Fondamente ranks above 97% of compared French towns on second homes: 44%
With single-parent households at 6.7%, Fondamente is behind 92% of compared French towns on that count. Its 170 households held 318 residents at the 2023 Census. Locally, 6.9% of residents are 15 to 24. More households headed by a retired person than in 93% of compared French towns: 45%.
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 Fondamente
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 150 second homes and occasional dwellings in Fondamente, 44% of its 350 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 Fondamente’s residents are under 53.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 29% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Households in social housing make up 2% in Fondamente, less than in 97% 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
Of all households, 8.7% moved in during the last two years and 18% have stayed three decades or more. As a yardstick, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. On flats, Fondamente sits lower than 94% of compared French towns: 5.9%. Add to that, 7.6% of households have no car, against 11% in the typical compared French town.
Since 2012, Fondamente has changed by −1%, slower than 74% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +1% in Aveyron. Here the change came as +2% to 2017, then −3% to 2023.
Fondamente is older than 92% of compared French towns: a median age of 53.9
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Fondamente 53.9. The median compared French town: 44.
29% of residents are 65 or over (typical compared French town: 22%).
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Aveyron 52.1%, France 51.8%.
19% of households are couples with children, below 79% 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
Each household has 1.9 people on average. Elsewhere, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. 43% of households are one person living alone, more than in 79% of compared French towns.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €23,290 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 Fondamente is €23,290 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 79% of compared French towns.
Fondamente ranks below 93% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 6.3%
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
Against a figure of 9.4% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional in Fondamente comes in at 6.3%. As a yardstick, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fondamente sits below 63% of compared French towns for foreign nationals (3.1%)
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.
Set against 6.5% in the typical compared French town, 5.3% of residents are immigrants in Fondamente. Measured more widely, 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.
Married residents make up 49% in Fondamente, more than in 89% 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
The figure for single residents is 23% in Fondamente and 25% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification: 10%, a lower share than 95% 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
With graduates of higher education at 33%, Fondamente is ahead of 59% of compared French towns on that count. Typically, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 7th oldest of 41 French towns of 318 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Fondamente is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fondamente | 53.9 | 29% | 44% | 5.3% |
| Saint-Affrique 7,941 · 12.9 mi | 49.9 | 30% | 8.8% | 5.8% |
| Lodève 7,251 · 13.9 mi | 52.3 | 31% | 5.1% | 12% |
| Millau 22,044 · 16.2 mi | 49.2 | 27% | 9.5% | 8.3% |
| Bédarieux 5,804 · 17.7 mi | 52.4 | 31% | 7.4% | 8.2% |
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 Fondamente
What is the population of Fondamente?
318 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (321).
How old are Fondamente’s residents?
The median age is 53.9, older than 92% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Fondamente?
150, with occasional dwellings: 44% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Fondamente?
INSEE counts 17 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.3% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (3.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Fondamente?
€23,290 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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