Households without a car: 3.9%, a lower share than 95% of compared French towns
Compared with 12% in the typical compared French town, 4.7% of households rent social housing (HLM) here. In 2023, the Census found 3,275 residents in Pontpoint, living in 1,360 households. Couples with children come to 32% here, about three in ten. This Oise town has more households headed by a manager or professional than 75% of compared French towns, at 15%.
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.
Pontpoint’s population moved +2% on 2012, less than in 61% 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
Only 8.6% of residents are 15 to 24 in Pontpoint
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Pontpoint 43.5. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 43.5, Pontpoint is younger than 54% of compared French towns. Residents aged 65 and over come to 19% here, about two in ten. The wider picture: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 27% in Pontpoint, less than in 87% 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 Oise median and the France median
Living alone · share
Each household has 2.4 people on average. One-person households: 35% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Fewer single-parent households than in nearly three fifths of compared French towns: 9.5%.
Flats make up 20% in Pontpoint, less than in 67% 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
In the last two years, 10% of households moved in; at the other end, 22% have stayed 30 years or more. 1.5% of homes are second homes, a lower share than in 64% of compared French towns. Empty homes: 7%, near enough the figure in the typical compared French town.
€29,750 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.
At €29,750 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 83% of compared French towns. The poverty rate is 7.0%.
Fewer households headed by a retired person than 89% of compared French towns: 23%
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
On the census count, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker. 15% of Pontpoint’s households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 23% by a retired person (32%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Pontpoint sits below 80% of compared French towns for foreign nationals (1.9%)
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.
The median compared commune in Oise has 7.4%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 72% of compared French towns. On average, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. About one in 24: that is how common immigrants are in Pontpoint (4.1%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
20% of residents 15 and over are single, below 90% 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
In Pontpoint, 47% of residents 15 and over are married, beside 43% in the typical compared French town. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Graduates of higher education make up 32% in Pontpoint, more than in 56% 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
At 19%, the share of adults with no qualification is lower than in 52% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, graduates of higher education come to 30%.
The 8th youngest of 41 French towns of 3,236 to 3,313 people
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 36.5 in Lespinasse to 60.5 in Carantec.
Around Pontpoint, 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.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pontpoint | 43.5 | 19% | 1.5% | 4.1% |
| Pont-Sainte-Maxence 12,361 · 1.9 mi | 38.8 | 17% | 1.1% | 12% |
| Verberie 3,898 · 3.8 mi | 40.1 | 18% | 1.4% | 5.2% |
| Verneuil-en-Halatte 4,775 · 5.8 mi | 44.4 | 19% | 0.6% | 5.8% |
| Béthisy-Saint-Pierre 3,111 · 7 mi | 41 | 19% | 1.1% | 3.5% |
| Villers-Saint-Paul 6,480 · 7.2 mi | 36.9 | 15% | 0.9% | 18% |
| Lacroix-Saint-Ouen 5,415 · 7.3 mi | 41.8 | 20% | 1.4% | 6.5% |
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 Pontpoint
What is the population of Pontpoint?
3,275 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (3,211).
How old are Pontpoint’s residents?
The median age is 43.5, younger than 54% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pontpoint?
22, with occasional dwellings: 1.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pontpoint?
INSEE counts 140 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.1% of residents, and 62 foreign nationals (1.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Pontpoint?
€29,750 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 7.0% 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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