More second homes than 96% of compared French towns: 40%
Here 7.2% of residents are 15 to 24, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. The 2023 Census counted 151 residents in 70 households. For Foce, the census puts households headed by a retired person at 21%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Corse-du-Sud 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 Foce
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 52 second homes and occasional dwellings in Foce, 40% of its 130 homes: higher than in 96% of compared French towns. 94% 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 Foce’s residents are under 50.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 19% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Fewer households without a car than 92% of compared French towns: 4.3%
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
In Foce, 8.5% of homes are flats, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. The share of empty homes stands at 5.4%.
Foce’s population changed by +5% since 2012, more than in 50% 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
In two steps, +6% to 2017 and −1% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +15% in Corse-du-Sud.
Foce is older than 85% of compared French towns: a median age of 50.8
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Foce 50.8. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 19%, against 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 111 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Corse-du-Sud 51.4%, France 51.8%.
In Foce, 30% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 77% 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 Corse-du-Sud median and the France median
Living alone · share
Where a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, Foce has 29%. On average, 2.2 people share a household. Single-parent households are more common here than in 70% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
€25,420 a year is the median standard of living here
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 Foce is €25,420 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 55% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 16% in Foce, more than in 61% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional: 11% here and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town: 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Foce sits above 60% of compared French towns for immigrants (7.9%)
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.
About one in 22: that is how common foreign nationals are in Foce (4.6%). For immigrants, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
17% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 99% 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
Here 39% of residents 15 and over are married, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 43%. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
Adults with no qualification make up 23% in Foce, more than in 70% 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
Just over a third of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. The benchmark for adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town: 19%.
11th highest median age among 41 French towns of 151 to 2,582
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 Foce
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foce | 50.8 | 19% | 40% | 7.9% |
| Sartène 3,742 · 2.7 mi | 48.7 | 26% | 29% | 12% |
| Propriano 3,996 · 6.8 mi | 48 | 26% | 42% | 17% |
| Porto-Vecchio 11,198 · 13.1 mi | 43.6 | 20% | 56% | 17% |
| Zonza 2,989 · 17.4 mi | 47.6 | 26% | 65% | 13% |
| Bonifacio 3,344 · 17.6 mi | 47.6 | 23% | 53% | 14% |
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 Foce
What is the population of Foce?
151 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (144).
How old are Foce’s residents?
The median age is 50.8, older than 85% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Foce?
52, with occasional dwellings: 40% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Foce?
INSEE counts 12 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.9% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (4.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Foce?
€25,420 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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