A higher share of second homes than 92% of compared French towns, at 17%
5.8% of homes are flats; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 420 residents and 190 households in Perpezat. Locally, 22% of households are headed by a retired person.
Throughout this page, the Puy-de-Dôme 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 Perpezat
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 48 second homes and occasional dwellings in Perpezat, 17% of its 280 homes: higher than in 92% of compared French towns. 90% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Empty homes
The census found 40 homes empty (14%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Perpezat, 14% of homes stand empty, more than in 95% 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
Households that moved in under two years ago: 8.5%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 35%. 7.6% of households have no car, a lower share than in 69% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
Slower than most: −2% since 2012, behind 78% 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 +1%, and from 2017 to 2023 −3%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Puy-de-Dôme town +4%.
Half of Perpezat is over 45.7, older than 61% 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
■ Perpezat 45.7. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (9.4%), Perpezat is below three quarters of compared French towns. Residents aged 65 and over account for 22%.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Perpezat ranks below 98% of compared French towns on single-parent households: 5.4%
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 Puy-de-Dôme median and the France median
Living alone · share
Here 28% of households are couples with children, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%. In the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households is 10%. The share of one-person households stands at 31%.
Standard of living at the median: €23,270 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 €23,270 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 79% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a manual worker than 63% of compared French towns, at 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
Set against 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 11% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Perpezat. Typically, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 1.3% in Perpezat, less than in 98% 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 median compared commune in Puy-de-Dôme has 5.9%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 98% of compared French towns. Foreign nationals: 0.6% of the total. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% 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.
Above 91% of compared French towns: 50% of residents 15 and over are married
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
Where a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, Perpezat has 21%. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
Only 16% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Perpezat
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
A fifth of adults out of school have no qualification, or about one in five. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
20th highest median age among 41 French towns of 420 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Perpezat is younger than 4 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perpezat | 45.7 | 22% | 17% | 1.3% |
| Aydat 2,574 · 10.6 mi | 42.1 | 17% | 22% | 1.7% |
| Saint-Genès-Champanelle 4,066 · 11.9 mi | 41.5 | 18% | 3.7% | 2.2% |
| Orcines 3,609 · 13.6 mi | 46.3 | 23% | 3.5% | 3.9% |
| Royat 4,479 · 14.4 mi | 47.3 | 26% | 13% | 9.8% |
| Ceyrat 6,592 · 14.5 mi | 47.2 | 26% | 2.9% | 4.5% |
| Chamalières 17,509 · 15.4 mi | 47.8 | 29% | 5.4% | 5.7% |
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 Perpezat
What is the population of Perpezat?
420 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (428).
How old are Perpezat’s residents?
The median age is 45.7, older than 61% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Perpezat?
48, with occasional dwellings: 17% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Perpezat?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.3% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (0.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Perpezat?
€23,270 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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