More couples with children than 99% of compared French towns: 51%
Empty homes: 2.9% here and 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Here, 0.4% of households rent social housing (HLM). On residents aged 65 and over, Ponthévrard sits lower than 93% of compared French towns: 14%. There were 250 households here at the 2023 Census, home to 693 residents.
Throughout this page, the Yvelines 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 Ponthévrard
A town of families
51% of households are couples with children and 1.9% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Many graduates
51% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 18% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Ponthévrard has grown +14%, faster than 80% 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 change was +5% from 2012 to 2017 and +9% from 2017 to 2023.
Ponthévrard is younger than 64% of compared French towns: a median age of 42.2
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Ponthévrard 42.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Where just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, Ponthévrard has 12%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Yvelines 51.6%, France 51.8%.
16% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 99% 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 Yvelines median and the France median
Living alone · share
Average household size: 2.8 people. Across the comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, single-parent households are scarce here: 1.9%, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns.
Only 0.8% of homes are flats in Ponthévrard
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
Households that moved in under two years ago: 6.2%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 20%. 1.9% of households have no car, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns. Ponthévrard sits close to the norm on second homes: 2.9%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
The median resident lives on €34,390 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.
At €34,390 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 95% of compared French towns.
Only 20% of households are headed by a retired person in Ponthévrard
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
2.2% of households are headed by a manual worker (typical compared French town: 14%). Higher than in 84% of compared French towns: 18% of households are headed by a manager or professional. Households headed by a retired person: 32% 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).
5.5% of residents are immigrants, below 59% 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.
In Ponthévrard, 4.6% of residents are foreign nationals. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
53% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 97% 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
Single residents: 22%, below 77% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 98% of compared French towns, at 8.6%
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
Against a figure of 30% in the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education in Ponthévrard comes in at 51%. In the typical compared French town, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification.
9th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 693 to 2,582
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).
Nearby, 2 of 6 towns have older populations than Ponthévrard
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ponthévrard | 42.2 | 14% | 2.9% | 5.5% |
| Saint-Arnoult-en-Yvelines 5,875 · 1.8 mi | 45.8 | 23% | 2.5% | 8.6% |
| Ablis 3,913 · 4.2 mi | 37.9 | 13% | 2.1% | 10% |
| Dourdan 11,415 · 4.8 mi | 40.6 | 18% | 2.2% | 15% |
| Rambouillet 27,724 · 7.4 mi | 42.6 | 21% | 2.9% | 12% |
| Auneau-Bleury-Saint-Symphorien 6,419 · 8.6 mi | 39.1 | 16% | 3.2% | 10% |
| Forges-les-Bains 4,241 · 9.5 mi | 39.5 | 15% | 2.2% | 8.6% |
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 Ponthévrard
What is the population of Ponthévrard?
693 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% more than in 2012 (608).
How old are Ponthévrard’s residents?
The median age is 42.2, younger than 64% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 14% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Ponthévrard?
8, with occasional dwellings: 2.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Ponthévrard?
INSEE counts 38 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.5% of residents, and 32 foreign nationals (4.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Ponthévrard?
€34,390 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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