Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 4.4% in Pierrefiche, less than in 99% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, one in ten households are single parents; in Pierrefiche, 3.6%. Still, 43% of households are headed by a retired person, a higher share than in 90% of compared French towns. The town’s 130 households held 303 residents at the 2023 Census. For Pierrefiche, the census puts flats at 2%.
Throughout this page, the Aveyron 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 Pierrefiche
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 37 second homes and occasional dwellings in Pierrefiche, 18% of its 200 homes: higher than in 93% 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 ↓
Empty homes
The census found 28 homes empty (14%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Fewer households without a car than 99% of compared French towns: 2.9%
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
Where 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town, Pierrefiche has 14%. On the census count, 18% of homes are second homes. Against that, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town.
Pierrefiche grew +12% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 75% 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, +1% to 2017 and +11% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +1% in Aveyron.
Half of Pierrefiche is over 50.3, older than 84% 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
■ Pierrefiche 50.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with other places, residents aged 65 and over are common here: 23%, more than in 57% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aveyron 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Pierrefiche ranks above 65% of compared French towns on couples with children: 28%
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 Aveyron median and the France median
Living alone · share
With one-person households at 33%, Pierrefiche is behind 64% of compared French towns on that count. For couples with children, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%. Average household size: 2.2 people.
Median standard of living: €24,100 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 residents live in households above €24,100 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 70% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker: 7.1%, a lower share than 90% 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 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For households headed by a manual worker, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
5.8% of Pierrefiche’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.
The median compared commune in Aveyron has 6.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 56% of compared French towns. About one in 20: that is how common foreign nationals are in Pierrefiche (5.1%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Pierrefiche sits below 99% of compared French towns for single residents (17%)
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
In Pierrefiche, 48% of residents 15 and over are married, beside 43% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 76% of compared French towns: 15%
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 the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%; Pierrefiche has 27%. For comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 303 to 2,582 people: this is the 14th 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).
Older than Pierrefiche: 2 of the 4 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pierrefiche | 50.3 | 23% | 18% | 5.8% |
| Sévérac d'Aveyron 4,026 · 9.4 mi | 51.1 | 30% | 20% | 4.1% |
| Espalion 4,605 · 10.4 mi | 53.1 | 35% | 20% | 7.2% |
| Bozouls 3,001 · 11.1 mi | 48.4 | 25% | 9.4% | 2.7% |
| Sébazac-Concourès 3,234 · 17 mi | 47.4 | 25% | 3.4% | 3.6% |
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 Pierrefiche
What is the population of Pierrefiche?
303 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% more than in 2012 (270).
How old are Pierrefiche’s residents?
The median age is 50.3, older than 84% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pierrefiche?
37, with occasional dwellings: 18% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pierrefiche?
INSEE counts 18 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.8% of residents, and 15 foreign nationals (5.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Pierrefiche?
€24,100 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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