Vieux-Pont sits above 99% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (58%)
In Vieux-Pont, 6.4% of residents are 15 to 24, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. At 5.3%, the share of single-parent households is lower than in 98% of compared French towns. 2% fewer people than in 2012.
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 Vieux-Pont
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 25 second homes and occasional dwellings in Vieux-Pont, 17% of its 150 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 ↓
Empty homes
The census found 30 homes empty (20%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Empty homes: 20%, a higher share than 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
17% of homes are second homes (typical compared French town: 2.1%). On average, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Turnover: 10% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 28% have lived in their home 30 years or more.
Slower than most: −2% since 2012, behind 78% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and −5% for the median Orne town, the change came in two steps: −4% from 2012 to 2017, then +2% to 2023.
In Vieux-Pont, 25% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 68% 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
■ Vieux-Pont 46.3. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 46.3, Vieux-Pont is older than 65% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Orne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
21% of households are couples with children, below 70% 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
Households here average 2.1 people each. Set beside that, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. One-person households make up 37%, against 35% in the typical compared French town.
Median living standard: €25,220 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €25,220 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 58% of compared French towns.
Vieux-Pont ranks below 83% of compared French towns on 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
Just over one in ten households are headed by a manual worker, against 14% in the typical compared French town. 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).
A lower share of immigrants than 69% of compared French towns, at 4.4%
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.
Foreign nationals make up about one in 29 here (3.4%). Typically, 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.
Vieux-Pont sits below 93% of compared French towns for single residents (20%)
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
43% of residents 15 and over are married. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
18% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 92% 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
Adults with no qualification: 20% of the total. By way of comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 202 to 2,582 people: this is the 18th 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 Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Vieux-Pont is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vieux-Pont | 46.3 | 25% | 17% | 4.4% |
| Argentan 13,527 · 8.7 mi | 46.3 | 27% | 2.3% | 8.2% |
| La Ferté Macé 5,071 · 10.5 mi | 53.8 | 32% | 3.2% | 6.1% |
| Bagnoles de l'Orne Normandie 2,699 · 14.1 mi | 61.9 | 45% | 54% | 7.1% |
| Gouffern en Auge 3,636 · 14.5 mi | 49.5 | 27% | 11% | 3.1% |
| Sées 4,168 · 15 mi | 51.8 | 33% | 2.9% | 1.9% |
| Rives d'Andaine 2,844 · 16.2 mi | 54.6 | 31% | 10% | 3.4% |
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 Vieux-Pont
What is the population of Vieux-Pont?
202 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (206).
How old are Vieux-Pont’s residents?
The median age is 46.3, older than 65% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vieux-Pont?
25, with occasional dwellings: 17% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vieux-Pont?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.4% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (3.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vieux-Pont?
€25,220 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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