A median age of 51.9: Plan-de-Cuques is older than 89% of compared French towns
5.1% of households are headed by a manual worker, against 14% in the typical compared French town. Plan-de-Cuques had 11,632 residents in 5,310 households at the 2023 census. Empty homes make up about one in 22 here (4.5%). Flats are more common here than in 67% of compared French towns.
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.
What stands out about the people of Plan-de-Cuques
An older town
Half of Plan-de-Cuques’ residents are under 51.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 32% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 12% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Growth of +7% since 2012 puts Plan-de-Cuques ahead of 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
The median Bouches-du-Rhône town changed +6% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought ±0% and the next six +6%.
32% of residents are 65 or over, a share 91% of compared French towns don’t reach
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Plan-de-Cuques 51.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 9.6%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 87 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bouches-du-Rhône 51.9%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
11% of households are single parents, a share 65% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Households here average 2.2 people each. In the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households is 10%. Here 34% of households are one person living alone, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 35%.
Below 70% of compared French towns: 8.2% of households rent social housing (HLM)
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
6.9% of households moved in less than two years ago; 23% have been in their home 30 years or more. Plan-de-Cuques has fewer second homes than 64% of compared French towns, at 1.5%. Elsewhere, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, 13% of households have no car here.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €29,240 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.
Living standards centre on €29,240 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 80% of compared French towns. Under the poverty line sit 9.0% of residents.
More households headed by a retired person than 91% of compared French towns: 44%
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 make up 12%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. The share of households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
0.9% of residents are foreign nationals, fewer than in 96% 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.
In Plan-de-Cuques, 3% of residents are immigrants, beside 6.5% in the typical compared French town. That is lower than in just over four fifths of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Bouches-du-Rhône has 6.3%. As a reference point, 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: 48%, a higher share than 82% 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
Just over a fifth of residents 15 and over are single; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
Plan-de-Cuques: 32% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, above 58% 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
The census found that a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in Plan-de-Cuques. By way of comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 11,392 to 11,766 people: this is the 2nd 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 Dugny (31.9), the youngest, and Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer (55.2), the oldest.
Every neighbor is younger than Plan-de-Cuques
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plan-de-Cuques | 51.9 | 32% | 1.5% | 3% |
| Allauch 21,443 · 1 mi | 47.9 | 26% | 2.4% | 3.9% |
| Marseille 13e 95,112 · 2.1 mi | 38.6 | 18% | 0.8% | 15% |
| Marseille 12e 64,399 · 3.2 mi | 45.3 | 25% | 1.4% | 7.6% |
| Marseille 14e 60,505 · 3.8 mi | 36 | 14% | 0.6% | 22% |
| Marseille 11e 59,883 · 3.9 mi | 42.5 | 20% | 0.9% | 12% |
| Marseille 4e 49,363 · 4.3 mi | 40.2 | 20% | 3.5% | 15% |
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 Plan-de-Cuques
What is the population of Plan-de-Cuques?
11,632 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (10,896).
How old are Plan-de-Cuques’ residents?
The median age is 51.9, older than 89% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 32% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Plan-de-Cuques?
83, with occasional dwellings: 1.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Plan-de-Cuques?
INSEE counts 350 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3% of residents, and 100 foreign nationals (0.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Plan-de-Cuques?
€29,240 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 9.0% 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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