A lower share of households without a car than 99% of compared French towns, at 2.6%
With a median age of 50.3, Peyrus is older than 84% of compared French towns. 576 residents in 270 households: that is Peyrus at the 2023 Census. On the census count, 21% of households are headed by a manager or professional. Here 3.9% of homes are flats, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%.
Throughout this page, the Drôme 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 Peyrus
One home in 10 is a second home
The census counted 33 second homes and occasional dwellings in Peyrus, 10% of its 330 homes: higher than in 88% of compared French towns. 94% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Peyrus had 622 residents at the 2012 census and 576 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 94% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Many graduates
50% 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.
Peyrus sits above 88% of compared French towns for second homes (10%)
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
Households that moved in under two years ago: 5.6%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 23%. 8.8% of homes stand empty, more than in 71% of compared French towns. Second homes make up 2.1% in the typical compared French town.
A −7% change since 2012: slower than 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
The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Drôme town +8%.
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 94% of compared French towns: 7.7%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Peyrus 50.3. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over tops 68% of compared French towns: 25%. On average, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Only 28% of households are one person living alone in Peyrus
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 Drôme median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households average 2.2 people. By way of comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households are rarer here than in three fifths of compared French towns. Little separates the share of couples with children here, 25%, from the figure in the typical compared French town.
At the median, €30,210 a year to live on
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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €30,210 a year: higher than in 86% of compared French towns.
Only 28% of households are headed by a retired person in Peyrus
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 Peyrus, 17%. On average, nearly a third 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).
1.6% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 96% 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.
The median compared commune in Drôme has 6.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 96% of compared French towns. Census figures put foreign nationals at 0.9% in Peyrus.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents: 18%, a lower share than 98% 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, 43% of residents 15 and over are married; in Peyrus, 47%. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification: 8.8%, a lower share than 98% 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
Half of Peyrus’ residents 15 and over who have left education hold a higher-education diploma, against 30% in the median compared French town; 8.8% have no diploma (19%).
41 French towns of 576 to 2,582 people: this is the 14th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
No nearby town is as old as Peyrus
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peyrus | 50.3 | 25% | 10% | 1.6% |
| Montélier 4,323 · 4.7 mi | 46.5 | 25% | 0.7% | 4.1% |
| Chabeuil 6,833 · 4.7 mi | 46.9 | 24% | 2.8% | 3.5% |
| Alixan 2,729 · 6.6 mi | 39.7 | 15% | 2.2% | 3.6% |
| Chatuzange-le-Goubet 6,523 · 7.4 mi | 40.9 | 19% | 1.8% | 3.2% |
| Malissard 3,294 · 7.6 mi | 49.8 | 26% | 1.5% | 4.1% |
| Montmeyran 2,960 · 8.3 mi | 48.1 | 24% | 3.1% | 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 Peyrus
What is the population of Peyrus?
576 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (622).
How old are Peyrus’ residents?
The median age is 50.3, older than 84% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Peyrus?
33, with occasional dwellings: 10% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Peyrus?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.6% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (0.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Peyrus?
€30,210 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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