Overall, Pont-du-Château earns a B+, better than 66% of compared French towns. Its place in the ranking is #21 of 38 in Puy-de-Dôme. Residents are healthier than most: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 17% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. A 70 m² home at the median €2,319/m² costs 6.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Clermont Auvergne Métropole. Schools lag: bac results 5 points below the expected rate; brevet results 2.4 points below the expected rate. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B for safety, B for jobs & income and B for walkability.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
How Pont-du-Château grades
Each subject compares Pont-du-Château with other French towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far its rank is from the middle. American and UK towns are graded separately.
Église Sainte-Martine: Photo: Romary · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Maison à pans de bois: Photo: MOSSOT · CC BY 3.0 · Maison à pans de bois: Photo: MOSSOT · CC BY 3.0 · Ancien château: Photo: MOSSOT · CC BY 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Pont-du-Château.
Schools
Bac results near Pont-du-Château run low: 79.0% passed, below Puy-de-Dôme’s towns and compared French towns
90.0%passed the brevetCSchool Grade
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
School results put the town #29 of 41 in Puy-de-Dôme.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B
Fewer deaths than expected: Pont-du-Château is below 65% of compared French towns once ages and care homes are allowed for
−17%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy in Puy-de-Dôme: 85.6 years for women and 79.8 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. 1,065 deaths in Pont-du-Château between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 1,051: 1% above. Its two care homes for older people (201 places) count their residents as Pont-du-Château’s; allowing for them, deaths were 17% below expected. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Pont-du-Château is Hopital Estaing Chu Clermont Ferrand, 6.6 mi away.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw101
Adjusted83
Median town88
Expected100
13
GPs in Pont-du-Château · 3.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
6.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopital Estaing Chu Clermont Ferrand
6.6 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopital Estaing Chu Clermont Ferrand
85.6 · 79.8
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Puy-de-Dôme, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Pont-du-Château has 5 historic monuments, 2 classé
5historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Homes from before 1919 make up 4.6% of the total, lower than both Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (8.7%) and compared French towns (7.4%). Among the classé monuments in Pont-du-Château is Église Sainte-Martine. Protection here reaches back to the 10th century. Houses and mansions, 3 of the 5, make up the bulk.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
A town of families: 20% of people in Pont-du-Château are under 15, more than in both Puy-de-Dôme’s towns and compared French towns
41.4median age
People 65 and over make up nearly a fifth of the town, below Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (25%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Typical age in Pont-du-Château: 41.4, the median. Among adults, 32% have a degree.
Pont-du-ChâteauPuy-de-Dôme medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
11%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma16%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education32%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Puy-de-Dôme median and France median: the median of compared communes
Safety
Less crime per resident in Pont-du-Château than in 61% of compared French towns
6.4recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearBSafety Grade
More of the graded crimes in Pont-du-Château were criminal damage than anything else (2025). The 2025 count: 247 offenses in the town. The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 6.4 violent offenses and 12.6 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents.
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage86
Family violence47
Burglary33
Vehicle theft30
Other physical violence24
Sexual violence14
Theft from vehicles13
Armed robbery0
Fraud59
Theft without violence35
Drug use23
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
6.4
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
12.6
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
247
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.2%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Work & commuteJobs & income B
Walking, cycling and public transport carry fewer commuters in Pont-du-Château than in Puy-de-Dôme’s towns or compared French towns: 7.7%
8%walk, cycle or take transit
7.9% of the labour force were unemployed, lower than both Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (9.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Jobs located in Pont-du-Château: 3,350, for 5,700 residents in work (0.6 each). No commute at all: 4.0% of working residents locally at the census.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving88%
Public transport4%
On foot3%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
3,350
jobs based in Pont-du-Château, 0.6 per working resident
7.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,860
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 58% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living B
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Pont-du-Château than in Puy-de-Dôme’s towns or across compared French towns: €10.23/m² a month
€2,319/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
361 sales of houses and apartments in Pont-du-Château, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,319/m². Houses made up 94% of the homes sold; apartments the rest. From July 2023 to June 2026, 361 homes were sold locally.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Pont-du-Château€2,319/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Puy-de-Dôme median€2,181/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,359/m²
341
€10.23/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.21 to €12.74/m² a month)
6.3
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.30/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,730
median annual income per consumption unit, Clermont Auvergne Métropole
Alain Rey: Lionel Allorge, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Joseph Claussat: Arsene lapin, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Félix Ribeyre: Nadar, Public domain
About Pont-du-Château
Commune in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Pont-du-Château is a commune of 12,412 people in the Clermont Auvergne Métropole. TownRatings compares communes, France’s local unit: each has its own mayor and its own statistics. Its area takes in the town and the countryside around it.
Built from INSEE’s 2026 official geography (COG) and IGN Admin Express boundaries
Population
12,412 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Clermont Auvergne Métropole
Département
Puy-de-Dôme (63)
Région
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Area
8.4 sq mi (21.6 km²)
INSEE code
63284
Pont-du-Château’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Pont-du-Château
Is Pont-du-Château safe?
It grades B for safety, #22 of 38 in Puy-de-Dôme. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 33 burglaries and 86 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Pont-du-Château good?
They grade C, better than 29% of compared French towns and #29 of 41 in Puy-de-Dôme. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Pont-du-Château expensive to live in?
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,319/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Pont-du-Château grades B for cost of living.
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.
