Couples with children make up 42% in Poncins, more than in 99% of compared French towns
30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town, against 0.9% in Poncins. At the 2023 Census Poncins was home to 1,318 people in 510 households. Put another way, about one in 48: 2.1% of households have no car. With a median age of 39.6, Poncins is younger than 81% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Loire 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 Poncins
A town of families
42% of households are couples with children and 5.8% single parents with children; 22% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Poncins had 955 residents at the 2012 census and 1,318 in 2023, up 38%: faster growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Poncins grew +38% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 98% 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, +3% in Loire. Here the change came as +15% to 2017, then +20% to 2023.
17% of residents are 65 or over, below 84% 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
■ Poncins 39.6. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 trails 88% of compared French towns: 8.5%. To put it in context, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loire 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Only 19% of households are one person living alone in Poncins
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 Loire median and the France median
Living alone · share
In Poncins, 5.8% of households are single parents, beside 10% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for one-person households in the typical compared French town: 35%. A household here holds 2.6 people on average.
More second homes than 79% of compared French towns: 5.6%
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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Empty homes: 4.4% of the total. By way of comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €27,920 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 €27,920 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 70% of compared French towns.
Below 83% of compared French towns: 25% of households are headed by a retired person
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 account for 15%. More households headed by a manager or professional than in 52% of compared French towns: 9.7%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 97% of compared French towns, at 1.4%
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.
Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 1.1% of residents are foreign nationals here. In the typical compared French town, 6.5% 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.
Only 17% of residents 15 and over are single in Poncins
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
The share of married residents tops 97% of compared French towns: 53%. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
13% of adults out of school have no qualification, below 86% 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 the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in Poncins, 35%. To put it in context, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 2nd youngest 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Poncins 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poncins | 39.6 | 17% | 5.6% | 1.4% |
| Feurs 8,367 · 3.3 mi | 50.7 | 32% | 2% | 6.7% |
| Balbigny 2,911 · 6.4 mi | 46.4 | 26% | 3.1% | 5.6% |
| Montrond-les-Bains 5,652 · 7.2 mi | 48.3 | 29% | 1.7% | 4.4% |
| Boën-sur-Lignon 3,001 · 7.6 mi | 55.3 | 35% | 2.3% | 3.6% |
| Savigneux 3,509 · 8.9 mi | 48.5 | 27% | 1.8% | 3.9% |
| Montbrison 16,123 · 9.6 mi | 44.6 | 25% | 2.8% | 6.4% |
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 Poncins
What is the population of Poncins?
1,318 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 38% more than in 2012 (955).
How old are Poncins’ residents?
The median age is 39.6, younger than 81% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Poncins?
32, with occasional dwellings: 5.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Poncins?
INSEE counts 18 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.4% of residents, and 15 foreign nationals (1.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Poncins?
€27,920 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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