Half of Iracoubo is under 30.2, younger than 99% of compared French towns
In Iracoubo, 4.3% of households rent social housing (HLM), beside 12% in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, flats are scarce here: 6.9%, fewer than in 92% of compared French towns. The town had 1,662 residents in 480 households at the 2023 Census. Across Iracoubo, 15% of households are headed by a retired person.
Throughout this page, the French Guiana 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 Iracoubo
Immigrants
INSEE counts 500 immigrants in Iracoubo (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 29% of residents, against – for the median compared commune in French Guiana. 30% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
One home in 10 is a second home
The census counted 66 second homes and occasional dwellings in Iracoubo, 10% of its 630 homes: higher than in 88% of compared French towns. 87% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
A young town
Half of Iracoubo’s residents are under 30.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 30% are under 15 and 9.2% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
A town of families
38% of households are couples with children and 23% single parents with children; 30% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A larger share of households without a car than 99% of compared French towns: 53%
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
Second homes make up 10%, against 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. For Iracoubo, the census puts empty homes at 13%.
From 2012 to 2023, 99% of compared French towns grew faster than Iracoubo: −15%
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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −8%, then −8% to 2023. Over those years, the median French Guiana town changed ±0% and the median compared French town +5%.
Residents aged 65 and over: 9.2%, a lower share than 99% 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
■ Iracoubo 30.2. The median compared French town: 44.
In Iracoubo, 15% of residents are 15 to 24, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: France 51.8%.
Iracoubo ranks above 97% of compared French towns on couples with children: 38%
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 French Guiana median and the France median
Living alone · share
The share of single-parent households tops 99% of compared French towns: 23%. On average, 3.4 people share a household. By way of comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Only 2% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Iracoubo
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%; Iracoubo has 16%. Measured more widely, nearly one in ten 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).
Above 98% of compared French towns: 29% of residents are immigrants
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.
4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, against 30% in Iracoubo. 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.
In Iracoubo, 23% of residents 15 and over are married, 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
Where 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, Iracoubo has 48%. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
Only 8% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Iracoubo
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, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%; Iracoubo has 47%. The comparison figure for graduates of higher education is 30% in the typical compared French town.
The youngest of 41 French towns of 1,662 to 2,582 people
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 30.2 in Iracoubo to 62.3 in Prayssac.
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 Iracoubo
What is the population of Iracoubo?
1,662 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 15% fewer than in 2012 (1,955).
How old are Iracoubo’s residents?
The median age is 30.2, younger than 99% of compared French towns. 36% are under 18 and 9.2% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Iracoubo?
66, with occasional dwellings: 10% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Iracoubo?
INSEE counts 490 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 29% of residents, and 490 foreign nationals (30%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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