Photo: Mathieu BROSSAIS · CC BY 4.0Second homes make up 6.6% in Jouques, more than in 82% of compared French towns
9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, against 17% in Jouques. One-person households come to 30% locally, about three in ten. With a median age of 48.7, Jouques is older than 78% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 4,547 residents and 2,000 households locally.
Throughout this page, the Bouches-du-Rhône 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.
A +7% change since 2012: faster than 58% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +4%, then +3% to 2023. Over those years, the median Bouches-du-Rhône town changed +6% and the median compared French town +5%.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 8.8%, a lower share than 85% 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
■ Jouques 48.7. The median compared French town: 44.
25% of residents are 65 or over, against 22% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bouches-du-Rhône 51.9%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of single-parent households than 84% of compared French towns, at 7.6%
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 Bouches-du-Rhône median and the France median
Living alone · share
The typical household size is 2.2 people. In the typical compared French town, single-parent households come to 10%. For Jouques, the census puts couples with children at 26%.
Jouques ranks below 79% of compared French towns on households without a car: 6.1%
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 flats is 22% in Jouques and 30% in the typical compared French town. Fewer households in social housing than in 64% of compared French towns: 9.4%. Households without a car make up 11% in the typical compared French town. For Jouques, the census puts empty homes at 6.6%.
Median living standard: €27,420 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 Jouques’ residents live in households with a standard of living below €27,420 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 65% of compared French towns. Below the poverty line: 11.0% of residents.
Below 82% of compared French towns: 9% of households are headed by a manual worker
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 retired person: 34% here and 32% in the typical compared French town. The share of households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Foreign nationals: 2.3%, a lower share than 74% 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 immigrants (5.1%), Jouques is below 62% of compared French towns. Against that, 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.
23% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 67% 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
Married residents make up 45%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
More graduates of higher education than 80% of compared French towns: 40%
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 Jouques, 16% of adults out of school have no qualification, beside 19% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 4,504 to 4,592 people: this is the 12th 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 Crespin (37.1), the youngest, and Leucate (63), the oldest.
1 of 6 neighbors are older than Jouques
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jouques | 48.7 | 25% | 6.6% | 5.1% |
| Peyrolles-en-Provence 5,409 · 2.7 mi | 42 | 18% | 1.4% | 8.5% |
| Meyrargues 3,847 · 5.7 mi | 41.4 | 19% | 3.7% | 6.6% |
| Rians 4,223 · 6.3 mi | 48.8 | 25% | 10% | 5.3% |
| Pertuis 19,548 · 7.8 mi | 44.5 | 23% | 2.3% | 6.9% |
| La Tour-d'Aigues 4,405 · 7.9 mi | 48 | 25% | 5.4% | 5.7% |
| Venelles 8,418 · 8.3 mi | 47.6 | 26% | 1.5% | 4.5% |
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 Jouques
What is the population of Jouques?
4,547 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (4,257).
How old are Jouques’ residents?
The median age is 48.7, older than 78% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Jouques?
150, with occasional dwellings: 6.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Jouques?
INSEE counts 230 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.1% of residents, and 100 foreign nationals (2.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Jouques?
€27,420 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 11.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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