One-person households: 20%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
Against a figure of 30% in the typical compared French town, the share of flats in Ponts comes in at 2.9%. The census found that 2.5% of households rent social housing (HLM) here. 21% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 88% of compared French towns. Its 290 households held 708 residents at 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.
A +16% change since 2012: Ponts grew faster than 83% 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
The median Manche town changed ±0% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +7% and the next six +8%.
Only 9.3% of residents are 15 to 24 in Ponts
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Ponts 42.7. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Ponts is 42.7, lower than in 61% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24. Put another way, about one in five: just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%.
32% of households are couples with children, a share 84% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 2.4 people. Set beside that, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in 11: 8.9% of households are single parents.
In Ponts, 2.9% of households have no car, fewer than in 99% 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
Little separates the share of second homes here, 1.6%, from the figure in the typical compared French town. Households without a car: 11% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Locally, nearly one in ten homes stand empty.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €26,870 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 Ponts’ residents live in households with a standard of living below €26,870 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 60% of compared French towns.
Ponts sits below 83% of compared French towns for households headed by a manager or professional (5.3%)
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
Roughly three in ten: nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person. Elsewhere, 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).
A smaller share of immigrants than 99% of compared French towns: 0.9%
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.
1% of residents are foreign nationals, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 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.
16% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
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 people make up 49% and PACS partners 11%, against 43% and 6.1% in the median compared French town; 6.1% are widowed. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 79% of compared French towns: 22%
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
For Ponts, the census puts adults with no qualification at 20%. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
10th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 708 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Every neighbor is older than Ponts
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ponts | 42.7 | 22% | 1.6% | 0.9% |
| Avranches 10,143 · 2 mi | 49.6 | 30% | 4.3% | 6.3% |
| Sartilly-Baie-Bocage 2,778 · 6.1 mi | 49 | 29% | 8.9% | 1% |
| Ducey-Les Chéris 2,784 · 6.6 mi | 51.6 | 31% | 4.8% | 2% |
| Isigny-le-Buat 3,183 · 9.5 mi | 44.7 | 21% | 11% | 3.6% |
| Villedieu-les-Poêles-Rouffigny 3,903 · 10.2 mi | 51.9 | 33% | 8.2% | 5.4% |
| Saint-Pair-sur-Mer 4,507 · 12.2 mi | 60.5 | 41% | 40% | 2.2% |
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 Ponts
What is the population of Ponts?
708 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 16% more than in 2012 (612).
How old are Ponts’ residents?
The median age is 42.7, younger than 61% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Ponts?
5, with occasional dwellings: 1.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Ponts?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.9% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Ponts?
€26,870 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).
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.