Petiville sits below 99% of compared French towns for flats (1.1%)
Here 3.8% of households have no car, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. One-person households: just over a fifth of the total. Half of Petiville’s residents are under 39.6, younger than in 81% of compared French towns. This Seine-Maritime town had 1,211 residents in 480 households at the 2023 census.
Throughout this page, the Seine-Maritime 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 Petiville
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 8% single parents with children; 22% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Growth of +14% since 2012 puts Petiville ahead of 79% 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 change was +6%; from 2017 to 2023, +8%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Seine-Maritime town ±0%.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 91% of compared French towns, at 8.2%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Petiville 39.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 22% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over in Petiville comes in at 17%. Measured more widely, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Seine-Maritime 52.8%, France 51.8%.
35% of households are couples with children, a share 93% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 Seine-Maritime median and the France median
Living alone · share
The average household has 2.5 people. As a yardstick, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, single-parent households are scarce here: 8%, fewer than in 80% of compared French towns.
6.4% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 80% 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
Empty homes: 4.4%, below 83% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Long tenure is the mark of 20% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 5.8% (under two years). Second homes are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
At the median, €28,370 a year to live on
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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €28,370 a year: higher than in 74% of compared French towns.
19% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 80% 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
The share of households headed by a manager or professional trails just over two thirds of compared French towns: 7%. Census figures put households headed by a retired person at 28% in Petiville. Set beside that, 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).
A lower share of immigrants than 88% of compared French towns, at 2.4%
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.
1.8% of residents are foreign nationals (typical compared French town: 4.3%). To put it in context, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
Single residents: 18%, a lower share than 98% 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
52% of residents 15 and over are married, against 43% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Graduates of higher education make up 26% in Petiville, less than in 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
Against a figure of 19% in the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification in Petiville comes in at 18%. On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 2nd youngest of 41 French towns this size
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).
No nearby town is as young as Petiville
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Petiville | 39.6 | 17% | 0% | 2.4% |
| Port-Jérôme-sur-Seine 10,617 · 2.2 mi | 41.6 | 21% | 0.7% | 6.2% |
| Lillebonne 8,541 · 4.6 mi | 41.6 | 21% | 1.3% | 4.7% |
| Rives-en-Seine 4,002 · 7.6 mi | 50.1 | 28% | 3.3% | 2.4% |
| Gruchet-le-Valasse 3,008 · 7.8 mi | 42.3 | 22% | 1.4% | 2.3% |
| Arelaune-en-Seine 2,546 · 7.8 mi | 46.1 | 25% | 3.3% | 1.3% |
| Pont-Audemer 10,023 · 8.4 mi | 48.1 | 27% | 3.1% | 3.3% |
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 Petiville
What is the population of Petiville?
1,211 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% more than in 2012 (1,066).
How old are Petiville’s residents?
The median age is 39.6, younger than 81% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Petiville?
0, with occasional dwellings: 0% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Petiville?
INSEE counts 29 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.4% of residents, and 22 foreign nationals (1.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Petiville?
€28,370 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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