Fewer couples with children than 97% of compared French towns: 12%
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Pierrepont is home to 341 residents in 160 households, by the 2023 Census. Census figures put second homes at 8.4% in the town. The share of households headed by a retired person tops 89% of compared French towns: 42%.
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.
What stands out about the people of Pierrepont
Fewer residents than in 2012
Pierrepont had 399 residents at the 2012 census and 341 in 2023, down 15%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Pierrepont’s residents are under 51.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 27% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.7% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower than most: −15% since 2012, behind 99% 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 median Aisne town changed −4% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −7% and the next six −8%.
Pierrepont is older than 87% of compared French towns: a median age of 51.4
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Pierrepont 51.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 27% here and 22% in the typical compared French town. Few places have so few residents aged 15 to 24: 9.1% here, fewer than in 80% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aisne 52.5%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Pierrepont sits above 97% of compared French towns for single-parent households (16%)
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
Households here average 2.2 people each. The comparison figure for single-parent households is 10% in the typical compared French town. 30% of households are one person living alone, a lower share than in 78% of compared French towns.
Pierrepont sits below 98% of compared French towns for flats (3.4%)
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
Just over a third of households have been in place 30 years or more; 7.6% moved in within the last two years. Lower than in 94% of compared French towns: 3.9% of households have no car. Empty homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 6.2%.
Median living standard: €24,120 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.
Half of Pierrepont’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €24,120 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 70% of compared French towns.
9.8% of households are headed by a manual worker, fewer than in 78% 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 manager or professional make up 6.5%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 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).
Only 1.1% of residents are immigrants in Pierrepont
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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 0.3% of residents are foreign nationals in Pierrepont. That is lower than in 99% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Aisne has 5.7%. Measured more widely, 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.
A higher share of married residents than 80% of compared French towns, at 47%
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
22% of residents 15 and over are single (typical compared French town: 25%). For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
17% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 94% of compared French towns
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
The figure for adults with no qualification is 25% in Pierrepont and 19% in the typical compared French town. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 341 to 2,582 people: this is the 11th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Pierrepont is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pierrepont | 51.4 | 27% | 8.4% | 1.1% |
| Athies-sous-Laon 2,578 · 7.5 mi | 44.9 | 23% | 0.7% | 2% |
| Laon 24,220 · 9.6 mi | 40.8 | 21% | 1.8% | 9.4% |
| Vervins 2,549 · 13.4 mi | 42.2 | 23% | 2.2% | 4.2% |
| Villeneuve-sur-Aisne 2,792 · 17.1 mi | 41.9 | 21% | 1.3% | 2.4% |
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 Pierrepont
What is the population of Pierrepont?
341 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 15% fewer than in 2012 (399).
How old are Pierrepont’s residents?
The median age is 51.4, older than 87% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pierrepont?
15, with occasional dwellings: 8.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pierrepont?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.1% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Pierrepont?
€24,120 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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