Below 99% of compared French towns: 2.2% of households have no car
Against a figure of 35% in the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households in Pernant comes in at 20%. The town counted 682 residents and 280 households at the 2023 Census. Households headed by a manual worker: 18% of the total. Half of the town’s residents are over 47.1, older than in 70% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Aisne 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.
Pernant changed by −3% from 2012 to 2023, behind 81% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved −8%, and from 2017 to 2023 +5%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Aisne town −4%.
10% of residents are 15 to 24, below 58% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Pernant 47.1. The median compared French town: 44.
In Pernant, just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over. For comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aisne 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Pernant ranks above 86% of compared French towns on couples with children: 33%
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 Aisne median and the France median
Living alone · share
In the typical compared French town, one in ten households are single parents; in Pernant, 11%. Couples with children: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. There are 2.5 people in the average household.
Pernant: 3.6% of homes are second homes, above 68% 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
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Census figures put empty homes at 5.3% in Pernant. Second homes: 2.1% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
A typical living standard of €28,250 a year
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.
Living standards centre on €28,250 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 73% of compared French towns.
Pernant sits above 59% of compared French towns for households headed by a manager or professional (11%)
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
Here, 33% of households are headed by a retired person. By way of comparison, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Pernant ranks below 98% of compared French towns on foreign nationals: 0.7%
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.
By its share of immigrants (2.7%), Pernant is below 85% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
A higher share of married residents than 98% of compared French towns, at 54%
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 Pernant comes in at 20%. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 54% of compared French towns: 18%
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
Graduates of higher education come to 29% in Pernant, about three in ten. Typically, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (682 to 2,582 people), the 15th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 1 are older than Pernant
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pernant | 47.1 | 22% | 3.6% | 2.7% |
| Soissons 28,046 · 3.9 mi | 42.5 | 23% | 1.2% | 15% |
| Belleu 3,659 · 4.5 mi | 51.5 | 31% | 1.4% | 11% |
| Villeneuve-Saint-Germain 2,616 · 5.2 mi | 42.3 | 21% | 1.3% | 12% |
| Crouy 3,049 · 5.6 mi | 44.9 | 24% | 1.3% | 5.7% |
| Villers-Cotterêts 10,489 · 10.9 mi | 41.5 | 19% | 1.3% | 12% |
| Choisy-au-Bac 3,449 · 16.5 mi | 44.9 | 25% | 2.3% | 6.6% |
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 Pernant
What is the population of Pernant?
682 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (703).
How old are Pernant’s residents?
The median age is 47.1, older than 70% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pernant?
11, with occasional dwellings: 3.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pernant?
INSEE counts 18 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.7% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (0.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Pernant?
€28,250 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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