Below 99% of compared French towns: 0.6% of homes are flats
Here 3.2% of households have no car, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. One-person households are rarer here than in 96% of compared French towns. Pierrefitte’s 120 households held 318 residents at the 2023 Census. Put another way, about one in seven: 15% of residents are 15 to 24.
Throughout this page, the Deux-Sèvres 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 Pierrefitte
A town of families
36% of households are couples with children and 8% single parents with children; 17% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Empty homes
The census found 29 homes empty (18%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Pierrefitte had 332 residents at the 2012 census and 318 in 2023, down 4%: slower growth than in 86% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower than most: −4% since 2012, behind 86% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Deux-Sèvres town +1%. The first five years brought −2%; the six to 2023, −3%.
A lower share of residents aged 65 and over than 91% of compared French towns, at 15%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Pierrefitte 41. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 41, Pierrefitte is younger than 73% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Deux-Sèvres 51.4%, France 51.8%.
36% of households are couples with children, a share 94% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 Deux-Sèvres median and the France median
Living alone · share
A household here holds 2.6 people on average. 8% of households are single parents, a lower share than in 80% of compared French towns. The share of couples with children in the typical compared French town is 25%.
18% of homes stand empty, more than in 98% 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
Just over one in ten households arrived within the last two years, while 24% have stayed 30 years or more. To put it in context, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. On second homes, Pierrefitte sits higher than 83% of compared French towns: 7.3%.
Median standard of living: €23,850 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 €23,850 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 73% of compared French towns.
Above 99% of compared French towns: 28% 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
By its share of households headed by a retired person (36%), Pierrefitte is above 69% of compared French towns. At the same time, households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 93% of compared French towns. On average, 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).
Only 1.3% of residents are immigrants in Pierrefitte
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 lower than in 98% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Deux-Sèvres has 3.7%. Measured more widely, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Here, 0.6% 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 smaller share of married residents than 67% of compared French towns: 40%
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
Here, 26% of residents 15 and over are single. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Pierrefitte sits below 82% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (21%)
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 adults with no qualification is 19%; Pierrefitte has 13%. To put it in context, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
4th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 318 to 2,582
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 young as Pierrefitte
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pierrefitte | 41 | 15% | 7.3% | 1.3% |
| Airvault 3,306 · 7.5 mi | 52.8 | 31% | 6.8% | 3.6% |
| Thouars 13,891 · 8.7 mi | 50.6 | 30% | 2.5% | 6.5% |
| Bressuire 19,970 · 9.1 mi | 43.7 | 22% | 1.8% | 9.6% |
| Argentonnay 3,234 · 9.6 mi | 47.1 | 27% | 7.2% | 3.7% |
| Loretz-d'Argenton 2,575 · 13.5 mi | 47.4 | 24% | 5.8% | 2.9% |
| Châtillon-sur-Thouet 2,656 · 14.4 mi | 55.8 | 37% | 1.3% | 3.4% |
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 Pierrefitte
What is the population of Pierrefitte?
318 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (332).
How old are Pierrefitte’s residents?
The median age is 41, younger than 73% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pierrefitte?
12, with occasional dwellings: 7.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pierrefitte?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.3% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Pierrefitte?
€23,850 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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