A lower share of flats than 99% of compared French towns, at 3%
Where 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, Pérignac has 20%. At the same time, 1.8% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 97% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 495, in 230 households. Here, 8.7% of homes are second homes.
Throughout this page, the Charente 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
Fewer residents than in 2012
Pérignac had 536 residents at the 2012 census and 495 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 94% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Pérignac’s residents are under 52.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 26% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower than most: −8% since 2012, behind 94% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +1% for the median Charente town, the change came in two steps: −14% from 2012 to 2017, then +7% to 2023.
Half of Pérignac is over 52.4, older than 90% 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
■ Pérignac 52.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Here 8% of residents are 15 to 24, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. Higher than in 73% of compared French towns: 26% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households: 4.4%, a lower share than 99% 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 median and the France median
Living alone · share
On average, 2.2 people share a household. Set beside that, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Lower than in 55% of compared French towns: 34% of households are one person living alone. Meanwhile, 26% of households are couples with children; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%.
Pérignac: 10% of homes stand empty, above 80% 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
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, 6.9% of households have no car here. 4.9% of households arrived within the last two years, while 27% have stayed 30 years or more. Measured more widely, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
Standard of living at the median: €25,610 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 €25,610 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 53% of compared French towns.
Pérignac: 38% of households are headed by a retired person, above 78% 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
By its share of households headed by a manager or professional (6.6%), Pérignac is below 71% of compared French towns. The benchmark for households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town: 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 6.6% of Pérignac’s residents
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 has 4.8%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in just over half of compared French towns. Here, 5% 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.
Pérignac sits above 95% of compared French towns for married residents (51%)
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
Nearly a fifth of residents 15 and over are single, against 25% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
20% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 85% of compared French towns
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
The share of adults with no qualification stands at 19%. Typically, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (495 to 2,582 people), the 8th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Pérignac 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pérignac | 52.4 | 26% | 8.7% | 6.6% |
| Roullet-Saint-Estèphe 4,357 · 8.5 mi | 45.5 | 22% | 1.4% | 2.9% |
| La Couronne 7,765 · 9.9 mi | 43.8 | 22% | 2.1% | 6.3% |
| Châteauneuf-sur-Charente 3,550 · 10.9 mi | 49.8 | 29% | 2.9% | 6.4% |
| Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire 4,726 · 11.1 mi | 52.1 | 32% | 2.4% | 4.3% |
| Saint-Michel 3,196 · 12.1 mi | 49.8 | 32% | 2.4% | 8.2% |
| Angoulême 41,908 · 13 mi | 39.9 | 21% | 3.1% | 11% |
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?
495 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (536).
How old are Pérignac’s residents?
The median age is 52.4, older than 90% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pérignac?
24, with occasional dwellings: 8.7% 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), 6.6% of residents, and 25 foreign nationals (5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Pérignac?
€25,610 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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