Below 98% of compared French towns: 3.6% of homes are flats
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Piffonds’s 260 households held 582 residents at the 2023 Census. Households headed by a manual worker: 21% of the total. With households without a car at 5.6%, Piffonds is behind 83% of compared French towns on that count.
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 Piffonds
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 69 second homes and occasional dwellings in Piffonds, 19% of its 370 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 99% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Piffonds had 607 residents at the 2012 census and 582 in 2023, down 4%: slower growth than in 85% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes: 19%, a higher share than 93% 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
Without a car: one household in 18, against 11% in the median compared French town. Elsewhere, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. The census found that 4.5% of households rent social housing (HLM) in Piffonds. One in ten homes stand empty, more than in 80% of compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 85% of compared French towns grew faster than Piffonds: −4%
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 +5%; from 2017 to 2023, −9%.
Only 8% of residents are 15 to 24 in Piffonds
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Piffonds 46.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Piffonds’s residents are over 46.8, older than in just over two thirds of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. For Piffonds, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 22%.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Yonne 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Above 78% of compared French towns: 31% of households are couples with children
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. For couples with children, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%. 30% of households are one person living alone, a lower share than in 74% of compared French towns.
A typical living standard of €26,540 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 Piffonds’ residents live in households with a standard of living below €26,540 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 56% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a retired person than 82% of compared French towns, at 40%
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 7.6% of households are headed by a manager or professional, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 9.4%. The usual figure: 32% 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).
Foreign nationals make up 0.7% in Piffonds, less than in 98% 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.
The share of immigrants trails four fifths of compared French towns: 3.2%. Typically, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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 lower share of single residents than 93% of compared French towns, at 20%
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%; Piffonds has 49%. Measured more widely, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 87% of compared French towns: 20%
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
By its share of adults with no qualification (23%), Piffonds is above 70% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 582 to 2,582 people, the 18th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
4 of 6 neighbors are older than Piffonds
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Piffonds | 46.8 | 22% | 19% | 3.2% |
| Courtenay 3,772 · 4.4 mi | 53.7 | 35% | 6.8% | 5.1% |
| Villeneuve-sur-Yonne 5,135 · 7.4 mi | 49.9 | 29% | 7.5% | 6.3% |
| Paron 4,834 · 10.3 mi | 43.3 | 22% | 1.5% | 12% |
| Charny Orée de Puisaye 4,900 · 11.9 mi | 56 | 35% | 23% | 3.3% |
| Sens 27,106 · 11.9 mi | 42.1 | 23% | 2.6% | 20% |
| Saint-Clément 2,849 · 13.1 mi | 49.6 | 30% | 2.1% | 14% |
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 Piffonds
What is the population of Piffonds?
582 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (607).
How old are Piffonds’ residents?
The median age is 46.8, older than 68% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Piffonds?
69, with occasional dwellings: 19% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Piffonds?
INSEE counts 19 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.2% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (0.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Piffonds?
€26,540 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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