Flats make up 1.4% in Foissac, less than in 99% of compared French towns
With a median age of 48.8, Foissac is older than 78% of compared French towns. 454 residents in 220 households: that is Foissac at the 2023 Census. Across Foissac, 0.5% of households rent social housing (HLM). Against a figure of 6.7% in the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes in Foissac comes in at 2.8%.
Throughout this page, the Aveyron 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 Foissac
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 52 second homes and occasional dwellings in Foissac, 19% of its 280 homes: higher than in 93% 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.
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
Car-free households: one in 15, where the median compared French town has 11%. Few places have so few households without a car: 6.5% here, fewer than in 77% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. One in ten households arrived within the last two years, while 26% have stayed 30 years or more.
+1% since 2012, a pace below 66% 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 change was +6% from 2012 to 2017 and −5% from 2017 to 2023.
Above 77% of compared French towns: 12% of residents are 15 to 24
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Foissac 48.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Here, nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over. As a reference point, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Aveyron 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children make up 23% in Foissac, less than in 62% 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 Aveyron median and the France median
Living alone · share
There is little gap on single-parent households: 9.4%, about the same as in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children is 25%. Average household size: 2.1 people. Compared with other places, one-person households are scarce here: 34%, fewer than in 56% of compared French towns.
Half above, half below €25,040 a year in standard of living
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 €25,040 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 60% of compared French towns.
4.5% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 89% 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
Here 39% of households are headed by a retired person, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 32%. For households headed by a manager or professional, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 9.4%. Households headed by a manual worker come to 11% in Foissac, about one in ten.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 82% of compared French towns: 3%
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 make up 2%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 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.
Above 62% of compared French towns: 45% of residents 15 and over are married
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
27% of residents 15 and over are single; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 80% of compared French towns: 14%
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
With graduates of higher education at 32%, Foissac is ahead of 56% of compared French towns on that count. As a yardstick, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 15th oldest of 41 French towns of 454 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
A younger town than 4 of the 5 around it: Foissac
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foissac | 48.8 | 23% | 19% | 3% |
| Capdenac-Gare 4,440 · 5.5 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 5.9% | 7.9% |
| Figeac 9,793 · 7.1 mi | 48.2 | 29% | 4.3% | 8.7% |
| Villefranche-de-Rouergue 11,271 · 10.8 mi | 52.7 | 33% | 5.4% | 11% |
| Aubin 3,444 · 12.5 mi | 56.5 | 35% | 5.7% | 5% |
| Decazeville 5,020 · 12.8 mi | 53.8 | 35% | 3.1% | 9.4% |
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 Foissac
What is the population of Foissac?
454 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (450).
How old are Foissac’s residents?
The median age is 48.8, older than 78% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Foissac?
52, with occasional dwellings: 19% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Foissac?
INSEE counts 14 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Foissac?
€25,040 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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