A smaller share of flats than 94% of compared French towns: 5.7%
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. There were 200 households in Peyrens at the 2023 Census, home to 454 residents. The share of one-person households stands at 29%. In Peyrens, 8.8% of residents are 15 to 24, beside 11% in the typical compared French town.
Throughout this page, the Aude 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 Peyrens
Fewer residents than in 2012
Peyrens had 480 residents at the 2012 census and 454 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 89% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower growth than 89% of compared French towns: Peyrens changed by −5% since 2012
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 change was +3%; from 2017 to 2023, −8%.
Half of Peyrens is over 47.3, older than 71% 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
■ Peyrens 47.3. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over is 22%; Peyrens has 19%.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.
In Peyrens, 28% of households are couples with children, more than in 66% 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 Aude median and the France median
Living alone · share
Each household has 2.3 people on average. On average, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Higher than in 60% of compared French towns: 11% of households are single parents.
Peyrens ranks below 76% of compared French towns on households without a car: 6.5%
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
Second homes: 3.6% here and 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Long tenure is the mark of 22% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 6.5% (under two years). Compared with other places, empty homes are common here: 9.5%, more than in 76% of compared French towns.
Median living standard: €24,750 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.
At €24,750 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 63% of compared French towns.
Above 99% of compared French towns: 31% 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
Against a figure of 32% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person in Peyrens comes in at 31%. The benchmark for households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town: 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Above 60% of compared French towns: 7.9% of 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.
4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, against 5.4% in Peyrens. Against that, 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 larger share of married residents than 89% of compared French towns: 50%
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
Single residents make up 23%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Below 88% of compared French towns: 19% of adults out of school hold a higher-education 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
In Peyrens, 16% of adults out of school have no qualification, beside 19% in the typical compared French town. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 15th oldest of 41 French towns this size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Peyrens is younger than 4 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peyrens | 47.3 | 19% | 3.6% | 7.9% |
| Castelnaudary 12,151 · 3.2 mi | 43.9 | 25% | 2.5% | 13% |
| Revel 9,762 · 7.1 mi | 52.6 | 33% | 3% | 6.1% |
| Sorèze 2,965 · 7.6 mi | 50.3 | 28% | 8.9% | 5.8% |
| Bram 3,233 · 11.4 mi | 49.5 | 30% | 2.2% | 5.6% |
| Villefranche-de-Lauragais 5,072 · 12.4 mi | 43.2 | 20% | 1.8% | 5% |
| Puylaurens 3,257 · 14.8 mi | 47.8 | 27% | 6.5% | 4.6% |
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 Peyrens
What is the population of Peyrens?
454 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (480).
How old are Peyrens’ residents?
The median age is 47.3, older than 71% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Peyrens?
8, with occasional dwellings: 3.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Peyrens?
INSEE counts 36 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.9% of residents, and 24 foreign nationals (5.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Peyrens?
€24,750 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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