More second homes than 94% of compared French towns: 27%
The share of households in social housing is 1.3%, against 12% in the typical compared French town. Pierrefeu had 337 residents in 150 households at the 2023 census. Here, 4.9% of homes are flats. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Alpes-Maritimes 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 Pierrefeu
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 60 second homes and occasional dwellings in Pierrefeu, 27% of its 220 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 95% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Growing fast
Pierrefeu had 282 residents at the 2012 census and 337 in 2023, up 20%: faster growth than in 90% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Pierrefeu’s residents are under 50.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 26% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 3.5% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Pierrefeu ranks below 94% of compared French towns on households without a car: 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
Long tenure is the mark of 13% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 4.7% (under two years). The usual figure: 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. 6.5% of homes stand empty, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
Pierrefeu grew +20% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 90% 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 compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Alpes-Maritimes town +6%. The change was +15% from 2012 to 2017 and +4% from 2017 to 2023.
Half of Pierrefeu is over 50.9, older than 86% 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
■ Pierrefeu 50.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Here 26% of residents are 65 or over, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 22%. 8.1% of residents are 15 to 24, or about one in 12.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 112 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Alpes-Maritimes 52.2%, France 51.8%.
31% of households are couples with children, more than in 79% of compared French towns
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-Maritimes median and the France median
Living alone · share
Where 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, Pierrefeu has 29%. Couples with children make up 25% in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2.3 people.
€24,940 a year is the median standard of living here
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 Pierrefeu is €24,940 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 61% of compared French towns.
Above 99% of compared French towns: 30% of households are headed by a manual worker
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: 17% here and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. In Pierrefeu, a third of households are headed by a retired person. 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).
A larger share of immigrants than 71% of compared French towns: 10%
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.
In Pierrefeu, 5.3% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 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.
18% of residents 15 and over are single, below 98% of compared French towns
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 43% in the typical compared French town, the share of married residents in Pierrefeu comes in at 50%. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Below 71% of compared French towns: 15% 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
Here 28% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. The comparison figure for adults with no qualification is 19% in the typical compared French town.
11th highest median age among 41 French towns of 337 to 2,582
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).
Pierrefeu 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pierrefeu | 50.9 | 26% | 27% | 10% |
| Saint-Martin-du-Var 3,431 · 6.3 mi | 39.4 | 20% | 0.8% | 6.9% |
| Levens 5,377 · 7.3 mi | 44.5 | 20% | 7.2% | 4.6% |
| Carros 13,803 · 8 mi | 40.1 | 17% | 3.3% | 11% |
| Gattières 4,358 · 8.6 mi | 46.5 | 24% | 6.8% | 6.8% |
| Saint-Jeannet 4,453 · 8.9 mi | 47.7 | 24% | 9.7% | 6.3% |
| Colomars 3,409 · 10 mi | 49.6 | 27% | 3.2% | 5.3% |
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 Pierrefeu
What is the population of Pierrefeu?
337 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 20% more than in 2012 (282).
How old are Pierrefeu’s residents?
The median age is 50.9, older than 86% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pierrefeu?
60, with occasional dwellings: 27% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pierrefeu?
INSEE counts 34 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 10% of residents, and 18 foreign nationals (5.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Pierrefeu?
€24,940 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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