consumption unit
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 Ponteils-et-Brésis is €25,030 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 60% of compared French towns.
Only 6.2% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Ponteils-et-Brésis
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: 13% here and 14% in the typical compared French town. For 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).
Below 61% of compared French towns: 3.3% of residents are foreign nationals
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 Ponteils-et-Brésis, 6.3% of residents are immigrants. That is lower than in 52% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Gard has 6.6%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Ponteils-et-Brésis sits above 99% of compared French towns for married residents (55%)
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
In the typical compared French town, 25% of residents 15 and over are single; in Ponteils-et-Brésis, 19%. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
Ponteils-et-Brésis sits above 64% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (22%)
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 graduates of higher education is 32%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Typically, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (365 to 2,582 people), the 2nd 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
No nearby town is as old as Ponteils-et-Brésis
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ponteils-et-Brésis | 61.4 | 42% | 51% | 6.3% |
| Les Vans 2,662 · 8 mi | 58.6 | 39% | 25% | 8.7% |
| Bessèges 2,606 · 9.7 mi | 59.4 | 40% | 9.6% | 4.7% |
| La Grand-Combe 4,783 · 12.8 mi | 46.3 | 27% | 1% | 11% |
| Saint-Ambroix 3,445 · 14.9 mi | 56.1 | 37% | 7.8% | 5% |
| Saint-Julien-les-Rosiers 3,533 · 16.6 mi | 47.4 | 25% | 2.1% | 4.3% |
| Rousson 4,456 · 17.1 mi | 46.3 | 24% | 1.8% | 4.1% |
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 Ponteils-et-Brésis
What is the population of Ponteils-et-Brésis?
365 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (352).
How old are Ponteils-et-Brésis’ residents?
The median age is 61.4, older than 99% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 42% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Ponteils-et-Brésis?
170, with occasional dwellings: 51% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Ponteils-et-Brésis?
INSEE counts 23 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.3% of residents, and 12 foreign nationals (3.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Ponteils-et-Brésis?
€25,030 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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