Fewer households without a car than 99% of compared French towns: 2.7%
The figure for households in social housing is 1.2% in Perreux and 12% in the typical compared French town. This Loire town has fewer flats than 89% of compared French towns, at 8.6%. 2,111 residents in 860 households: that is Perreux at the 2023 Census. Put another way, about one in three: 31% of households are couples with children.
Throughout this page, the Loire 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 Perreux
Fewer residents than in 2012
Perreux had 2,212 residents at the 2012 census and 2,111 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 87% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−5% since 2012: slower than 87% 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 −4%, and from 2017 to 2023 ±0%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Loire town +3%.
Perreux is older than 69% of compared French towns: a median age of 46.9
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Perreux 46.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Here one in ten residents are 15 to 24, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. Just over a quarter of residents are 65 or over, or about one in four.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loire 52.0%, France 51.8%.
23% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 97% 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 Loire median and the France median
Living alone · share
Where 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town, Perreux has 5.8%. On average, 2.4 people share a household. By way of comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
A higher share of empty homes than 65% of compared French towns, at 8.1%
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: 8.5% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 27% have lived in their home 30 years or more. Typically, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Second homes are more common here than in just over three fifths of compared French towns.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €27,790 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 Perreux’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €27,790 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 69% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a manager or professional than 62% of compared French towns: 12%
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, a lower share than in 53% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town. The share of households headed by a retired person stands at 33%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
2.6% of residents are immigrants, below 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.
The figure for foreign nationals is 1.7% in Perreux and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 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.
In Perreux, 19% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 96% 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 married residents (50%), Perreux is above 90% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
33% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, a share 59% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 19% in the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification in Perreux comes in at 17%. The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 16th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Around Perreux, 5 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Perreux
What is the population of Perreux?
2,111 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (2,212).
How old are Perreux’s residents?
The median age is 46.9, older than 69% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Perreux?
28, with occasional dwellings: 2.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Perreux?
INSEE counts 55 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.6% of residents, and 35 foreign nationals (1.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Perreux?
€27,790 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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