Pontcirq is older than 98% of compared French towns: a median age of 60.1
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. There were 95 households in Pontcirq at the 2023 Census, home to 178 residents. Here, 1.4% of homes are flats. 5.6% of households are couples with children; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%.
Throughout this page, the Lot 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 Pontcirq
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 34 second homes and occasional dwellings in Pontcirq, 24% of its 150 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Pontcirq’s residents are under 60.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 41% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 13% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
24% of homes in Pontcirq are second homes
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
Here 7.4% of households have no car, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. For comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Empty homes are more common here than in 84% of compared French towns.
A +14% change since 2012: Pontcirq grew faster than 80% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and −1% for the median Lot town, the change came in two steps: +1% from 2012 to 2017, then +13% to 2023.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 98% of compared French towns, at 41%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Pontcirq 60.1. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 4%, Pontcirq is behind 99% of compared French towns on that count. In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 81 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Lot 53.3%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
33% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 59% 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 Lot median and the France median
Living alone · share
In the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households is 10%; Pontcirq has 11%. Against that, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. There are 1.9 people in the average household.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €23,300 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 €23,300 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 79% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a manual worker than 95% of compared French towns: 5.6%
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
Where 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, Pontcirq has 11%. As a yardstick, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. A third of households are headed by a retired person, or about one in three.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
11% of residents are immigrants, more than in 76% 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.
In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Pontcirq, 7.3%. The median compared commune in Lot has 9.5%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in just over three quarters of compared French towns. The share of immigrants in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 20% of residents 15 and over are single in Pontcirq
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
Married residents: 46% here and 43% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Below 92% of compared French towns: 11% of adults out of school have no qualification
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, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%; Pontcirq has 39%. The share of adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town is 19%.
Ranked by age, 4th 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).
Around Pontcirq, 1 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Pontcirq
What is the population of Pontcirq?
178 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% more than in 2012 (156).
How old are Pontcirq’s residents?
The median age is 60.1, older than 98% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 41% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pontcirq?
34, with occasional dwellings: 24% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pontcirq?
INSEE counts 20 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 11% of residents, and 13 foreign nationals (7.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Pontcirq?
€23,300 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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