Only 1.1% of homes are flats in Perceneige
Set against 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 2.5% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Perceneige. At the 2023 Census Perceneige was home to 940 people in 450 households. 6.4% of residents are 15 to 24, or about one in 16. Households without a car are rarer here than in 90% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Yonne 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 Perceneige
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 86 second homes and occasional dwellings in Perceneige, 15% of its 580 homes: higher than in 91% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
15% of homes are second homes, a share 91% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. 5.7% of households arrived within the last two years, while 25% have stayed 30 years or more. Here 7.7% of homes stand empty, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 6.7%.
Perceneige changed by −3% from 2012 to 2023, behind 82% 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 −2%, and from 2017 to 2023 −1%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Yonne town −4%.
Older than 82% of compared French towns: half of Perceneige is over 49.8
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Perceneige 49.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 22% in the typical compared French town, just over a quarter of residents are 65 or over here.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Yonne 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Perceneige ranks below 91% of compared French towns on single-parent households: 6.9%
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 Yonne median and the France median
Living alone · share
The average household has 2.1 people. In the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households is 10%. Perceneige has fewer one-person households than 64% of compared French towns, at 32%. The share of couples with children trails 56% of compared French towns: 24%.
A typical living standard of €26,150 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 €26,150 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 52% of compared French towns.
In Perceneige, 23% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 91% 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
Households headed by a retired person make up 34%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town: 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 2.7% in Perceneige, less than in 85% 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.
Foreign nationals: 1.4% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Yonne has 9.2%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 85% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A smaller share of single residents than 99% of compared French towns: 17%
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
Married residents make up 52%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 89% of compared French towns, at 19%
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
21% of adults out of school have no qualification, against 19% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 14th oldest of 41 French towns of 940 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Every neighbor is younger than Perceneige
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perceneige | 49.8 | 26% | 15% | 2.7% |
| Nogent-sur-Seine 5,537 · 10.5 mi | 42.5 | 22% | 6.5% | 13% |
| Pont-sur-Yonne 3,391 · 10.7 mi | 45.2 | 27% | 5.9% | 9.2% |
| Saint-Clément 2,849 · 10.9 mi | 49.6 | 30% | 2.1% | 14% |
| Sens 27,106 · 12.2 mi | 42.1 | 23% | 2.6% | 20% |
| Paron 4,834 · 13.8 mi | 43.3 | 22% | 1.5% | 12% |
| Provins 11,632 · 14.8 mi | 41.9 | 22% | 2.5% | 17% |
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 Perceneige
What is the population of Perceneige?
940 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (970).
How old are Perceneige’s residents?
The median age is 49.8, older than 82% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Perceneige?
86, with occasional dwellings: 15% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Perceneige?
INSEE counts 25 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.7% of residents, and 13 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Perceneige?
€26,150 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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