29% of homes are second homes, a share 95% of compared French towns don’t reach
In Le Percy, 5.3% of households rent social housing (HLM), beside 12% in the typical compared French town. 2.7% of homes stand empty. With a median age of 47.7, Le Percy is older than 73% of compared French towns. This Isère town counted 167 residents and 76 households at the 2023 Census.
Throughout this page, the Isère 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 Le Percy
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 32 second homes and occasional dwellings in Le Percy, 29% of its 110 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 87% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Many graduates
52% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 22% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
13% of homes are flats, below 82% 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
Households that moved in under two years ago: 6.6%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 24%. At 9.2%, the share of households without a car is lower than in 58% of compared French towns. One household in 11 has no car (median compared French town: 11%).
Le Percy’s population changed by +10% since 2012, more than in 69% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +13%, and from 2017 to 2023 −3%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Isère town +7%.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 80% of compared French towns: 28%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Le Percy 47.7. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 11%. Typically, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 120 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children: 19%, a lower share than 79% 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 Isère median and the France median
Living alone · share
31% of households are one person living alone; in the typical compared French town the figure is 35%. Single-parent households make up about one in eight here (13%). The usual figure: a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Median standard of living: €22,620 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 Le Percy’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €22,620 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 85% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a manager or professional than 74% of compared French towns: 6.2%
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
13% of households are headed by a manual worker, against 14% in the typical compared French town. Few places have so few households headed by a retired person: 31% here, fewer than in 57% of compared French towns. For households headed by a manager or professional, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Le Percy sits below 65% of compared French towns for foreign nationals (3%)
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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 55% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Isère has 8%. For comparison, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. The census found that 6% of residents are immigrants in Le Percy.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents: 22%, a lower share than 82% 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 Le Percy, 46% of residents 15 and over are married, beside 43% in the typical compared French town. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Adults with no qualification: 8.6%, 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
Against a figure of 30% in the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education in Le Percy comes in at 52%. The benchmark for adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town: 19%.
Ranked by age, 15th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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.
Le Percy and its 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Percy | 47.7 | 28% | 29% | 6% |
| La Mure 4,963 · 10.4 mi | 49.5 | 30% | 5.1% | 8.2% |
| Die 4,844 · 13.5 mi | 50.6 | 29% | 11% | 6.7% |
| Saint-Georges-de-Commiers 2,699 · 16.8 mi | 43 | 21% | 1.5% | 4% |
| Vif 8,530 · 17.5 mi | 44.2 | 20% | 1.5% | 5.1% |
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 Le Percy
What is the population of Le Percy?
167 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (152).
How old are Le Percy’s residents?
The median age is 47.7, older than 73% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Le Percy?
32, with occasional dwellings: 29% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Le Percy?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Le Percy?
€22,620 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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