A median age of 58.4: Puimoisson is older than 97% of compared French towns
Where just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town, Puimoisson has 0.8%. At the 2023 Census, 694 people lived locally, in 340 households. 14% of households are couples with children, or about one in seven. Higher than in 98% of compared French towns: 53% of households are headed by a retired person.
Throughout this page, the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence 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 Puimoisson
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 170 second homes and occasional dwellings in Puimoisson, 30% of its 560 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 96% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Puimoisson’s residents are under 58.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 41% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 15% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Puimoisson had 755 residents at the 2012 census and 694 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 95% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
30% of homes in Puimoisson are second homes
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
Here 12% of homes are flats, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. To put it in context, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in 21: 4.8% of households have no car. 9% of homes stand empty, more than in 73% of compared French towns.
−8% since 2012, a pace below 95% 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 −4% from 2012 to 2017 and −4% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Alpes-de-Haute-Provence town +7%.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 98% of compared French towns, at 41%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Puimoisson 58.4. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 trails 99% of compared French towns: 6%. The usual figure: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
56% women, 44% men
About 79 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Alpes-de-Haute-Provence 52.0%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Below 92% of compared French towns: 6.6% of households are single parents
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 Alpes-de-Haute-Provence median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 1.9 people in the average household. Across the comparison, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. 43% of households are one person living alone, more than in 79% of compared French towns.
A median of €24,080 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €24,080 a year: lower than in 70% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker: 9.1%, a lower share than 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
6.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional, 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).
Puimoisson ranks below 71% of compared French towns on immigrants: 4.3%
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.
Foreign nationals: 2.3% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. For immigrants, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A lower share of married residents than 71% of compared French towns, at 40%
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 Puimoisson comes in at 23%. Across the comparison, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
In Puimoisson, 16% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 65% 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
Graduates of higher education: 30% of the total. On average, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 694 to 2,582 people, the 4th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Puimoisson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Puimoisson | 58.4 | 41% | 30% | 4.3% |
| Valensole 3,137 · 8.1 mi | 49.7 | 27% | 14% | 3.9% |
| Oraison 6,155 · 11 mi | 50.3 | 30% | 4% | 5.6% |
| Villeneuve 4,360 · 13.1 mi | 44.9 | 21% | 4.3% | 5.9% |
| Les Mées 4,099 · 13.7 mi | 44.7 | 24% | 4.3% | 11% |
| Gréoux-les-Bains 3,084 · 14.3 mi | 50.5 | 29% | 59% | 7% |
| Volx 3,243 · 14.3 mi | 47.6 | 26% | 4.2% | 6.9% |
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 Puimoisson
What is the population of Puimoisson?
694 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (755).
How old are Puimoisson’s residents?
The median age is 58.4, older than 97% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 41% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Puimoisson?
170, with occasional dwellings: 30% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Puimoisson?
INSEE counts 30 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.3% of residents, and 16 foreign nationals (2.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Puimoisson?
€24,080 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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