Above 98% of compared French towns: 38% of households are couples with children
Residents aged 65 and over: 17%, below 83% of compared French towns. Locally, 15% of households are headed by a retired person. Compared with other places, second homes are common here: 7.9%, more than in 85% of compared French towns. Fouquescourt had 154 residents in 64 households at the 2023 census.
Throughout this page, the Somme 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 Fouquescourt
A town of families
38% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 18% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Fouquescourt had 171 residents at the 2012 census and 154 in 2023, down 10%: slower growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 97% of compared French towns grew faster than Fouquescourt: −10%
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 −3% for the median Somme town, the change came in two steps: −8% from 2012 to 2017, then −3% to 2023.
Half of Fouquescourt is under 42, younger than 66% 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
■ Fouquescourt 42. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 here.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of one-person households than 73% of compared French towns: 31%
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 Somme median and the France median
Living alone · share
The average household has 2.4 people. The benchmark for one-person households in the typical compared French town: 35%. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Fouquescourt sits below 98% of compared French towns for households without a car (3.1%)
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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Locally, 7.9% of homes stand empty. For households without a car, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 11%.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €24,660 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.
At €24,660 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 64% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a manual worker than 99% of compared French towns, at 38%
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: 7.7%, below 62% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fouquescourt ranks below 98% of compared French towns on immigrants: 1.3%
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 figure for foreign nationals is 0.6% in Fouquescourt and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 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.
More married residents than 80% of compared French towns: 47%
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
Where a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, Fouquescourt has 22%. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Fouquescourt ranks below 80% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 22%
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
Adults with no qualification: 24%, above 73% of compared French towns. On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (154 to 2,582 people), the 8th youngest
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.
Around Fouquescourt, 5 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fouquescourt | 42 | 17% | 7.9% | 1.3% |
| Rosières-en-Santerre 2,894 · 3.8 mi | 46.9 | 27% | 0.9% | 2.3% |
| Roye 5,833 · 5.1 mi | 42.8 | 22% | 2.1% | 3.7% |
| Montdidier 5,935 · 11.5 mi | 46.3 | 25% | 1.8% | 2.3% |
| Moreuil 3,936 · 12 mi | 43.9 | 23% | 3% | 1.1% |
| Villers-Bretonneux 4,647 · 12.4 mi | 41 | 18% | 0.6% | 1.7% |
| Péronne 7,090 · 13.8 mi | 48.6 | 28% | 1.4% | 4.3% |
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 Fouquescourt
What is the population of Fouquescourt?
154 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% fewer than in 2012 (171).
How old are Fouquescourt’s residents?
The median age is 42, younger than 66% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Fouquescourt?
6, with occasional dwellings: 7.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Fouquescourt?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.3% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Fouquescourt?
€24,660 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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