In Pujaut, 0.7% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
The share of households without a car trails 95% of compared French towns: 3.9%. By contrast, with a median age of 49.7, Pujaut is older than just over four fifths of compared French towns. The town’s 1,780 households held 3,982 residents at the 2023 Census. 19% of households are headed by a manager or professional, or about one in five.
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.
Pujaut changed by −2% from 2012 to 2023, behind 78% 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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Gard town +7%.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 83% of compared French towns: 8.9%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Pujaut 49.7. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 25% in Pujaut and 22% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Gard 51.9%, France 51.8%.
30% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 78% 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
Households average 2.2 people. Set beside that, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, single-parent households are scarce here: 7.4%, fewer than in 87% of compared French towns. By its share of couples with children (27%), Pujaut is above 60% of compared French towns.
A lower share of flats than 87% of compared French towns, at 10%
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
3.6% of homes are second homes (Gard median 2.6%, France median 2.1%) and 7.1% are empty (6.7%). Elsewhere, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. Empty homes are more common here than in 54% of compared French towns.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €30,590 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.
Living standards centre on €30,590 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 87% of compared French towns. 8.0% of residents live below the poverty line INSEE uses.
Only 7.9% of households are headed by a manual worker in Pujaut
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
Against a figure of 32% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person in Pujaut comes in at 35%. As a reference point, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer foreign nationals than 82% of compared French towns: 1.8%
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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in just over two thirds of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Gard has 6.6%. As a yardstick, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. 4.5% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Pujaut, 21% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 86% 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
Married residents: 48%, above 85% of compared French towns. For comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
In Pujaut, 11% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 91% 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
Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, 45% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Pujaut. By way of comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (3,956 to 4,009 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.
The youngest is Plouvien (39.7), the oldest Erquy (64.9).
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 2 are older than Pujaut
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pujaut | 49.7 | 25% | 3.6% | 4.5% |
| Villeneuve-lès-Avignon 13,148 · 2.6 mi | 51.9 | 31% | 5.3% | 6% |
| Roquemaure 5,529 · 2.9 mi | 44 | 22% | 2.7% | 9.2% |
| Les Angles 8,908 · 3.4 mi | 52.4 | 33% | 2.7% | 6.7% |
| Rochefort-du-Gard 8,117 · 4.7 mi | 45.3 | 20% | 2.3% | 5.1% |
| Sorgues 19,006 · 4.8 mi | 41.1 | 19% | 0.8% | 13% |
| Saint-Laurent-des-Arbres 2,996 · 4.9 mi | 41 | 18% | 2% | 5.3% |
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 Pujaut
What is the population of Pujaut?
3,982 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (4,068).
How old are Pujaut’s residents?
The median age is 49.7, older than 82% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pujaut?
72, with occasional dwellings: 3.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pujaut?
INSEE counts 180 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.5% of residents, and 73 foreign nationals (1.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Pujaut?
€30,590 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 8.0% 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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