Households headed by a manager or professional: 16%, a higher share than 80% of compared French towns
Half of Pérouges’s residents are over 46.9, older than in 69% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 1,387 residents in 610 households. On the census count, 7.9% of households rent social housing (HLM). One-person households make up 30%, against 35% in the typical compared French town.
Throughout this page, the Ain 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.
From 2012 to 2023, Pérouges outgrew 81% of compared French towns: +15%
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
Here the change came as −1% to 2017, then +15% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +13% in Ain.
Below 61% of compared French towns: 10% 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
■ Pérouges 46.9. The median compared French town: 44.
For Pérouges, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 23%. Measured more widely, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of couples with children than 60% of compared French towns: 27%
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 Ain median and the France median
Living alone · share
Average household size: 2.3 people. Few places have as many single-parent households: 11% here, more than in 60% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for couples with children is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Households without a car: 7.6%, a lower share than 69% 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
Car-free households: one in 13, where the median compared French town has 11%. Across Pérouges, 3.7% of homes are second homes. This Ain town has fewer flats than 64% of compared French towns, at 22%.
Half above, half below €29,570 a year in standard of living
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 median standard of living in Pérouges is €29,570 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 82% of compared French towns.
In Pérouges, 9% of households are headed by a manual worker, fewer than in 82% of compared French towns
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
Households headed by a retired person: 29%, below 70% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
5.2% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 61% 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.
The share of foreign nationals trails 62% of compared French towns: 3.2%. The median compared commune in Ain has 8.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in just over three fifths of compared French towns. 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.
Only 21% of residents 15 and over are single in Pérouges
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
46% of residents 15 and over are married; in the typical compared French town the figure is 43%. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Below 86% of compared French towns: 12% of adults out of school have no qualification
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
By its share of graduates of higher education (38%), Pérouges is above three quarters of compared French towns. Adults with no qualification: 19% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
The 15th oldest of 41 French towns of 1,387 to 2,582 people
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 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Every neighbor is younger than Pérouges
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pérouges | 46.9 | 23% | 3.7% | 5.2% |
| Meximieux 8,247 · 1.3 mi | 39 | 18% | 2.2% | 7.5% |
| Villieu-Loyes-Mollon 3,849 · 3.2 mi | 41.1 | 17% | 3.2% | 3.4% |
| Béligneux 3,535 · 3.6 mi | 36.7 | 16% | 1.3% | 6.4% |
| Balan 3,077 · 5.4 mi | 28.6 | 9.5% | 1.3% | 5.1% |
| Saint-Maurice-de-Gourdans 2,903 · 5.6 mi | 41.6 | 16% | 3.7% | 2.8% |
| Dagneux 4,778 · 5.9 mi | 39.8 | 16% | 0.8% | 8.5% |
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 Pérouges
What is the population of Pérouges?
1,387 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 15% more than in 2012 (1,209).
How old are Pérouges’ residents?
The median age is 46.9, older than 69% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pérouges?
25, with occasional dwellings: 3.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pérouges?
INSEE counts 72 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.2% of residents, and 44 foreign nationals (3.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Pérouges?
€29,570 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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