Peyremale is older than 98% of compared French towns: a median age of 60.4
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Peyremale had 272 residents in 150 households at the 2023 census. Put another way, about one in 29: 3.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional. Here 4.1% of households have no car, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%.
Throughout this page, the Gard 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 Peyremale
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 97 second homes and occasional dwellings in Peyremale, 36% of its 270 homes: higher than in 96% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Peyremale’s residents are under 60.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 40% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Peyremale had 288 residents at the 2012 census and 272 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 90% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A town of second homes: 36% of its homes
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
7.6% of households moved in less than two years ago; 23% have been in their home 30 years or more. In the typical compared French town, second homes come to 2.1%. At 2.6%, the share of flats is lower than in 99% of compared French towns. Here one in ten homes stand empty, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 6.7%.
From 2012 to 2023, 90% of compared French towns grew faster than Peyremale: −6%
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 Gard town +7%.
Residents aged 65 and over: 40%, a higher share than 98% 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
■ Peyremale 60.4. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 6.2%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gard 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Peyremale sits below 85% of compared French towns for couples with children (17%)
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 Gard median and the France median
Living alone · share
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Roughly four in ten: 38% of households are one person living alone.
Median standard of living: €22,940 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 Peyremale’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €22,940 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 82% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a retired person than 98% of compared French towns: 52%
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
The share of households headed by a manual worker is 10%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 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).
A larger share of immigrants than 72% of compared French towns: 10%
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.
With foreign nationals at 7%, Peyremale is ahead of 69% of compared French towns on that count. Across the comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
49% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 89% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Against a figure of 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of single residents in Peyremale comes in at 21%. As a reference point, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Peyremale sits below 65% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (26%)
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
22% of adults out of school have no qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 19%. Elsewhere, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 272 to 2,582 people: this is the 4th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Every neighbor is younger than Peyremale
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peyremale | 60.4 | 40% | 36% | 10% |
| Bessèges 2,606 · 2 mi | 59.4 | 40% | 9.6% | 4.7% |
| La Grand-Combe 4,783 · 6 mi | 46.3 | 27% | 1% | 11% |
| Saint-Ambroix 3,445 · 7.3 mi | 56.1 | 37% | 7.8% | 5% |
| Les Vans 2,662 · 8 mi | 58.6 | 39% | 25% | 8.7% |
| Saint-Julien-les-Rosiers 3,533 · 8.7 mi | 47.4 | 25% | 2.1% | 4.3% |
| Rousson 4,456 · 9 mi | 46.3 | 24% | 1.8% | 4.1% |
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 Peyremale
What is the population of Peyremale?
272 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (288).
How old are Peyremale’s residents?
The median age is 60.4, older than 98% of compared French towns. 9.4% are under 18 and 40% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Peyremale?
97, with occasional dwellings: 36% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Peyremale?
INSEE counts 28 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 10% of residents, and 19 foreign nationals (7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Peyremale?
€22,940 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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