Couples with children: 37%, a higher share than 96% of compared French towns
2% of households are headed by a manager or professional; in the typical compared French town the figure is 9.4%. Locally, 3.7% of households have no car. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put Foulbec’s population at 642, in 250 households.
Throughout this page, the Eure 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 Foulbec
One home in 10 is a second home
The census counted 32 second homes and occasional dwellings in Foulbec, 10% of its 310 homes: higher than in 88% 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
37% of households are couples with children and 12% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Foulbec, 0.6% of homes are flats, fewer than in 99% 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
The share of second homes tops 88% of compared French towns: 10%. Newcomers of less than two years account for 5.3% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 20%. Empty homes are more common here than in just over four fifths of compared French towns.
+6% since 2012, a pace 57% of compared French towns didn’t match
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, +9% to 2017 and −3% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −1% in Eure.
Half of Foulbec is under 42.1, younger than 65% 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
■ Foulbec 42.1. The median compared French town: 44.
One in ten residents are 15 to 24, against 11% in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 20% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Eure 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 20% of households are one person living alone
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 Eure median and the France median
Living alone · share
Single-parent households: 12% here and 10% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Average household size: 2.6 people.
A median standard of living of €26,440 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €26,440 a year: higher than in 55% of compared French towns.
In Foulbec, 20% of households are headed by a retired person, fewer than in 94% 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
14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, against 29% in Foulbec. By way of comparison, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 1.6% in Foulbec, less 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.
The figure for foreign nationals is 0.6% in Foulbec and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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 53% in Foulbec, more than in 97% 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 share of single residents is 21%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 26%, a lower share than 66% 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 figure for adults with no qualification is 21% in Foulbec and 19% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
9th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 642 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
5 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Foulbec
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foulbec | 42.1 | 20% | 10% | 1.6% |
| Pont-Audemer 10,023 · 5.2 mi | 48.1 | 27% | 3.1% | 3.3% |
| Beuzeville 4,704 · 5.2 mi | 43.4 | 25% | 8% | 2.4% |
| La Rivière-Saint-Sauveur 2,527 · 7.2 mi | 43.8 | 21% | 6.4% | 3.3% |
| Honfleur 6,640 · 8.4 mi | 49.2 | 27% | 31% | 5.4% |
| Saint-Romain-de-Colbosc 4,780 · 9.6 mi | 43.1 | 27% | 1.3% | 1.2% |
| Port-Jérôme-sur-Seine 10,617 · 9.9 mi | 41.6 | 21% | 0.7% | 6.2% |
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 Foulbec
What is the population of Foulbec?
642 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (603).
How old are Foulbec’s residents?
The median age is 42.1, younger than 65% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Foulbec?
32, with occasional dwellings: 10% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Foulbec?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.6% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (0.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Foulbec?
€26,440 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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