Sivry-la-Perche sits below 99% of compared French towns for flats (2.9%)
Set against 14% in the typical compared French town, 26% of households are headed by a manual worker in Sivry-la-Perche. In 2023, the Census found 279 residents in the town, living in 120 households. Residents aged 15 to 24 account for 7.5%. 6.1% of households have no car, a lower share than in 80% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Meuse 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 Sivry-la-Perche
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 4.4% single parents with children; 22% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Empty homes
The census found 16 homes empty (11%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Sivry-la-Perche’s population changed by +8% since 2012, more than in 64% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +6%, then +2% to 2023.
25% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 68% 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
■ Sivry-la-Perche 43.6. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 43.6, Sivry-la-Perche is younger than 53% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 111 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Meuse 52.5%, France 51.8%.
In Sivry-la-Perche, 35% of households are couples with children, more than in 92% 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 Meuse median and the France median
Living alone · share
In the typical compared French town, 10% of households are single parents; in Sivry-la-Perche, 4.4%. As a reference point, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in three: 31% of households are one person living alone.
Sivry-la-Perche: 11% of homes stand empty, above 86% 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
Here 5% of homes are second homes, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. 4.3% of households arrived within the last two years, while 39% have stayed 30 years or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €25,120 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €25,120 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 59% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a retired person than 98% of compared French towns: 52%
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 manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 32% 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).
Sivry-la-Perche: 0% of residents 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.
Immigrants are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Sivry-la-Perche, 18% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 97% 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 (51%), Sivry-la-Perche is above 94% of compared French towns. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Sivry-la-Perche sits below 76% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (15%)
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
Census figures put graduates of higher education at 29% in Sivry-la-Perche. To put it in context, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 15th youngest of 41 French towns of 279 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
4 of 5 neighbors are older than Sivry-la-Perche
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sivry-la-Perche | 43.6 | 25% | 5% | 0% |
| Thierville-sur-Meuse 3,172 · 5 mi | 37.1 | 19% | 2.6% | 2.9% |
| Verdun 16,890 · 6.2 mi | 45 | 26% | 2.1% | 7.3% |
| Belleville-sur-Meuse 3,013 · 6.3 mi | 45 | 24% | 1.8% | 3.5% |
| Sainte-Menehould 4,146 · 16.1 mi | 50.5 | 31% | 1.8% | 4.6% |
| Étain 3,375 · 17.9 mi | 45.7 | 25% | 1.2% | 3.5% |
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 Sivry-la-Perche
What is the population of Sivry-la-Perche?
279 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (258).
How old are Sivry-la-Perche’s residents?
The median age is 43.6, younger than 53% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Sivry-la-Perche?
7, with occasional dwellings: 5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Sivry-la-Perche?
INSEE counts 0 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Sivry-la-Perche?
€25,120 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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