Households in social housing make up 3.2% in Pugnac, less than in 93% of compared French towns
In Pugnac, 8% of residents are 15 to 24, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. The town had 2,453 residents in 1,050 households at the 2023 Census. The census found that 30% of households are couples with children here. Few places have so few flats: 9.3% here, fewer than in 88% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Gironde 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.
Pugnac grew +13% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 77% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +16% in Gironde.
Half of Pugnac is under 42, younger than 66% 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
■ Pugnac 42. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over make up about one in five here (21%).
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Fewer one-person households than 81% of compared French towns: 29%
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 Gironde median and the France median
Living alone · share
With single-parent households at 7.5%, Pugnac is behind 85% of compared French towns on that count. Households average 2.3 people. To put it in context, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Pugnac sits below 79% of compared French towns for households without a car (6.2%)
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
Second homes: 1.5%, near enough the figure in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in ten: 9.7% of homes stand empty. By way of comparison, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town.
A typical living standard of €25,050 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €25,050 a year: lower than in 60% of compared French towns. Some 13.0% of residents fall below the poverty line.
A larger share of households headed by a manual worker than 73% of compared French towns: 18%
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
The share of households headed by a retired person is 35%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. For Pugnac, the census puts households headed by a manager or professional at 8.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Foreign nationals: 6.4%, a higher share than 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.
Immigrants make up a share higher than in 55% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Gironde has 5.1%. On the census count, 7.3% of residents are immigrants. To put it in context, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
In Pugnac, 20% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 90% 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
By its share of married residents (45%), Pugnac is above 64% of compared French towns. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
22% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 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
Adults with no qualification: 21%, above 62% of compared French towns. For graduates of higher education, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%.
Of 41 French towns its size (2,453 to 2,582 people), the 8th youngest
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).
Pugnac 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pugnac | 42 | 21% | 1.5% | 7.3% |
| Cézac 2,727 · 3.2 mi | 39.8 | 15% | 1.1% | 3.6% |
| Saint-Savin 3,582 · 4.9 mi | 40.7 | 19% | 1.7% | 3.9% |
| Ambès 3,313 · 5.4 mi | 39.3 | 17% | 0.5% | 9.9% |
| Saint-Yzan-de-Soudiac 2,586 · 6.1 mi | 37.6 | 14% | 0.9% | 4.5% |
| Saint-André-de-Cubzac 12,626 · 6.7 mi | 40.1 | 18% | 1.1% | 6.1% |
| Val de Virvée 3,793 · 6.7 mi | 41.3 | 17% | 1.8% | 3.8% |
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 Pugnac
What is the population of Pugnac?
2,453 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% more than in 2012 (2,172).
How old are Pugnac’s residents?
The median age is 42, younger than 66% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pugnac?
18, with occasional dwellings: 1.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pugnac?
INSEE counts 180 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.3% of residents, and 160 foreign nationals (6.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Pugnac?
€25,050 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 13.0% 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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