A larger share of couples with children than 98% of compared French towns: 39%
In the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car is 11%; Pierreval has 1.5%. At the 2023 Census Pierreval was home to 524 people in 200 households. Put another way, about one in 36: 2.8% of homes stand empty. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
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 Pierreval
A town of families
39% of households are couples with children and 9.8% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A growing town: +14% since 2012, faster than 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, ±0% in Seine-Maritime. Here the change came as +20% to 2017, then −6% to 2023.
In Pierreval, 16% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 87% 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
■ Pierreval 39.8. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Pierreval is 39.8, lower than in 80% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. Census figures put residents aged 15 to 24 at 11% locally.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Seine-Maritime 52.8%, France 51.8%.
17% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 99% 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 Seine-Maritime median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households average 2.6 people. On average, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. At 9.8%, the share of single-parent households is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town.
Flats: 0.5%, a lower share than 99% 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
Long tenure is the mark of 19% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 6% (under two years). There is little gap on second homes: 2.4%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
Median standard of living: €29,110 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.
Half of Pierreval’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €29,110 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 79% of compared French towns.
Below 77% of compared French towns: 27% of households are headed by a retired person
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
Here 15% of households are headed by a manager or professional, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 9.4%. Elsewhere, nearly a third 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).
Only 1.7% of residents are immigrants in Pierreval
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.
Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 0.2% of residents are foreign nationals here. The usual figure: 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Immigrants make up a share lower than in 94% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Seine-Maritime has 3.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
17% of residents 15 and over are single, below 99% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%; Pierreval has 53%. By way of comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
15% of adults out of school have no qualification, below 74% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%; Pierreval has 35%. The usual figure: nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (524 to 2,582 people), the 2nd youngest
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).
Pierreval is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pierreval | 39.8 | 16% | 2.4% | 1.7% |
| Quincampoix 3,103 · 3.7 mi | 49.7 | 24% | 0.5% | 2% |
| Buchy 2,815 · 5.3 mi | 45.9 | 25% | 1.8% | 0.9% |
| Isneauville 3,716 · 5.7 mi | 44.7 | 22% | 0.8% | 3.3% |
| Saint-Jacques-sur-Darnétal 3,117 · 7.2 mi | 46.5 | 27% | 0.9% | 2.9% |
| Montville 4,625 · 7.9 mi | 45.9 | 24% | 1% | 1.8% |
| Bois-Guillaume 14,539 · 8.1 mi | 48.1 | 28% | 1.8% | 4.7% |
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 Pierreval
What is the population of Pierreval?
524 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% more than in 2012 (461).
How old are Pierreval’s residents?
The median age is 39.8, younger than 80% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pierreval?
5, with occasional dwellings: 2.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pierreval?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.7% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Pierreval?
€29,110 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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