Photo: Rensi at German Wikipedia · Public domainMore empty homes than 91% of compared French towns: 13%
In the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households is 10%; Pont-sur-Yonne has 15%. 5.9% of homes are second homes, a higher share than in 80% of compared French towns. The town counted 3,391 residents and 1,580 households at the 2023 Census. Residents aged 65 and over make up about one in four here (27%).
Throughout this page, the Yonne 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-sur-Yonne
Empty homes
The census found 250 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Pont-sur-Yonne’s population moved +3% on 2012, less than in 56% 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
In two steps, +2% to 2017 and +2% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −4% in Yonne.
Below 83% of compared French towns: 8.9% of residents are 15 to 24
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Pont-sur-Yonne 45.2. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Pont-sur-Yonne is 45.2, higher than in 58% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 85 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Yonne 52.2%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
19% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 78% 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 Yonne median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 2.1 people in the average household. The usual figure: a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. 41% of households are one person living alone, more than in 73% of compared French towns.
Pont-sur-Yonne sits above 72% of compared French towns for households in social housing (18%)
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
One household in six has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town. For Pont-sur-Yonne, the census puts households without a car at 16%. The benchmark for households in social housing in the typical compared French town: 12%.
A median of €23,490 a year per consumption unit
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 residents live in households above €23,490 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 77% of compared French towns. Poverty touches 17.0% of residents.
18% of households are headed by a manual worker, a share 74% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
In Pont-sur-Yonne, 6.9% of households are headed by a manager or professional, beside 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. The census found that 31% of households are headed by a retired person here.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Pont-sur-Yonne: 9.2% of residents are immigrants, above 67% 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.
With foreign nationals at 6.9%, Pont-sur-Yonne is ahead of 69% of compared French towns on that count. By way of comparison, 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.
37% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 84% 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
Against a figure of 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of single residents in Pont-sur-Yonne comes in at 27%. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Pont-sur-Yonne ranks below 88% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 19%
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
27% of adults out of school have no qualification (typical compared French town: 19%). Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Of 41 French towns its size (3,358 to 3,424 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.
Ages run from 37.3 in Porcheville to 64.9 in Saint-Cast-le-Guildo.
Median age: 1 of the 6 towns around Pont-sur-Yonne are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pont-sur-Yonne | 45.2 | 27% | 5.9% | 9.2% |
| Saint-Clément 2,849 · 6.3 mi | 49.6 | 30% | 2.1% | 14% |
| Paron 4,834 · 7.2 mi | 43.3 | 22% | 1.5% | 12% |
| Sens 27,106 · 7.3 mi | 42.1 | 23% | 2.6% | 20% |
| Villeneuve-la-Guyard 3,455 · 7.4 mi | 42.3 | 19% | 4.2% | 7.8% |
| Cannes-Écluse 2,742 · 11.4 mi | 43.5 | 24% | 2% | 7.8% |
| Saint-Germain-Laval 2,888 · 12.9 mi | 40.9 | 19% | 1.2% | 11% |
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-sur-Yonne
What is the population of Pont-sur-Yonne?
3,391 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (3,284).
How old are Pont-sur-Yonne’s residents?
The median age is 45.2, older than 58% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pont-sur-Yonne?
110, with occasional dwellings: 5.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pont-sur-Yonne?
INSEE counts 310 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 9.2% of residents, and 240 foreign nationals (6.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Pont-sur-Yonne?
€23,490 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 17.0% 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 November 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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