Couples with children: 8.3%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, half of households have no car here. Higher than in 98% of compared French towns: 87% of homes are flats. In 2023, the Census found 15,040 residents in Pointe-à-Pitre, living in 7,610 households. About one in 20: that is how common households headed by a manager or professional are in Pointe-à-Pitre (4.9%).
Throughout this page, the Guadeloupe 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 Pointe-à-Pitre
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 1,540 second homes and occasional dwellings in Pointe-à-Pitre, 15% of its 10,420 homes: higher than in 91% of compared French towns. 15% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Social housing
54% of households rent from a social landlord (HLM), 27% rent privately and 18% own their home. Homes & cars ↓
A young town
Half of Pointe-à-Pitre’s residents are under 37.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 17% are under 15 and 18% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Many people living alone
49% of Pointe-à-Pitre’s households are one person: higher than in 92% of compared French towns; 58% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A higher share of households in social housing than 99% of compared French towns, at 54%
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 two has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town. In Pointe-à-Pitre, 15% of homes are second homes. Higher than in 89% of compared French towns: 12% of homes stand empty.
Slower growth than 83% of compared French towns: Pointe-à-Pitre 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
The median Guadeloupe town changed ±0% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +2% and the next six −6%.
Half of Pointe-à-Pitre is under 37.5, younger than 90% 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
■ Pointe-à-Pitre 37.5. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 tops 98% of compared French towns: 18%. Residents aged 65 and over are rarer here than in 78% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
57% women, 43% men
About 77 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: France 51.8%.
Above 99% of compared French towns: 33% of households are single parents
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 Guadeloupe median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households average 1.9 people. Against that, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. More one-person households than in 92% of compared French towns: 49%.
24% of households are headed by a retired person, below 88% of compared French towns
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 make up 12%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
More foreign nationals than 83% of compared French towns: 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.
6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town, against 11% in Pointe-à-Pitre. As a yardstick, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. That is higher than in 74% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A smaller share of married residents than 99% of compared French towns: 15%
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
Single residents make up 68%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification: 29%, a higher share than 89% 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
Just over a fifth of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, against 30% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 14,607 to 15,478 people, the 6th 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.
Lognes is the youngest (34.9); Saint-Jean-de-Luz the oldest (54.3).
Pointe-à-Pitre is younger 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pointe-à-Pitre | 37.5 | 18% | 15% | 11% |
| Les Abymes 51,055 · 2.8 mi | 42.8 | 20% | 2.7% | 7.7% |
| Le Gosier 27,757 · 3.7 mi | 45.8 | 21% | 19% | 7.2% |
| Baie-Mahault 30,924 · 4 mi | 40.8 | 16% | 1.4% | 4.8% |
| Petit-Bourg 24,665 · 5.1 mi | 44.3 | 19% | 6.7% | 3.5% |
| Lamentin 18,628 · 6.9 mi | 40.1 | 16% | 1.4% | 4.6% |
| Goyave 7,565 · 8 mi | 43.1 | 19% | 4% | 6.5% |
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 Pointe-à-Pitre
What is the population of Pointe-à-Pitre?
15,040 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (15,598).
How old are Pointe-à-Pitre’s residents?
The median age is 37.5, younger than 90% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pointe-à-Pitre?
1,540, with occasional dwellings: 15% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pointe-à-Pitre?
INSEE counts 1,640 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 11% of residents, and 1,580 foreign nationals (11%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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