A larger share of second homes than 96% of compared French towns: 35%
Where nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, Peyrelevade has 3.1%. At the 2023 Census, 824 people lived here, in 310 households. Flats: 5% of the total. Fewer single-parent households than in 93% of compared French towns: 6.5%.
Throughout this page, the Corrèze 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 Peyrelevade
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 200 second homes and occasional dwellings in Peyrelevade, 35% of its 570 homes: higher than in 96% of compared French towns. 98% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Below 92% of compared French towns: 3.5% of households rent social housing (HLM)
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
11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town, against 6.9% in Peyrelevade. Compared with other places, empty homes are common here: 10%, more than in 82% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, households in social housing come to 12%. Households that moved in under two years ago: 13%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 24%.
A change of +2% since 2012 leaves Peyrelevade behind 62% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was +5%; from 2017 to 2023, −3%.
In Peyrelevade, 29% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 82% 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
■ Peyrelevade 46.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 9.3%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Still, the median age in Peyrelevade is 46.4, higher than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns. Typically, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Corrèze 51.9%, France 51.8%.
In Peyrelevade, 44% of households are one person living alone, more than in 82% 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 Corrèze median and the France median
Living alone · share
A quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, against 19% in Peyrelevade. One-person households make up 35% in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 1.9 people on average.
A typical living standard of €23,180 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.
The median standard of living in Peyrelevade is €23,180 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 80% of compared French towns.
In Peyrelevade, 26% of households are headed by a retired person, fewer than in 79% 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
Against a figure of 14% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker in Peyrelevade comes in at 11%. Measured more widely, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
11% of residents are foreign nationals, a share 85% of compared French towns don’t reach
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.
Immigrants make up a share higher than in 78% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Corrèze has 6.1%. Locally, just over one in ten residents are immigrants. In the typical compared French town, foreign nationals come to 4.3%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents make up 33% in Peyrelevade, less than in 94% 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
In the typical compared French town, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single; in Peyrelevade, 35%. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Above 83% of compared French towns: 27% of adults out of school have no 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
The figure for graduates of higher education is 23% in Peyrelevade and 30% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 824 to 2,582 people, the 18th 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).
Peyrelevade and the towns 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peyrelevade | 46.4 | 29% | 35% | 12% |
| Ussel 9,187 · 16.9 mi | 48.1 | 27% | 4.5% | 10% |
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 Peyrelevade
What is the population of Peyrelevade?
824 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (809).
How old are Peyrelevade’s residents?
The median age is 46.4, older than 66% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Peyrelevade?
200, with occasional dwellings: 35% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Peyrelevade?
INSEE counts 99 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 12% of residents, and 92 foreign nationals (11%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Peyrelevade?
€23,180 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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