More single-parent households than 89% of compared French towns: 13%
Half of Toulouges’s residents are over 45.9, older than in 63% of compared French towns. Its 3,410 households held 7,450 residents at the 2023 Census. Here, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manual worker. Against a figure of 30% in the typical compared French town, the share of flats in Toulouges comes in at 23%.
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.
Growth of +16% since 2012 puts Toulouges ahead of 85% 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 median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Pyrénées-Orientales town +10%. The change was +8% from 2012 to 2017 and +8% from 2017 to 2023.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 61% of compared French towns: 24%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Toulouges 45.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Where 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, Toulouges has 10%. As a reference point, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 86 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Orientales 52.6%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of one-person households than 54% of compared French towns: 34%
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
Households average 2.2 people. Compared with other places, couples with children are scarce here: 25%, fewer than in 54% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, one-person households come to 35%.
Toulouges ranks below 55% of compared French towns on households without a car: 9.8%
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: 1.5%, near enough the figure in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. Of all households, 8.1% moved in during the last two years and 17% have stayed three decades or more. Few places have as many empty homes: 6.8% here, more than in just over half of compared French towns.
At the median, €24,490 a year to live on
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 Toulouges is €24,490 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 66% of compared French towns. Some 17.0% of residents fall below the poverty line.
A higher share of households headed by a retired person than 61% of compared French towns, at 34%
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
Census figures put households headed by a manager or professional at 9.4% in Toulouges. Set beside that, 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).
9.2% of residents are immigrants, a share 67% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 Toulouges, 4.7% of residents are foreign nationals. The usual figure: 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.
Toulouges sits below 63% of compared French towns for married residents (41%)
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
Single residents: 27% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Toulouges ranks above 59% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 33%
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
The share of adults with no qualification trails three fifths of compared French towns: 17%. By way of comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 7,350 to 7,550 people, the 21st 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 Gières (36), the youngest, and Saujon (59.6), the oldest.
3 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Toulouges
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toulouges | 45.9 | 24% | 1.5% | 9.2% |
| Canohès 6,616 · 1.1 mi | 46.1 | 25% | 1.3% | 6.1% |
| Le Soler 7,942 · 2 mi | 45.4 | 24% | 1.9% | 8.7% |
| Baho 3,231 · 2.3 mi | 48.5 | 22% | 1.3% | 6.6% |
| Pollestres 5,548 · 2.7 mi | 44.8 | 23% | 3% | 8% |
| Saint-Estève 11,630 · 3 mi | 51.7 | 31% | 1% | 7.2% |
| Ponteilla 3,101 · 3 mi | 42.4 | 19% | 2.3% | 4.7% |
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 Toulouges
What is the population of Toulouges?
7,450 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 16% more than in 2012 (6,398).
How old are Toulouges’ residents?
The median age is 45.9, older than 63% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Toulouges?
56, with occasional dwellings: 1.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Toulouges?
INSEE counts 690 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 9.2% of residents, and 350 foreign nationals (4.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Toulouges?
€24,490 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 17.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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