Demographics
Pont-la-Ville has a population (as of December 2011) of 584. As of 2008, 8.5% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (2000–2010) the population has changed at a rate of 24.3%. Migration accounted for 16.3%, while births and deaths accounted for 10%.
Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks French (424 or 92.4%) as their first language, German is the second most common (21 or 4.6%) and Portuguese is the third (4 or 0.9%). There are 3 people who speak Italian.
As of 2008, the population was 50.3% male and 49.7% female. The population was made up of 262 Swiss men (45.7% of the population) and 26 (4.5%) non-Swiss men. There were 261 Swiss women (45.5%) and 24 (4.2%) non-Swiss women. Of the population in the municipality, 212 or about 46.2% were born in Pont-la-Ville and lived there in 2000. There were 147 or 32.0% who were born in the same canton, while 57 or 12.4% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 27 or 5.9% were born outside of Switzerland.
As of 2000, children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 28.8% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 59.7% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 11.5%.
As of 2000, there were 190 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 229 married individuals, 16 widows or widowers and 24 individuals who are divorced.
As of 2000, there were 165 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.7 persons per household. There were 34 households that consist of only one person and 12 households with five or more people. In 2000, a total of 159 apartments (76.8% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 37 apartments (17.9%) were seasonally occupied and 11 apartments (5.3%) were empty. As of 2009, the construction rate of new housing units was 1.7 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality, in 2010, was 0.42%.
The historical population is given in the following chart:
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