Flats: 1%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
The share of households headed by a retired person trails 87% of compared French towns: 24%. Fewer households without a car than in 70% of compared French towns: 7.5%. Fonroque had 341 residents in 150 households at the 2023 census. Locally, just over one in ten homes stand empty.
Throughout this page, the Dordogne 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 Fonroque
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 23 second homes and occasional dwellings in Fonroque, 12% of its 190 homes: higher than in 89% 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 ↓
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 6.7% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 100 immigrants in Fonroque (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 15% of residents, against 5.4% for the median compared commune in Dordogne. 12% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Fonroque: 12% of homes are second homes, above 89% 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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Long tenure is the mark of 17% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 8.6% (under two years).
Growth of +16% since 2012 puts Fonroque ahead of 84% 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 compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Dordogne town −1%.
9.1% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 81% 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
■ Fonroque 45. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 45, Fonroque is older than 57% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24. The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 23%.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 86 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Dordogne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children: 35%, a higher share than 93% 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 Dordogne median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 2.3 people in the average household. The wider picture: a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. At 6.7%, the share of single-parent households is lower than in 92% of compared French towns. One-person households make up 34%, against 35% in the typical compared French town.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €21,920 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 Fonroque is €21,920 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 89% of compared French towns.
Fonroque sits below 96% of compared French towns for households headed by a manager or professional (3.4%)
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
The figure for households headed by a manual worker is 23% in Fonroque and 14% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Fonroque, 15% of residents are immigrants, more than in 85% 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.
Just over one in ten residents are foreign nationals; in the typical compared French town the figure is 4.3%. 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.
A smaller share of single residents than 99% of compared French towns: 17%
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 share of married residents tops 78% of compared French towns: 47%. For comparison, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
25% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 68% 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
In the typical compared French town, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification; in Fonroque, 22%. As a yardstick, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 341 to 2,582 people, the 20th youngest
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 Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Fonroque is younger 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fonroque | 45 | 23% | 12% | 15% |
| Eymet 2,569 · 2.5 mi | 61.2 | 42% | 14% | 19% |
| Miramont-de-Guyenne 3,081 · 7.8 mi | 57.6 | 40% | 9.9% | 9.7% |
| Lamonzie-Saint-Martin 2,742 · 9.5 mi | 46.9 | 25% | 3.9% | 4.6% |
| Bergerac 27,110 · 10.9 mi | 52.5 | 34% | 4.6% | 9.1% |
| Prigonrieux 4,374 · 11.2 mi | 52.6 | 31% | 1.6% | 3.7% |
| La Force 2,702 · 12 mi | 50.4 | 28% | 3.4% | 4.2% |
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 Fonroque
What is the population of Fonroque?
341 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 16% more than in 2012 (293).
How old are Fonroque’s residents?
The median age is 45, older than 57% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Fonroque?
23, with occasional dwellings: 12% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Fonroque?
INSEE counts 51 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 15% of residents, and 42 foreign nationals (12%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Fonroque?
€21,920 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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