In Fourques, 5.1% of households have no car, fewer than in 87% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Put another way, about one in 11: nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24. 2,680 residents in 1,270 households: that is Fourques at the 2023 Census. The share of flats trails 72% of compared French towns: 17%.
Throughout this page, the Gard 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 Fourques
Fewer residents than in 2012
Fourques had 2,873 residents at the 2012 census and 2,680 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 93% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Fourques’s population moved −7% on 2012, less than in 93% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was +1%; from 2017 to 2023, −7%.
A median age of 47.9: Fourques is older than 74% 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
■ Fourques 47.9. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 65 and over at 25%, Fourques is ahead of 67% of compared French towns on that count.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gard 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Fourques sits below 62% of compared French towns for couples with children (23%)
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 Gard median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households here average 2.1 people each. Few places have so few one-person households: 33% here, fewer than in 62% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Fourques sits close to the norm on single-parent households: 9.4%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
Empty homes make up 8.1% in Fourques, more than in 65% 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
Fourques sits close to the norm on second homes: 1.4%, about the same as in the typical compared French town. On average, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Long tenure is the mark of 24% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 11% (under two years).
A typical living standard of €26,640 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 €26,640 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 57% of compared French towns. The share living below the poverty line is 12.0%.
Below 68% of compared French towns: 29% of households are headed by a retired person
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. Compared with other places, households headed by a manual worker are scarce here: 13%, fewer than in 59% of compared French towns. On average, nearly a third 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).
Only 2% of residents are foreign nationals in Fourques
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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 71% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Gard has 6.6%. Elsewhere, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. 4.2% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Fourques ranks above 88% of compared French towns on married residents: 49%
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
Nearly a quarter of residents 15 and over are single, against 25% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
18% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 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
On the census count, 29% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. Typically, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (2,648 to 2,718 people), the 18th 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.
Ages run from 34 in Roissy-en-France to 63.6 in Piriac-sur-Mer.
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 1 are older than Fourques
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fourques | 47.9 | 25% | 1.4% | 4.2% |
| Arles 51,811 · 3.4 mi | 45.5 | 24% | 7.3% | 13% |
| Fontvieille 3,571 · 5.7 mi | 56.6 | 37% | 9% | 5% |
| Bellegarde 8,035 · 6 mi | 39.3 | 18% | 2.5% | 7.9% |
| Beaucaire 15,692 · 7.7 mi | 45.7 | 22% | 1.6% | 18% |
| Tarascon 15,396 · 8.1 mi | 41 | 20% | 3.3% | 21% |
| Saint-Gilles 14,734 · 8.7 mi | 41.7 | 21% | 3.9% | 19% |
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 Fourques
What is the population of Fourques?
2,680 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (2,873).
How old are Fourques’ residents?
The median age is 47.9, older than 74% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Fourques?
20, with occasional dwellings: 1.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Fourques?
INSEE counts 110 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.2% of residents, and 55 foreign nationals (2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Fourques?
€26,640 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 12.0% 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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