Only 2.9% of households have no car in Pirey
6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town, against 3.8% in Pirey. This Doubs town counted 2,156 residents and 970 households at the 2023 Census. Census figures put households headed by a retired person at 29% locally. With a median age of 45.8, Pirey is older than 62% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Doubs 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 Pirey
Many graduates
48% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 16% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
+5% since 2012, a pace below 51% 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
21% of residents are 65 or over, below 56% 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
■ Pirey 45.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Census figures put residents aged 15 to 24 at 11% in Pirey. In the typical compared French town, 22% 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: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
Below 63% of compared French towns: 33% of households are one person living alone
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 Doubs median and the France median
Living alone · share
In Pirey, 11% of households are single parents, beside 10% in the typical compared French town. Locally, 27% of households are couples with children. Typically, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Below 74% of compared French towns: 7.4% 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
1.1% of homes are second homes; in the typical compared French town the figure is 2.1%. Here, 30% of homes are flats. The share of households in social housing in the typical compared French town is 12%.
€30,910 a year: the median 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 €30,910 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 88% of compared French towns. As for poverty, 6.0% of residents are below the line.
Pirey: 12% of households are headed by a manager or professional, above 63% 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
In the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker; in Pirey, 12%. The comparison figure for households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
2.6% of residents are foreign nationals, fewer than in 71% 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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 57% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Doubs has 8.5%. The usual figure: 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. In Pirey, 5.7% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents: 48%, a higher share than 84% 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
With single residents at 22%, Pirey is behind 80% of compared French towns on that count. By way of comparison, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 94% of compared French towns, at 10%
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
30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, against 48% in Pirey. On average, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (2,156 to 2,582 people), the 20th 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.
Pirey sits below 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pirey | 45.8 | 21% | 1.1% | 5.7% |
| École-Valentin 2,579 · 1.3 mi | 42.9 | 21% | 1.6% | 6.1% |
| Miserey-Salines 2,661 · 1.8 mi | 42.7 | 24% | 0.9% | 4.6% |
| Besançon 118,489 · 2.6 mi | 35.6 | 19% | 2.5% | 15% |
| Les Auxons 2,533 · 2.7 mi | 46.1 | 22% | 0.7% | 3.7% |
| Thise 2,994 · 5.3 mi | 53.1 | 34% | 0.8% | 3.6% |
| Saône 3,195 · 7.6 mi | 46.1 | 24% | 0.7% | 3.3% |
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 Pirey
What is the population of Pirey?
2,156 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (2,060).
How old are Pirey’s residents?
The median age is 45.8, older than 62% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pirey?
11, with occasional dwellings: 1.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pirey?
INSEE counts 120 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.7% of residents, and 55 foreign nationals (2.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Pirey?
€30,910 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 6.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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