2% of homes are flats, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 7.1%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Census day 2023: 577 residents and 250 households in Peyrignac. 27% of households are headed by a manual worker. At 13%, the share of single-parent households is higher than in 84% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Dordogne 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 Peyrignac
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 87 second homes and occasional dwellings in Peyrignac, 23% of its 370 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 59% 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.
A larger share of second homes than 94% of compared French towns: 23%
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
By its share of households without a car (5%), Peyrignac is below 88% of compared French towns. On average, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in 16: 6.3% of households rent social housing (HLM). Few places have as many empty homes: 8.8% here, more than in 71% of compared French towns.
Peyrignac’s population changed by +7% since 2012, more than in 60% 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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Dordogne town −1%.
Peyrignac is older than 77% of compared French towns: a median age of 48.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Peyrignac 48.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 25%, above nearly two thirds of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Dordogne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
In Peyrignac, 29% of households are one person living alone, fewer 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 Dordogne median and the France median
Living alone · share
Each household has 2.3 people on average. The wider picture: 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Lower than in 62% of compared French towns: 23% of households are couples with children.
Standard of living at the median: €25,170 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 midpoint of living standards here is €25,170 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 58% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person: 39%, a higher share than 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
5.9% of households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 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).
Below 95% of compared French towns: 1.7% of 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.
Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 1.3% of residents are foreign nationals here. For immigrants, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Peyrignac ranks below 92% of compared French towns on single residents: 20%
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
44% of residents 15 and over are married. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
In Peyrignac, 23% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 76% 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
Adults with no qualification: 17%, below just over three fifths of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
15th highest median age among 41 French towns of 577 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Peyrignac sits below 4 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peyrignac | 48.5 | 25% | 23% | 1.7% |
| Terrasson-Lavilledieu 6,218 · 5.4 mi | 49.9 | 29% | 4.7% | 11% |
| Montignac-Lascaux 2,762 · 6.6 mi | 56.3 | 36% | 22% | 5.4% |
| Saint-Pantaléon-de-Larche 5,091 · 12.3 mi | 46.1 | 23% | 2.1% | 6.1% |
| Objat 3,721 · 12.8 mi | 52.4 | 33% | 6% | 4.6% |
| Allassac 4,081 · 14.9 mi | 46.1 | 24% | 4.9% | 4% |
| Ussac 4,322 · 15.7 mi | 48.7 | 25% | 2.9% | 4.5% |
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 Peyrignac
What is the population of Peyrignac?
577 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (538).
How old are Peyrignac’s residents?
The median age is 48.5, older than 77% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Peyrignac?
87, with occasional dwellings: 23% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Peyrignac?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.7% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (1.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Peyrignac?
€25,170 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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