A lower share of flats than 99% of compared French towns, at 0.7%
In Percey, 32% of households are headed by a manual worker, beside 14% in the typical compared French town. The town had 248 residents in 110 households at the 2023 census. Census figures put single-parent households at 4.5% locally. Few places have so few residents aged 15 to 24: 7.3% here, fewer than in 96% 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 Percey
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 17 second homes and occasional dwellings in Percey, 12% of its 140 homes: higher than in 89% 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.
A higher share of second homes than 89% of compared French towns, at 12%
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
With households without a car at 6.3%, Percey is behind 78% of compared French towns on that count. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. On average, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Here, 11% of homes stand empty.
Percey changed by ±0% from 2012 to 2023, behind 71% 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
Over those years, the median Yonne town changed −4% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +1%, then −2% to 2023.
Older than 69% of compared French towns: half of Percey is over 47
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Percey 47. The median compared French town: 44.
25% of residents are 65 or over; in the typical compared French town the figure is 22%.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 112 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Yonne 52.2%, France 51.8%.
In Percey, 32% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 67% 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 Yonne median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households here average 2.2 people each. Percey has fewer couples with children than 62% of compared French towns, at 23%. In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%.
Median living standard: €24,810 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 Percey’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €24,810 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 63% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a manager or professional than 89% of compared French towns: 4.5%
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
Nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, against 27% in Percey. The usual figure: nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
9.7% of residents are immigrants, more than in 69% 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.
6.9% of residents are foreign nationals, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Yonne has 9.2%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 69% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 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.
A higher share of married residents than 89% of compared French towns, at 49%
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, 25% of residents 15 and over are single; in Percey, 21%. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Below 91% of compared French towns: 18% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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
19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, against 22% in Percey. For comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 248 to 2,582 people, the 15th oldest
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).
Percey and its 6 nearest towns: 4 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percey | 47 | 25% | 12% | 9.7% |
| Saint-Florentin 4,164 · 5.4 mi | 47.7 | 28% | 3.5% | 18% |
| Brienon-sur-Armançon 3,032 · 10 mi | 47 | 25% | 7.3% | 6.1% |
| Tonnerre 4,261 · 10.1 mi | 47.3 | 29% | 3.8% | 14% |
| Monéteau 4,114 · 14 mi | 52.1 | 32% | 2% | 6.2% |
| Migennes 6,688 · 14.3 mi | 45.1 | 25% | 1.8% | 17% |
| Appoigny 3,114 · 15.3 mi | 50.2 | 28% | 2.7% | 6.2% |
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 Percey
What is the population of Percey?
248 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (249).
How old are Percey’s residents?
The median age is 47, older than 69% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Percey?
17, with occasional dwellings: 12% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Percey?
INSEE counts 24 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 9.7% of residents, and 17 foreign nationals (6.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Percey?
€24,810 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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