Single-parent households: 5.8%, a lower share than 96% of compared French towns
Half of Perrigny’s residents are over 49.5, older than in 81% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 1,551 residents and 760 households locally. The share of households headed by a retired person stands at 38%. Households without a car: 7.7% here and 11% in the typical compared French town.
Throughout this page, the Jura 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.
+1% since 2012, a pace below 66% 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
The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Jura town −4%.
Perrigny sits above 83% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (29%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Perrigny 49.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Jura 52.0%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
22% of households are couples with children, below 66% 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 Jura median and the France median
Living alone · share
Set against 35% in the typical compared French town, 38% of households are one person living alone in Perrigny. Average household size: 2 people. The usual figure: a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Fewer households in social housing than 67% of compared French towns: 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
Set against 2.1% in the typical compared French town, 3.1% of homes are second homes in Perrigny. Newcomers of less than two years account for one in ten households, residents of 30 years or more for 27%. On average, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town.
A typical living standard of €26,420 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.
Living standards centre on €26,420 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 55% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a manual worker than 61% of compared French towns: 16%
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
7.8% of households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manual worker: 14% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
6.6% of residents in Perrigny are immigrants
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 Jura has 7.6%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in just over half of compared French towns. Put another way, about one in 15: 6.6% of residents are immigrants. Foreign nationals: 4.3%, near enough the figure 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.
Fewer single residents than 75% of compared French towns: 22%
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 married residents at 42% in Perrigny. In the typical compared French town, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single.
Perrigny sits above 52% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (31%)
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
Across Perrigny, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification. The comparison figure for graduates of higher education is 30% in the typical compared French town.
The 14th oldest of 41 French towns of 1,551 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
A younger town than 2 of the 5 around it: Perrigny
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perrigny | 49.5 | 29% | 3.1% | 6.6% |
| Lons-le-Saunier 16,618 · 1.1 mi | 47.2 | 28% | 5.4% | 12% |
| Montmorot 3,261 · 2.5 mi | 46.9 | 27% | 3.5% | 5.6% |
| Poligny 3,976 · 13.1 mi | 46.4 | 28% | 5.2% | 7.6% |
| Champagnole 8,036 · 16.4 mi | 50.7 | 31% | 1.5% | 7.9% |
| Louhans-Châteaurenaud 6,446 · 16.8 mi | 55.4 | 37% | 2.9% | 6.1% |
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 Perrigny
What is the population of Perrigny?
1,551 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (1,536).
How old are Perrigny’s residents?
The median age is 49.5, older than 81% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Perrigny?
27, with occasional dwellings: 3.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Perrigny?
INSEE counts 100 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.6% of residents, and 66 foreign nationals (4.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Perrigny?
€26,420 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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