Pontlevoy: 12% of homes are second homes, above 89% of compared French towns
In Pontlevoy, just over two in five households are headed by a retired person, beside 32% in the typical compared French town. Census day 2023: 1,556 residents and 720 households here. On the census count, 7% of homes are flats. The median age locally is 49.3, higher than in 80% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Loir-et-Cher 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 Pontlevoy
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 100 second homes and occasional dwellings in Pontlevoy, 12% of its 900 homes: higher than in 89% of compared French towns. 92% 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.
Pontlevoy ranks below 74% of compared French towns on households in social housing: 7.5%
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
Nearly one in ten homes stand empty (typical compared French town: 6.7%). At the same time, households without a car are rarer here than in 62% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town.
Pontlevoy changed by +1% from 2012 to 2023, behind 65% 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 whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Loir-et-Cher town −3%.
In Pontlevoy, 26% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 73% 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
■ Pontlevoy 49.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Where 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, Pontlevoy has 10%. To put it in context, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Loir-et-Cher 52.4%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of single-parent households than 91% of compared French towns, at 14%
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 Loir-et-Cher median and the France median
Living alone · share
Set against 35% in the typical compared French town, nearly a third of households are one person living alone in Pontlevoy. Fewer couples with children than in 78% of compared French towns: 19%. Elsewhere, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 2.1 people on average.
Median living standard: €24,170 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.
Half of residents live in households above €24,170 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 69% of compared French towns.
Below 92% of compared French towns: 4.2% of households are headed by a manager or professional
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 the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker; in Pontlevoy, 19%. The usual figure: nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Pontlevoy sits below 73% of compared French towns for immigrants (4.1%)
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.
Across Pontlevoy, 3.8% of residents are foreign nationals. As a reference point, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
Pontlevoy ranks below 64% of compared French towns on married residents: 41%
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
In Pontlevoy, 27% of residents 15 and over are single, beside 25% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
Only 23% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Pontlevoy
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
Across Pontlevoy, a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification. In the typical compared French town, graduates of higher education come to 30%.
Ranked by age, 14th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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 Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
3 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Pontlevoy
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pontlevoy | 49.3 | 26% | 12% | 4.1% |
| Montrichard Val de Cher 3,611 · 4.1 mi | 57.5 | 39% | 9.4% | 6.5% |
| Le Controis-en-Sologne 6,860 · 7 mi | 46.3 | 25% | 5.6% | 3.4% |
| Saint-Georges-sur-Cher 2,710 · 7.6 mi | 47.5 | 28% | 12% | 3.1% |
| Veuzain-sur-Loire 3,333 · 8.3 mi | 51.8 | 30% | 4.4% | 3.7% |
| Chailles 2,726 · 9.9 mi | 48.8 | 25% | 2.3% | 4.3% |
| Saint-Aignan 2,789 · 10.4 mi | 56.5 | 40% | 24% | 7.9% |
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 Pontlevoy
What is the population of Pontlevoy?
1,556 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% more than in 2012 (1,538).
How old are Pontlevoy’s residents?
The median age is 49.3, older than 80% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pontlevoy?
100, with occasional dwellings: 12% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pontlevoy?
INSEE counts 63 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.1% of residents, and 59 foreign nationals (3.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Pontlevoy?
€24,170 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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