Households headed by a manager or professional: 3.6%, a lower share than 95% of compared French towns
Single-parent households: 16%, above 98% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 648 residents in 300 households. Census figures put households in social housing at 22% in Pont-l'Évêque. Few places have so few second homes: 0.4% here, fewer than in 97% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Oise 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-l'Évêque
Fewer residents than in 2012
Pont-l'Évêque had 697 residents at the 2012 census and 648 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 93% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Pont-l'Évêque changed by −7% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 93% 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 Oise town changed +2% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −4% and the next six −4%.
A median age of 46: Pont-l'Évêque is older than 64% 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
■ Pont-l'Évêque 46. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 9.6%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Still, residents aged 65 and over are more common here than in 54% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of couples with children than 72% of compared French towns: 21%
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 Oise median and the France median
Living alone · share
Each household has 2.2 people on average. The usual figure: a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. On one-person households, Pont-l'Évêque sits higher than 51% of compared French towns: 35%.
A lower share of flats than 82% of compared French towns, at 13%
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
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, 13% of households have no car in Pont-l'Évêque. In the typical compared French town, the share of flats is 30%. The census found that nearly one in ten homes stand empty here.
Standard of living at the median: €22,550 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €22,550 a year: lower than in 85% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a manual worker than 87% of compared French towns, at 21%
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 retired person: 36%, above 70% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 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).
8.3% of residents are foreign nationals, more than in 75% 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.
For Pont-l'Évêque, the census puts immigrants at 7.4%. As a yardstick, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
Pont-l'Évêque ranks above 73% of compared French towns on single residents: 29%
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 figure for married residents is 41% in Pont-l'Évêque and 43% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Graduates of higher education: 17%, a lower share than 93% 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
By its share of adults with no qualification (28%), Pont-l'Évêque is above 86% of compared French towns. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 648 to 2,582 people, the 19th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Nearby, 1 of 6 towns have older populations than Pont-l'Évêque
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pont-l'Évêque | 46 | 23% | 0.4% | 7.4% |
| Noyon 12,971 · 1.3 mi | 41.8 | 22% | 1.4% | 18% |
| Ribécourt-Dreslincourt 3,871 · 4.5 mi | 40.5 | 18% | 1.2% | 7.3% |
| Thourotte 4,463 · 7.6 mi | 47.2 | 27% | 0.8% | 6.8% |
| Longueil-Annel 2,586 · 8.8 mi | 42 | 20% | 1% | 6.6% |
| Choisy-au-Bac 3,449 · 9.8 mi | 44.9 | 25% | 2.3% | 6.6% |
| Chauny 11,596 · 10.9 mi | 44.1 | 23% | 1.7% | 7.2% |
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 Pont-l'Évêque
What is the population of Pont-l'Évêque?
648 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (697).
How old are Pont-l'Évêque’s residents?
The median age is 46, older than 64% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pont-l'Évêque?
1, with occasional dwellings: 0.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pont-l'Évêque?
INSEE counts 48 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.4% of residents, and 54 foreign nationals (8.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Pont-l'Évêque?
€22,550 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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