Flats: 1.6%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
Households headed by a manual worker make up 24%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. In 2023, the Census found 192 residents in Pontchardon, living in 86 households. 27% of households rent social housing (HLM). Fewer single-parent households than in 96% of compared French towns: 5.9%.
Throughout this page, the Orne 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 Pontchardon
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 21 second homes and occasional dwellings in Pontchardon, 17% of its 130 homes: higher than in 92% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Pontchardon had 243 residents at the 2012 census and 192 in 2023, down 21%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 18 homes empty (14%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes: 17%, a higher share than 92% 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
By its share of empty homes (14%), Pontchardon is above 94% of compared French towns. Fewer households without a car than in 73% of compared French towns: 7%. Second homes make up 2.1% in the typical compared French town.
A −21% change since 2012: slower than 99% 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 Orne town changed −5% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −26% and the next six +7%.
Pontchardon sits below 96% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (7.3%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Pontchardon 45.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 22% in the typical compared French town, a fifth of residents are 65 or over here. At the same time, half of Pontchardon’s residents are over 45.3, older than in nearly three fifths of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 86 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Orne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
29% of households are couples with children, more than in 73% 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 Orne median and the France median
Living alone · share
On average, 2.2 people share a household. 35% of households are one person living alone, more than in 51% of compared French towns. Against that, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Standard of living at the median: €17,650 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 Pontchardon’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €17,650 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 99% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a manager or professional than 77% of compared French towns: 5.9%
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
29% of households are headed by a retired person; in the typical compared French town the figure is 32%. Households headed by a manager or professional: 9.4% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 2.1% of residents are immigrants in Pontchardon
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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 91% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Orne has 4.6%. The census found that 1% of residents are foreign nationals in Pontchardon. Elsewhere, 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.
More married residents than 53% of compared French towns: 43%
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
Locally, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single.
Only 14% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Pontchardon
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
Set against 19% in the typical compared French town, 38% of adults out of school have no qualification in Pontchardon. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (192 to 2,582 people), the 21st 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
No nearby town is as young as Pontchardon
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pontchardon | 45.3 | 20% | 17% | 2.1% |
| Vimoutiers 2,978 · 2.9 mi | 60.1 | 43% | 6.1% | 5.6% |
| Livarot-Pays-d'Auge 6,207 · 6.2 mi | 46.1 | 25% | 16% | 2.2% |
| La Ferté-en-Ouche 2,938 · 12.2 mi | 49.4 | 27% | 17% | 3% |
| Gouffern en Auge 3,636 · 12.9 mi | 49.5 | 27% | 11% | 3.1% |
| Saint-Pierre-en-Auge 7,100 · 13.4 mi | 49.7 | 29% | 7.8% | 2.8% |
| Lisieux 19,645 · 14.9 mi | 47 | 28% | 2.1% | 6.2% |
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 Pontchardon
What is the population of Pontchardon?
192 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 21% fewer than in 2012 (243).
How old are Pontchardon’s residents?
The median age is 45.3, older than 59% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pontchardon?
21, with occasional dwellings: 17% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pontchardon?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.1% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Pontchardon?
€17,650 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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