A larger share of second homes than 94% of compared French towns: 26%
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For Fuilla, the census puts households headed by a manual worker at 2.3%. The town counted 435 residents and 210 households at the 2023 Census. Couples with children: 17% here and 25% in the typical compared French town.
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 Fuilla
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 79 second homes and occasional dwellings in Fuilla, 26% of its 300 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 96% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 100 immigrants in Fuilla (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 21% of residents, against 7.9% for the median compared commune in Pyrénées-Orientales. 20% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
5.2% of homes are flats, fewer than in 95% 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
Empty homes: 4.6%, below 81% of compared French towns. Of all households, 16% moved in during the last two years and 19% have stayed three decades or more. Across the comparison, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town.
+1% since 2012, a pace below 65% 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 +10% for the median Pyrénées-Orientales town, the change came in two steps: +4% from 2012 to 2017, then −3% to 2023.
In Fuilla, 7.7% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 94% 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
■ Fuilla 49.8. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Fuilla is 49.8, higher than in 82% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. The census found that 31% of residents are 65 or over locally.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Orientales 52.6%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Fuilla sits above 78% of compared French towns for single-parent households (12%)
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
There are 2.1 people in the average household. Measured more widely, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. On one-person households, 35% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town.
€20,530 a year: the median standard of living
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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €20,530 a year: lower than in 95% of compared French towns.
In Fuilla, 40% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 83% 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: nearly a tenth of the total. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A higher share of immigrants than 94% of compared French towns, at 21%
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 share of foreign nationals tops 97% of compared French towns: 20%. 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.
Single residents: 22%, a lower share than 76% 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
On the census count, 43% of residents 15 and over are married. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
17% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 62% 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
Graduates of higher education come to 31% in Fuilla, about three in ten. Against that, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (435 to 2,582 people), the 14th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Fuilla and its 4 nearest towns: 3 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fuilla | 49.8 | 31% | 26% | 21% |
| Prades 6,148 · 4.8 mi | 53.9 | 34% | 11% | 11% |
| Ille-sur-Têt 5,556 · 15 mi | 49.6 | 28% | 5.1% | 14% |
| Arles-sur-Tech 2,815 · 15.8 mi | 54.8 | 32% | 9.6% | 9.6% |
| Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda 3,529 · 17.1 mi | 60.7 | 43% | 54% | 9.1% |
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 Fuilla
What is the population of Fuilla?
435 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% more than in 2012 (430).
How old are Fuilla’s residents?
The median age is 49.8, older than 82% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Fuilla?
79, with occasional dwellings: 26% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Fuilla?
INSEE counts 91 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 21% of residents, and 88 foreign nationals (20%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Fuilla?
€20,530 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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