Older than 97% of compared French towns: half of Jonquières is over 58.5
Couples with children are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 45 residents in Jonquières, living in 23 households. On the census count, 80% of households are headed by a retired person. 6.3% of homes are flats, against 30% in the typical compared French town.
Throughout this page, the Aude 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 Jonquières
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 20 second homes and occasional dwellings in Jonquières, 43% of its 46 homes: higher than in 97% 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 ↓
An older town
Half of Jonquières’ residents are under 58.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 37% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 13% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Jonquières had 58 residents at the 2012 census and 45 in 2023, down 22%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Above 97% of compared French towns: 43% of homes are second homes
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 share of households without a car is 4.2%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. On top of that, households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Newcomers of less than two years account for nearly one in ten households, residents of 30 years or more for 29%.
Since 2012, Jonquières has changed by −22%, slower than 99% 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
The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Aude town +4%. The change was +2% from 2012 to 2017 and −24% from 2017 to 2023.
In Jonquières, 37% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 96% 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
■ Jonquières 58.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Roughly one in ten: just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24. In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Jonquières ranks above 99% of compared French towns on single-parent households: 20%
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 Aude median and the France median
Living alone · share
Compared with 35% in the typical compared French town, 40% of households are one person living alone here. Each household has 1.8 people on average. In the typical compared French town, one in ten households are single parents.
More households headed by a manual worker than 83% of compared French towns: 20%
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 manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for households headed by a manual worker is 14% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
6.5% of residents in Jonquières are immigrants
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 foreign nationals stands at 4.3%. That is higher than in half of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Aude has 6%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A larger share of single residents than 85% of compared French towns: 32%
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
Here just over two in five residents 15 and over are married, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 43%. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Jonquières: 33% of adults out of school have no qualification, above 96% 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
Jonquières has fewer graduates of higher education than 55% of compared French towns, at 29%. The comparison figure for adults with no qualification is 19% in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 45 to 2,582 people: this is the 4th 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).
Every neighbor is younger than Jonquières
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonquières | 58.5 | 37% | 43% | 6.5% |
| Lézignan-Corbières 10,343 · 11.1 mi | 48.3 | 30% | 3% | 7.8% |
| Sigean 5,657 · 12.8 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 17% | 5.1% |
| Port-la-Nouvelle 5,852 · 16.4 mi | 54.7 | 36% | 57% | 5.7% |
| Narbonne 57,587 · 17.1 mi | 46.4 | 27% | 18% | 10% |
| Salses-le-Château 3,965 · 17.4 mi | 42.2 | 23% | 7% | 5.8% |
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 Jonquières
What is the population of Jonquières?
45 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 22% fewer than in 2012 (58).
How old are Jonquières’ residents?
The median age is 58.5, older than 97% of compared French towns. 4.3% are under 18 and 37% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Jonquières?
20, with occasional dwellings: 43% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Jonquières?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.5% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (4.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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