A larger share of couples with children than 97% of compared French towns: 38%
With flats at 9.1%, Le Perréon is behind 88% of compared French towns on that count. Compared with other places, households without a car are scarce here: 3.9%, fewer than in 94% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 1,500 people lived here, in 610 households. Across Le Perréon, 4.3% of households rent social housing (HLM).
Throughout this page, the Rhône 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 Le Perréon
A town of families
38% of households are couples with children and 6% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A change of +4% since 2012 leaves Le Perréon behind 51% 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
In two steps, +11% to 2017 and −5% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +10% in Rhône.
Fewer residents aged 65 and over than 79% of compared French towns: 18%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Le Perréon 44.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24, more than in 52% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Rhône 51.5%, France 51.8%.
25% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 94% 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 Rhône median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households here average 2.5 people each. For one-person households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 35%. 6% of households are single parents, a lower share than in 96% of compared French towns.
A larger share of second homes than 76% of compared French towns: 4.8%
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
Newcomers of less than two years account for 7.2% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 18%. On empty homes, Le Perréon sits higher than 52% of compared French towns: 6.9%. As a yardstick, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Standard of living at the median: €28,480 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 €28,480 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 75% of compared French towns.
Le Perréon ranks above 83% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 20%
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
Where 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, Le Perréon has 7.6%. Households headed by a manual worker: 14% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. 28% of households are headed by a retired person, or about one in four.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 84% of compared French towns: 2.7%
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 2% in Le Perréon and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Rhône has 8.2%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 84% of compared French towns. 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 larger share of married residents than 94% of compared French towns: 51%
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
The figure for single residents is 20% in Le Perréon and 25% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
16% of adults out of school have no qualification, below 66% 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
With graduates of higher education at 28%, Le Perréon is behind 56% of compared French towns on that count. To put it in context, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
16th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 1,500 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
No nearby town is as old as Le Perréon
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Perréon | 44.1 | 18% | 4.8% | 2.7% |
| Saint-Georges-de-Reneins 4,677 · 5.7 mi | 41.8 | 19% | 2.3% | 5.1% |
| Arnas 4,601 · 6.2 mi | 39.8 | 19% | 1.3% | 6.9% |
| Gleizé 8,035 · 6.8 mi | 43.9 | 24% | 1% | 12% |
| Porte des Pierres Dorées 4,185 · 7 mi | 41.6 | 18% | 2.6% | 5% |
| Belleville-en-Beaujolais 14,016 · 7.3 mi | 39.6 | 18% | 1.2% | 11% |
| Villefranche-sur-Saône 36,172 · 7.8 mi | 38.5 | 20% | 2.2% | 18% |
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 Le Perréon
What is the population of Le Perréon?
1,500 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (1,436).
How old are Le Perréon’s residents?
The median age is 44.1, older than 50% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Le Perréon?
33, with occasional dwellings: 4.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Le Perréon?
INSEE counts 41 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.7% of residents, and 30 foreign nationals (2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Le Perréon?
€28,480 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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