A larger share of second homes than 91% of compared French towns: 16%
The share of households headed by a manual worker trails 84% of compared French towns: 8.8%. On households without a car, Vers-Pont-du-Gard sits lower than 89% of compared French towns: 4.9%. The town had 1,786 residents in 820 households at the 2023 census. Flats: 8.2% of the total.
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 Vers-Pont-du-Gard
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 170 second homes and occasional dwellings in Vers-Pont-du-Gard, 16% of its 1,080 homes: higher than in 91% of compared French towns. 88% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Vers-Pont-du-Gard ranks above 64% of compared French towns on empty homes: 8%
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
In the last two years, 9.5% of households moved in; at the other end, 18% have stayed 30 years or more. Empty homes make up 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Vers-Pont-du-Gard’s population moved ±0% on 2012, less than in 70% 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
In two steps, +3% to 2017 and −3% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +7% in Gard.
A median age of 48.9: Vers-Pont-du-Gard is older than 79% 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
■ Vers-Pont-du-Gard 48.9. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (8.7%), Vers-Pont-du-Gard is below 85% of compared French towns. Across Vers-Pont-du-Gard, 25% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gard 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Fewer one-person households than 68% of compared French towns: 32%
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
The typical household size is 2.2 people. Typically, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households account for 8.2%.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €27,010 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 €27,010 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 61% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a retired person than 78% of compared French towns: 38%
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
Just over one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
2.9% of residents are foreign nationals, below 67% 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.
The median compared commune in Gard has 6.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 63% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%. Here, 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.
Vers-Pont-du-Gard sits below 79% of compared French towns for single residents (22%)
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
Compared with 43% in the typical compared French town, 45% of residents 15 and over are married here. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
13% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 83% 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
The figure for graduates of higher education is 40% in Vers-Pont-du-Gard and 30% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
15th highest median age among 41 French towns of 1,786 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).
Of the 6 towns nearest Vers-Pont-du-Gard, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vers-Pont-du-Gard | 48.9 | 25% | 16% | 5% |
| Meynes 2,597 · 6.2 mi | 44.6 | 22% | 4.7% | 6.8% |
| Uzès 8,519 · 6.4 mi | 57.1 | 39% | 23% | 11% |
| Poulx 4,348 · 6.8 mi | 49 | 24% | 2.7% | 4.8% |
| Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie 3,173 · 6.9 mi | 54.1 | 34% | 12% | 6.5% |
| Montfrin 3,122 · 7.1 mi | 48.1 | 26% | 7.3% | 8.1% |
| Marguerittes 8,346 · 8.2 mi | 48.6 | 27% | 1.2% | 6.6% |
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 Vers-Pont-du-Gard
What is the population of Vers-Pont-du-Gard?
1,786 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (1,788).
How old are Vers-Pont-du-Gard’s residents?
The median age is 48.9, older than 79% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vers-Pont-du-Gard?
170, with occasional dwellings: 16% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vers-Pont-du-Gard?
INSEE counts 90 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5% of residents, and 51 foreign nationals (2.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vers-Pont-du-Gard?
€27,010 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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