Fourques sits below 97% of compared French towns for households in social housing (1.6%)
By its share of single-parent households (17%), Fourques is above 98% of compared French towns. Its 580 households held 1,347 residents at the 2023 Census. Locally, 5.7% of households have no car. 4.3% of homes are second homes, a higher share than in 73% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Pyrénées-Orientales 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
Empty homes
The census found 85 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +15% change since 2012: Fourques grew faster than 82% 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 years 2012 to 2017 brought +9%; 2017 to 2023, +5%.
Fourques ranks below 74% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 19%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Fourques 44.4. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 44.4, Fourques is older than 53% of compared French towns. Typically, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. Residents aged 15 to 24: nearly a tenth of the total.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Orientales 52.6%, France 51.8%.
Only 28% of households are one person living alone in Fourques
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 Pyrénées-Orientales median and the France median
Living alone · share
On average, 2.3 people share a household. In the typical compared French town, one-person households come to 35%. Lower than in 56% of compared French towns: 24% of households are couples with children.
Fourques sits below 93% of compared French towns for flats (6.7%)
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
Some 11% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 11% who have been there 30 years or more. On empty homes, Fourques sits higher than 89% of compared French towns: 12%.
Median standard of living: €24,800 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 Fourques’ residents live in households with a standard of living below €24,800 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 63% of compared French towns.
Fourques sits above 72% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (17%)
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 Fourques, just over one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional, beside 9.4% in the typical compared French town. On the census count, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person. The usual figure: 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).
Foreign nationals make up 2.5% in Fourques, less than in 71% 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.
By its share of immigrants (4.8%), Fourques is below 66% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
Fourques sits below 69% of compared French towns for married residents (40%)
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
26% of residents 15 and over are single. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
15% of adults out of school have no qualification, below 70% 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
31% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, or about one in three. Across the comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
16th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 1,347 to 2,582
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.
Median age: 5 of the 6 towns around Fourques are older
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 Fourques
What is the population of Fourques?
1,347 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 15% more than in 2012 (1,169).
How old are Fourques’ residents?
The median age is 44.4, older than 53% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Fourques?
30, with occasional dwellings: 4.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Fourques?
INSEE counts 65 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.8% of residents, and 34 foreign nationals (2.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Fourques?
€24,800 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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