Photo: Llann Wé² · CC BY-SA 3.0Noyal-Pontivy sits below 94% of compared French towns for flats (6%)
The figure for households without a car is 5.7% in Noyal-Pontivy and 11% in the typical compared French town. The town has fewer households in social housing than 90% of compared French towns, at 4.1%. At the 2023 Census, 3,606 people lived in the town, in 1,580 households. Households headed by a manual worker come to 19% here, about two in ten.
Throughout this page, the Morbihan 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.
−2% since 2012, a pace below 79% 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 change was −1% from 2012 to 2017 and −1% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Morbihan town +7%.
Older than 77% of compared French towns: half of Noyal-Pontivy is over 48.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Noyal-Pontivy 48.5. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 25% in Noyal-Pontivy and 22% in the typical compared French town. Here, one in ten residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Morbihan 51.6%, France 51.8%.
7.6% of households are single parents, fewer than in 85% 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 Morbihan median and the France median
Living alone · share
On average, 2.2 people share a household. For single-parent households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 10%. Noyal-Pontivy has fewer one-person households than 62% of compared French towns, at 33%. Where a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, Noyal-Pontivy has 27%.
A higher share of empty homes than 75% of compared French towns, at 9.4%
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
In the last two years, 7.5% of households moved in; at the other end, 25% have stayed 30 years or more. Noyal-Pontivy has more second homes than 61% of compared French towns, at 2.9%. By way of comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
A median standard of living of €26,400 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.
At €26,400 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 55% of compared French towns. 9.0% of residents live below the poverty line INSEE uses.
7.2% of households are headed by a manager or professional, below 66% 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
34% of households are headed by a retired person, against 32% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4% 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 80% of compared French towns: 3.2%
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, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Noyal-Pontivy has 3%. Against that, 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.
A lower share of single residents than 73% of compared French towns, at 23%
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
45% of residents 15 and over are married and 7.4% in a PACS, against 43% and 6.1% in the median compared French town; 7.1% are widowed. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
25% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 68% 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
Here 16% of adults out of school have no qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 19%. The benchmark for graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town: 30%.
41 French towns of 3,577 to 3,633 people: this is the 16th oldest
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 Neuilly-Crimolois (37.2), the youngest, and Montrichard Val de Cher (57.5), the oldest.
2 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Noyal-Pontivy
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 Noyal-Pontivy
What is the population of Noyal-Pontivy?
3,606 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (3,693).
How old are Noyal-Pontivy’s residents?
The median age is 48.5, older than 77% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Noyal-Pontivy?
52, with occasional dwellings: 2.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Noyal-Pontivy?
INSEE counts 120 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.2% of residents, and 110 foreign nationals (3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Noyal-Pontivy?
€26,400 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 9.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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