A lower share of couples with children than 92% of compared French towns, at 14%
Here 3.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 9.4%. There were 440 households in Pont-en-Royans at the 2023 Census, home to 805 residents. Second homes account for 8.5%. Half of the town’s residents are over 48.5, older than in 77% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Isère 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 Pont-en-Royans
Many people living alone
50% of Pont-en-Royans’ households are one person: higher than in 94% of compared French towns; 46% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A ±0% change since 2012: slower than 69% 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, +7% in Isère. Here the change came as −4% to 2017, then +4% to 2023.
More residents aged 65 and over than 78% of compared French towns: 27%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Pont-en-Royans 48.5. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (9.8%), Pont-en-Royans is below two thirds of compared French towns. To put it in context, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 87 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
One-person households make up 50% in Pont-en-Royans, more than in 94% 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 Isère median and the France median
Living alone · share
Each household has 1.8 people on average. Against that, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. 15% of households are single parents, a higher share than in 94% of compared French towns.
Empty homes make up 10% in Pont-en-Royans, more than in 81% of compared French towns
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 seven has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town. On households in social housing, Pont-en-Royans sits higher than nearly three quarters of compared French towns: 19%. Against that, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Households without a car: 14% of the total.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €22,930 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €22,930 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 82% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person make up 42% in Pont-en-Royans, more than in 89% 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
In Pont-en-Royans, 17% of households are headed by a manual worker, beside 14% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 32% 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).
Only 4.2% of residents are immigrants in Pont-en-Royans
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 the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Pont-en-Royans has 2.7%. On average, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Immigrants make up a share lower than in 71% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Isère has 8%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Fewer married residents than 93% of compared French towns: 34%
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 25% in the typical compared French town, a third of residents 15 and over are single here. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
Adults with no qualification make up 21% in Pont-en-Royans, more than in 60% 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
In Pont-en-Royans, 28% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 15th oldest of 41 French towns of 805 to 2,582 people
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.
Pont-en-Royans sits below 4 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pont-en-Royans | 48.5 | 27% | 8.5% | 4.2% |
| Saint-Jean-en-Royans 2,874 · 4.1 mi | 50.9 | 30% | 6.5% | 6% |
| Saint-Marcellin 7,700 · 6.2 mi | 50.5 | 29% | 2% | 11% |
| Chatte 2,518 · 6.2 mi | 50.7 | 28% | 2.3% | 3.9% |
| Villard-de-Lans 4,328 · 10.3 mi | 51 | 28% | 64% | 3.7% |
| Vinay 4,438 · 10.6 mi | 45.6 | 23% | 2.1% | 6.7% |
| Autrans-Méaudre en Vercors 2,936 · 11.3 mi | 46.7 | 25% | 53% | 2.6% |
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 Pont-en-Royans
What is the population of Pont-en-Royans?
805 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (803).
How old are Pont-en-Royans’ residents?
The median age is 48.5, older than 77% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pont-en-Royans?
46, with occasional dwellings: 8.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pont-en-Royans?
INSEE counts 34 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.2% of residents, and 22 foreign nationals (2.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Pont-en-Royans?
€22,930 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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