Older than 94% of compared French towns: half of Périers is over 54.7
In Périers, 24% of households rent social housing (HLM), beside 12% in the typical compared French town. At the 2023 Census Périers was home to 2,376 people in 1,150 households. Across Périers, 13% of households are couples with children. On households headed by a manager or professional, Périers sits lower than 93% of compared French towns: 3.9%.
Throughout this page, the Manche 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 Périers
An older town
Half of Périers’ residents are under 54.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 37% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 16% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Many people living alone
48% of Périers’ households are one person: higher than in 91% of compared French towns; 31% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Périers changed by +1% from 2012 to 2023, behind 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 Manche town ±0%.
In Périers, 37% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 96% 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
■ Périers 54.7. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 8.9%, Périers is behind 83% of compared French towns on that count. Across the comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 82 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
One-person households make up 48% in Périers, more than in 91% 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 Manche median and the France median
Living alone · share
By its share of single-parent households (7.5%), Périers is below 86% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. The average household has 1.8 people.
11% of homes stand empty, more than in 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
By its share of flats (20%), Périers is below just over two thirds of compared French towns. Households without a car are more common here than in 77% of compared French towns. For comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. The share of second homes stands at 4.3%.
A median of €21,400 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €21,400 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 92% of compared French towns. Under the poverty line sit 21.0% of residents.
44% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 92% of compared French towns
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%; Périers has 20%. Set beside that, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Périers, 1.9% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 93% 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.
Where 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, Périers has 1.6%. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A lower share of married residents than 84% of compared French towns, at 37%
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 Périers, 24% of residents 15 and over are single, beside 25% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 13%, a lower share than 99% 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
35% of adults out of school have no qualification (typical compared French town: 19%). For comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (2,376 to 2,582 people), the 7th oldest
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.
Older than Périers: 2 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Périers | 54.7 | 37% | 4.3% | 1.9% |
| Saint-Sauveur-Villages 3,208 · 3.8 mi | 47.4 | 25% | 8.1% | 1.8% |
| Marigny-Le-Lozon 2,761 · 9.3 mi | 43.7 | 24% | 2.1% | 1.1% |
| Gouville-sur-Mer 3,274 · 9.4 mi | 56 | 36% | 26% | 1.5% |
| Coutances 8,321 · 9.5 mi | 49 | 28% | 3.9% | 5.6% |
| La Haye 4,029 · 10.2 mi | 54.9 | 34% | 21% | 2.5% |
| Carentan-les-Marais 10,218 · 11.5 mi | 49.1 | 28% | 5% | 2.4% |
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 Périers
What is the population of Périers?
2,376 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (2,355).
How old are Périers’ residents?
The median age is 54.7, older than 94% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 37% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Périers?
58, with occasional dwellings: 4.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Périers?
INSEE counts 45 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.9% of residents, and 38 foreign nationals (1.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Périers?
€21,400 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 21.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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