Households without a car make up 2.4% in Prégilbert, less than in 99% of compared French towns
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Prégilbert comes in at 5.6%. 47% of households are headed by a retired person, or about one in two. Couples with children are more common here than in 73% of compared French towns. This Yonne town had 180 residents in 84 households at the 2023 Census.
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 Prégilbert
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 31 second homes and occasional dwellings in Prégilbert, 24% of its 130 homes: higher than in 94% 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 ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Prégilbert had 200 residents at the 2012 census and 180 in 2023, down 10%: slower growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A higher share of second homes than 94% of compared French towns, at 24%
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
The figure for empty homes is 10% in Prégilbert and 6.7% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. 9.5% of households moved in less than two years ago; 17% have been in their home 30 years or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Slower than most: −10% since 2012, behind 97% 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
A median age of 48.3: Prégilbert is older than 76% 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
■ Prégilbert 48.3. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 24% in Prégilbert and 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Yonne 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Prégilbert sits below 79% of compared French towns for one-person households (29%)
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
A household here holds 2.1 people on average. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Against that, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Median standard of living: €25,770 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.
The median standard of living in Prégilbert is €25,770 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 52% of compared French towns.
Below 77% of compared French towns: 5.9% of households are headed by a manager or professional
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 manual worker: 12%, below nearly two thirds of compared French towns. The benchmark for households headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town: 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Prégilbert, 1.7% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 95% 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.
By its share of foreign nationals (0.6%), Prégilbert is below 99% of compared French towns. The median compared commune in Yonne has 9.2%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 95% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 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: 14%, a lower share than 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
53% of residents 15 and over are married (typical compared French town: 43%). In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 67% of compared French towns, at 16%
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 Prégilbert, 31% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. Adults with no qualification: 19% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Ranked by age, 15th oldest 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Prégilbert and its 6 nearest towns: 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prégilbert | 48.3 | 24% | 24% | 1.7% |
| Auxerre 35,097 · 11.6 mi | 44.1 | 24% | 3.1% | 13% |
| Saint-Georges-sur-Baulche 3,151 · 12.7 mi | 56.9 | 38% | 1.5% | 6.3% |
| Clamecy 3,544 · 14.6 mi | 49.8 | 31% | 6.8% | 11% |
| Monéteau 4,114 · 14.8 mi | 52.1 | 32% | 2% | 6.2% |
| Avallon 6,305 · 15.4 mi | 50.5 | 30% | 5.6% | 12% |
| Appoigny 3,114 · 17.2 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 Prégilbert
What is the population of Prégilbert?
180 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% fewer than in 2012 (200).
How old are Prégilbert’s residents?
The median age is 48.3, older than 76% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Prégilbert?
31, with occasional dwellings: 24% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Prégilbert?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.7% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Prégilbert?
€25,770 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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