Couples with children: 36%, a higher share than 94% of compared French towns
Households headed by a manual worker: 20%, above 82% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Pîtres was home to 2,589 people in 1,050 households. In Pîtres, 18% of residents are 65 or over. More households in social housing than in 70% of compared French towns: 17%.
Throughout this page, the Eure 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 Pîtres
A town of families
36% of households are couples with children and 9.6% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Pîtres’s population changed by +7% since 2012, more than in 58% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +4%, then +3% to 2023. Over those years, the median Eure town changed −1% and the median compared French town +5%.
Half of Pîtres is under 39.5, younger than 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
■ Pîtres 39.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Eure 52.5%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 27%, a lower share than 88% 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 Eure median and the France median
Living alone · share
Average household size: 2.5 people. Few places have so few single-parent households: 9.6% here, fewer than in 57% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%.
Pîtres ranks below 76% of compared French towns on flats: 16%
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
6.9% of households arrived within the last two years, while 24% have stayed 30 years or more. On households without a car, Pîtres sits lower than 69% of compared French towns: 7.7%. Set against 2.1% in the typical compared French town, 0.8% of homes are second homes locally.
A typical living standard of €25,050 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 Pîtres’ residents live in households with a standard of living below €25,050 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 60% of compared French towns. The share living below the poverty line is 11.0%.
More households headed by a retired person than 63% of compared French towns: 35%
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
Households headed by a manager or professional come to 10% in Pîtres, about one in ten. The share of households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
2.5% of residents are foreign nationals, fewer than in 72% 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.
Against a figure of 6.5% in the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants in Pîtres comes in at 4.6%. Foreign nationals make up 4.3% in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 24% of residents 15 and over are single in Pîtres
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
Higher than in nearly three fifths of compared French towns: 44% of residents 15 and over are married. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Pîtres ranks below 77% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 23%
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, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification; in Pîtres, 23%. As a yardstick, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 4th youngest of 41 French towns of 2,564 to 2,613 people
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 34.6 in Bourguébus to 61.2 in Eymet.
Pîtres sits below 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pîtres | 39.5 | 18% | 0.8% | 4.6% |
| Romilly-sur-Andelle 3,234 · 1.7 mi | 41.3 | 21% | 1.3% | 1.9% |
| Pont-de-l'Arche 4,133 · 3.6 mi | 41 | 18% | 1.3% | 3.6% |
| Val-de-Reuil 13,245 · 3.6 mi | 32.3 | 9.8% | 0.5% | 17% |
| Le Vaudreuil 3,624 · 4.4 mi | 46.3 | 24% | 2.5% | 4.4% |
| Boos 3,975 · 4.5 mi | 41.2 | 17% | 1% | 3.7% |
| Tourville-la-Rivière 2,596 · 5.5 mi | 40.5 | 20% | 0.5% | 3.8% |
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 Pîtres
What is the population of Pîtres?
2,589 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (2,428).
How old are Pîtres’ residents?
The median age is 39.5, younger than 82% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pîtres?
9, with occasional dwellings: 0.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pîtres?
INSEE counts 120 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.6% of residents, and 64 foreign nationals (2.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Pîtres?
€25,050 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 11.0% 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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