Pech is older than 98% of compared French towns: a median age of 60.5
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Single-parent households come to 20% in Pech, about two in ten. There were 21 households here at the 2023 Census, home to 36 residents. Set against 32% in the typical compared French town, three in five households are headed by a retired person here.
Throughout this page, the Ariège 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 Pech
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 26 second homes and occasional dwellings in Pech, 55% of its 47 homes: higher than in 98% of compared French towns. 100% 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 Pech’s residents are under 60.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 46% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5.4% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Pech had 48 residents at the 2012 census and 36 in 2023, down 25%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
55% of homes are second homes, more than in 98% 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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. The share of households without a car stands at 14%.
Pech changed by −25% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 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
In two steps, −23% to 2017 and −3% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +2% in Ariège.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 46% in Pech, more than in 99% 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
■ Pech 60.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Here 5.4% of residents are 15 to 24, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. Elsewhere, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 118 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ariège 52.2%, France 51.8%.
In Pech, 40% of households are one person living alone, more than in 69% 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 Ariège median and the France median
Living alone · share
Couples with children are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The share of one-person households in the typical compared French town is 35%. Each household has 1.7 people on average.
Pech ranks above 88% of compared French towns on households headed by a manager or professional: 20%
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 manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 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).
0% of Pech’s residents are immigrants
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 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
24% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 99% 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
Just over two in five residents 15 and over are single, against 25% in the typical compared French town. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Pech sits above 90% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (29%)
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
Just over a fifth of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. For adults with no qualification, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 19%.
Among 41 French towns of 36 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).
Pech 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pech | 60.5 | 46% | 55% | 0% |
| Tarascon-sur-Ariège 3,085 · 6.1 mi | 51.4 | 32% | 8% | 18% |
| Foix 9,934 · 13.1 mi | 46.8 | 27% | 7.6% | 15% |
| Lavelanet 5,987 · 13.2 mi | 54.4 | 33% | 12% | 14% |
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 Pech
What is the population of Pech?
36 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 25% fewer than in 2012 (48).
How old are Pech’s residents?
The median age is 60.5, older than 98% of compared French towns. 8.1% are under 18 and 46% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pech?
26, with occasional dwellings: 55% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pech?
INSEE counts 0 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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