Foncquevillers sits below 98% of compared French towns for households headed by a manager or professional (2.8%)
Compared with 10% in the typical compared French town, 5.5% of households are single parents here. In 2023, the Census found 401 residents in Foncquevillers, living in 180 households. Households in social housing account for 2.2%. Lower than in 89% of compared French towns: 8.7% of homes are flats.
Throughout this page, the Pas-de-Calais 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 Foncquevillers
Fewer residents than in 2012
Foncquevillers had 465 residents at the 2012 census and 401 in 2023, down 14%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A change of −14% since 2012 leaves Foncquevillers behind 99% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and −1% for the median Pas-de-Calais town, the change came in two steps: −6% from 2012 to 2017, then −8% to 2023.
In Foncquevillers, 19% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 68% 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
■ Foncquevillers 44.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Foncquevillers’s residents are over 44.9, older than in 56% of compared French towns. Typically, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. For Foncquevillers, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 11%.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 113 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Only 31% of households are one person living alone in Foncquevillers
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 Pas-de-Calais median and the France median
Living alone · share
The typical household size is 2.2 people. One-person households: 35% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. In Foncquevillers, nearly a quarter of households are couples with children.
A higher share of empty homes than 80% of compared French towns, at 10%
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: 0.9%, below 83% of compared French towns. 6.7% of households have no car, a lower share than in 76% of compared French towns.
A median of €24,780 a year per consumption unit
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 Foncquevillers is €24,780 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 63% of compared French towns.
17% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 66% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%; Foncquevillers has 31%. Households headed by a manual worker make up 14% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Foncquevillers sits below 99% of compared French towns for immigrants (1%)
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 median compared commune in Pas-de-Calais has 1.7%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 1% of residents are foreign nationals in Foncquevillers.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
35% of residents 15 and over are married, below 89% 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
Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, 29% of residents 15 and over are single here. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
14% of adults out of school have no qualification, below 78% 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
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, nearly a quarter of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification here. The usual figure: nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 18th youngest of 41 French towns of 401 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Foncquevillers is younger than 2 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Foncquevillers
What is the population of Foncquevillers?
401 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% fewer than in 2012 (465).
How old are Foncquevillers’ residents?
The median age is 44.9, older than 56% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Foncquevillers?
2, with occasional dwellings: 0.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Foncquevillers?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Foncquevillers?
€24,780 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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