Fouquereuil: 38% of households are couples with children, above 97% of compared French towns
Half of Fouquereuil’s residents are under 39.2, younger than in 83% of compared French towns. The town had 1,632 residents in 650 households at the 2023 Census. On the census count, 2.6% of homes are flats. The figure for households headed by a retired person is 23% in Fouquereuil and 32% in the typical compared French town.
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 Fouquereuil
A town of families
38% of households are couples with children and 12% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Fouquereuil had 1,248 residents at the 2012 census and 1,632 in 2023, up 31%: faster growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Fouquereuil grew +31% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 97% 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 population moved +26%, and from 2017 to 2023 +4%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Pas-de-Calais town −1%.
In Fouquereuil, 16% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 86% 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
■ Fouquereuil 39.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 11%. As a yardstick, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 25% in Fouquereuil, less than in 94% of compared French towns
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
Households average 2.5 people. The wider picture: 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. At 12%, the share of single-parent households is higher than in just over four fifths of compared French towns.
0.1% of homes are second homes, below 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
In the typical compared French town, 11% of households have no car; in Fouquereuil, 8.4%. Add to that, 8.9% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 66% of compared French towns. The share of second homes in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. The census found that 5.1% of homes stand empty in the town.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €25,130 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €25,130 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 59% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a manual worker than 88% of compared French towns: 21%
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
8.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional. Set beside that, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker 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% in Fouquereuil, less than in 99% 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.
In Fouquereuil, 0.5% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 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 49% in Fouquereuil, more than in 88% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%; Fouquereuil has 23%. Elsewhere, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Fouquereuil sits below 61% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (17%)
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 Fouquereuil, 31% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. Across the comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 2nd youngest of 41 French towns of 1,632 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 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
No nearby town is as young as Fouquereuil
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 Fouquereuil
What is the population of Fouquereuil?
1,632 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 31% more than in 2012 (1,248).
How old are Fouquereuil’s residents?
The median age is 39.2, younger than 83% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Fouquereuil?
1, with occasional dwellings: 0.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Fouquereuil?
INSEE counts 16 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (0.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Fouquereuil?
€25,130 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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