Pérignac ranks below 99% of compared French towns on flats: 1.7%
40% of households are headed by a retired person; in the typical compared French town the figure is 32%. Compared with other places, single-parent households are scarce here: 5.6%, fewer than in 97% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put Pérignac’s population at 965, in 450 households. The census found that nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24 here.
Throughout this page, the Charente-Maritime 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 Pérignac
An older town
Half of Pérignac’s residents are under 52 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 28% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.2% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 80 homes empty (15%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 81% of compared French towns grew faster than Pérignac: −3%
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 population moved +2%, and from 2017 to 2023 −5%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Charente-Maritime town +8%.
Older than 89% of compared French towns: half of Pérignac is over 52
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Pérignac 52. The median compared French town: 44.
Here 28% of residents are 65 or over, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 22%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
28% of households are one person living alone, below 86% 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 Charente-Maritime median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 2.2 people in the average household. In the typical compared French town, just over a third of households are one person living alone. 23% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 59% of compared French towns.
Pérignac sits above 95% of compared French towns for empty homes (15%)
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
Car-free households: one in 16, where the median compared French town has 11%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Against that, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. For Pérignac, the census puts households without a car at 6.2%.
Half above, half below €25,390 a year in standard of living
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 midpoint of living standards here is €25,390 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 56% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a manual worker than 85% of compared French towns: 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
Set against 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 6.8% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Pérignac. As a yardstick, 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).
3.5% of residents are immigrants, below 78% of compared French towns
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 Charente-Maritime has 3.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 78% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 2.8% of residents are foreign nationals.
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 97% of compared French towns: 52%
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 the typical compared French town, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single; in Pérignac, 20%. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
Pérignac sits below 79% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (22%)
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
Against a figure of 19% in the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification in Pérignac comes in at 21%. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
The 9th oldest of 41 French towns of 965 to 2,582 people
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
No nearby town is as old as Pérignac
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pérignac | 52 | 28% | 3.3% | 3.5% |
| Pons 4,343 · 5.3 mi | 50.3 | 30% | 3.1% | 7.1% |
| Cognac 18,532 · 8 mi | 44.7 | 24% | 2.8% | 6.3% |
| Châteaubernard 3,878 · 8.2 mi | 49.5 | 29% | 1.9% | 4.8% |
| Chaniers 3,651 · 8.4 mi | 50.9 | 29% | 4% | 2% |
| Val-de-Cognac 3,471 · 9.5 mi | 50.5 | 28% | 3.9% | 3.1% |
| Gémozac 3,052 · 11.2 mi | 51.9 | 32% | 7.4% | 3.1% |
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 Pérignac
What is the population of Pérignac?
965 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (995).
How old are Pérignac’s residents?
The median age is 52, older than 89% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pérignac?
18, with occasional dwellings: 3.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pérignac?
INSEE counts 33 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.5% of residents, and 27 foreign nationals (2.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Pérignac?
€25,390 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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