Households without a car make up 2.6% in Jonquières, less than in 99% of compared French towns
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 trails 96% of compared French towns: 7.3%. The 2023 Census put Jonquières’s population at 588, in 260 households. Here, just over a quarter of households are one person living alone. This Oise town has fewer households headed by a manual worker than 98% of compared French towns, at 3.9%.
Throughout this page, the Oise 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 Jonquières
An older town
Half of Jonquières’ residents are under 52.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 28% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5.9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Many graduates
48% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 21% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Jonquières’s population moved −2% on 2012, less than in 78% 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 change was +1% from 2012 to 2017 and −3% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Oise town +2%.
Jonquières is older than 90% of compared French towns: a median age of 52.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Jonquières 52.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 22% in the typical compared French town, 28% of residents are 65 or over in Jonquières.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
Only 19% of households are couples with children in Jonquières
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 Oise median and the France median
Living alone · share
In the typical compared French town, 10% of households are single parents; in Jonquières, 12%. There are 2.2 people in the average household. The share of couples with children in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 2.9% of homes are flats
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
Empty homes: 4%, below 87% of compared French towns. Flats: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. The census found that 3.4% of homes are second homes in Jonquières.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €34,710 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.
Half of Jonquières’ residents live in households with a standard of living below €34,710 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 95% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person: 44%, a higher share than 91% 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 make up 18%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 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).
3.2% of residents are immigrants, below 80% 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.
Here 1.6% of residents are foreign nationals, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. Across the 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.
Jonquières sits below 99% of compared French towns for single residents (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
Where 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, Jonquières has 50%. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 48%, a higher share than 91% 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
Set against 19% in the typical compared French town, 11% of adults out of school have no qualification in Jonquières. Across the comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 588 to 2,582 people: this is the 8th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Jonquières is older 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonquières | 52.5 | 28% | 3.4% | 3.2% |
| Lacroix-Saint-Ouen 5,415 · 3.4 mi | 41.8 | 20% | 1.4% | 6.5% |
| Venette 2,758 · 3.7 mi | 41.1 | 19% | 1.9% | 7.9% |
| Compiègne 40,761 · 4 mi | 37.6 | 19% | 2.2% | 17% |
| Estrées-Saint-Denis 3,664 · 4.6 mi | 44.4 | 22% | 1.2% | 4.1% |
| Margny-lès-Compiègne 8,677 · 4.7 mi | 37.8 | 16% | 2% | 14% |
| Verberie 3,898 · 5.7 mi | 40.1 | 18% | 1.4% | 5.2% |
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 Jonquières
What is the population of Jonquières?
588 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (600).
How old are Jonquières’ residents?
The median age is 52.5, older than 90% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Jonquières?
10, with occasional dwellings: 3.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Jonquières?
INSEE counts 19 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.2% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (1.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Jonquières?
€34,710 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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