Only 2.1% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Pont-Hébert
By its share of residents aged 65 and over (28%), Pont-Hébert is above 81% of compared French towns. Put another way, about one in 14: 7.1% of households have no car. At 7.4%, the share of single-parent households is lower than in 86% of compared French towns. The town is home to 1,897 residents in 940 households, by the 2023 Census.
Throughout this page, the Manche 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-Hébert
Fewer residents than in 2012
Pont-Hébert had 2,150 residents at the 2012 census and 1,897 in 2023, down 12%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 130 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 98% of compared French towns grew faster than Pont-Hébert: −12%
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, ±0% in Manche.
Older than 81% of compared French towns: half of Pont-Hébert is over 49.4
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Pont-Hébert 49.4. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 8.6%, against 11% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
22% of households are couples with children, below 67% 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 Manche median and the France median
Living alone · share
The typical household size is 2 people. In the typical compared French town, couples with children come to 25%. Roughly four in ten: two in five households are one person living alone.
12% of homes stand empty, a share 86% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
15% of households rent social housing (HLM) (typical compared French town: 12%). Fewer flats than in just over four fifths of compared French towns: 13%. As a reference point, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Households that moved in under two years ago: 11%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 24%.
€24,550 a year is the median standard of living here
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 median standard of living in Pont-Hébert is €24,550 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 66% of compared French towns.
22% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 91% 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
38% of households are headed by a retired person (typical compared French town: 32%). The usual figure: 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 86% of compared French towns, at 2.6%
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, 2% of residents are foreign nationals here. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 82% of compared French towns: 22% of residents 15 and over are single
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
47% of residents 15 and over are married; in the typical compared French town the figure is 43%. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
Below 88% of compared French towns: 19% of adults out of school hold a higher-education 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
Adults with no qualification: 27% here and 19% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
14th highest median age among 41 French towns of 1,897 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Pont-Hébert is younger than 2 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pont-Hébert | 49.4 | 28% | 2.7% | 2.6% |
| Agneaux 4,286 · 3.9 mi | 49.8 | 29% | 1.3% | 3.2% |
| Saint-Lô 19,471 · 4.9 mi | 43.3 | 24% | 2.2% | 6.2% |
| Marigny-Le-Lozon 2,761 · 6.3 mi | 43.7 | 24% | 2.1% | 1.1% |
| Bourgvallées 3,326 · 8.4 mi | 43.1 | 21% | 3.3% | 2.1% |
| Isigny-sur-Mer 3,543 · 9.5 mi | 52.4 | 30% | 7.6% | 1.3% |
| Saint-Jean-d'Elle 2,516 · 9.7 mi | 43 | 20% | 2.8% | 0.9% |
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 Pont-Hébert
What is the population of Pont-Hébert?
1,897 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% fewer than in 2012 (2,150).
How old are Pont-Hébert’s residents?
The median age is 49.4, older than 81% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pont-Hébert?
30, with occasional dwellings: 2.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pont-Hébert?
INSEE counts 49 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.6% of residents, and 37 foreign nationals (2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Pont-Hébert?
€24,550 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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