A median age of 58.3: Pirou is older than 97% of compared French towns
Single-parent households make up 4.4%, against 10% in the typical compared French town. 1,514 residents in 790 households: that is Pirou at the 2023 Census. Here, 2.3% of homes stand empty. Compared with other places, flats are scarce here: 3%, fewer than in 98% of compared French towns.
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 Pirou
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 1,040 second homes and occasional dwellings in Pirou, 56% of its 1,880 homes: higher than in 98% of compared French towns. 89% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Pirou’s residents are under 58.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 38% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.5% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Above 98% of compared French towns: 56% of homes are second homes
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
With households without a car at 4.9%, Pirou is behind 88% of compared French towns on that count. For second homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. Here, 4.6% of households rent social housing (HLM).
Since 2012, Pirou has changed by −1%, slower than 72% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and ±0% for the median Manche town, the change came in two steps: −6% from 2012 to 2017, then +5% to 2023.
Above 97% of compared French towns: 38% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Pirou 58.3. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 11%; Pirou has 7.5%. Set beside that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 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.
A lower share of couples with children than 87% of compared French towns, at 16%
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
Households average 1.9 people. One-person households are more common here than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, couples with children come to 25%.
Median standard of living: €25,970 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 €25,970 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 50% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a retired person than 98% of compared French towns: 51%
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: 13% here and 14% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. 5% of households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Pirou sits below 96% of compared French towns for immigrants (1.6%)
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.
In Pirou, 0.9% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. 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.
19% of residents 15 and over are single, below 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
Married: 49%; in a PACS: 6.4%; against 43% and 6.1% in the median compared French town, with 9.7% widowed. As a reference point, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 88% of compared French towns, at 19%
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
Adults with no qualification: 24% here and 19% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town: 30%.
Of 41 French towns its size (1,514 to 2,582 people), the 4th 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.
2 of 6 neighbors are older than Pirou
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pirou | 58.3 | 38% | 56% | 1.6% |
| Gouville-sur-Mer 3,274 · 4.6 mi | 56 | 36% | 26% | 1.5% |
| Saint-Sauveur-Villages 3,208 · 8.1 mi | 47.4 | 25% | 8.1% | 1.8% |
| Agon-Coutainville 3,020 · 8.5 mi | 63.8 | 48% | 53% | 2.3% |
| La Haye 4,029 · 8.9 mi | 54.9 | 34% | 21% | 2.5% |
| Coutances 8,321 · 10.1 mi | 49 | 28% | 3.9% | 5.6% |
| Port-Bail-sur-Mer 2,520 · 12.5 mi | 59.5 | 40% | 52% | 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 Pirou
What is the population of Pirou?
1,514 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (1,523).
How old are Pirou’s residents?
The median age is 58.3, older than 97% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 38% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pirou?
1,040, with occasional dwellings: 56% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pirou?
INSEE counts 24 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.6% of residents, and 14 foreign nationals (0.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Pirou?
€25,970 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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