2% of households have no car, below 99% of compared French towns
20% of households are one person living alone, against 35% in the typical compared French town. Few places have as many second homes: 7% here, more than in 83% of compared French towns. Perchède had 104 residents in 49 households at the 2023 Census. Census figures put flats at 3.4% in the town.
Throughout this page, the Gers 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 Perchède
An older town
Half of Perchède’s residents are under 52.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 32% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.5% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Perchède grew +14% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 80% 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 Gers town ±0%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was +30%; from 2017 to 2023, −12%.
Perchède is older than 90% of compared French towns: a median age of 52.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Perchède 52.5. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 trails 98% of compared French towns: 6.7%. On the census count, nearly a third of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Gers 52.4%, France 51.8%.
Above 75% of compared French towns: 30% of households are couples with children
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 Gers median and the France median
Living alone · share
Average household size: 2.1 people. At 10%, the share of single-parent households is lower than in 50% of compared French towns. Against that, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Perchède ranks above 70% of compared French towns on empty homes: 8.7%
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
Newcomers of less than two years account for 4.1% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 31%. Across the comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
The median resident lives on €26,100 a year per consumption unit
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 residents live in households above €26,100 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 51% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a manual worker than 83% of compared French towns, at 20%
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 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Roughly three in ten: 30% of households are headed by a retired person. Set beside that, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Perchède ranks above 63% of compared French towns on immigrants: 8.6%
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 Gers has 7.9%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 63% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 5.7% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents: 68%, a higher share than 99% 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
By its share of single residents (12%), Perchède is below 99% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 25%, a lower share than 69% 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 make up about one in five here (19%). The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
8th highest median age among 41 French towns of 104 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Perchède and its 3 nearest towns: 2 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perchède | 52.5 | 32% | 7% | 8.6% |
| Aire-sur-l'Adour 6,211 · 8 mi | 52.8 | 32% | 4% | 6.7% |
| Villeneuve-de-Marsan 2,508 · 11.5 mi | 48.9 | 29% | 2.7% | 4.2% |
| Eauze 4,108 · 13.3 mi | 54.2 | 33% | 8.4% | 20% |
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 Perchède
What is the population of Perchède?
104 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% more than in 2012 (91).
How old are Perchède’s residents?
The median age is 52.5, older than 90% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 32% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Perchède?
4, with occasional dwellings: 7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Perchède?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.6% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (5.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Perchède?
€26,100 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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