Pellegrue sits above 99% of compared French towns for empty homes (23%)
2.6% of households rent social housing (HLM), against 12% in the typical compared French town. The 2023 Census put Pellegrue’s population at 923, in 430 households. Census figures put couples with children at 19% locally. Few places have as many residents aged 65 and over: 30% here, more than in 86% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Gironde 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 Pellegrue
Fewer residents than in 2012
Pellegrue had 1,006 residents at the 2012 census and 923 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 95% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 130 homes empty (23%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 100 immigrants in Pellegrue (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 15% of residents, against 5.1% for the median compared commune in Gironde. 14% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A change of −8% since 2012 leaves Pellegrue behind 95% 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
Here the change came as +9% to 2017, then −16% to 2023.
A median age of 48.7: Pellegrue is older than 78% 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
■ Pellegrue 48.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Pellegrue comes in at 12%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Pellegrue sits above 77% of compared French towns for single-parent households (12%)
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 Gironde median and the France median
Living alone · share
Just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, against 33% in Pellegrue. The average household has 2.2 people. Single-parent households: 10% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
9.7% of homes are flats, below 87% of compared French towns
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
Turnover: 10% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 26% have lived in their home 30 years or more. More second homes than in 69% of compared French towns: 3.7%. Without a car: one household in eight, against 11% in the median compared French town.
€21,120 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 €21,120 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 93% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a retired person than 87% of compared French towns, at 41%
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 manual worker: 17%, above two thirds of compared French towns. Set beside that, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. For Pellegrue, the census puts households headed by a manager or professional at 6%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Pellegrue: 15% of residents are immigrants, above 86% 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.
Here 14% of residents are foreign nationals, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. By way of 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.
45% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 63% 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
Census figures put single residents at 25% in Pellegrue. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
Pellegrue sits below 96% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (16%)
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
The share of adults with no qualification is 29%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 15th oldest of 41 French towns of 923 to 2,582 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 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Pellegrue is younger than 3 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pellegrue | 48.7 | 30% | 3.7% | 15% |
| Port-Sainte-Foy-et-Ponchapt 2,520 · 9.3 mi | 55.2 | 36% | 5.9% | 8.9% |
| Sainte-Foy-la-Grande 2,507 · 9.5 mi | 46.9 | 31% | 2.7% | 21% |
| Pineuilh 4,490 · 9.5 mi | 53.9 | 35% | 3.2% | 9% |
| Castillon-la-Bataille 3,344 · 9.8 mi | 46.9 | 28% | 1.9% | 19% |
| La Réole 4,487 · 12.4 mi | 44.7 | 22% | 1.9% | 12% |
| Sainte-Bazeille 3,171 · 14.7 mi | 50.4 | 30% | 1.4% | 6.4% |
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 Pellegrue
What is the population of Pellegrue?
923 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (1,006).
How old are Pellegrue’s residents?
The median age is 48.7, older than 78% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pellegrue?
22, with occasional dwellings: 3.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pellegrue?
INSEE counts 140 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 15% of residents, and 130 foreign nationals (14%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Pellegrue?
€21,120 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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