Older than 97% of compared French towns: half of Jonquières is over 57.2
52% of households are headed by a retired person (typical compared French town: 32%). By contrast, households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. There were 190 households in Jonquières at the 2023 Census, home to 439 residents. The census found that 3.8% of households have no car here.
Throughout this page, the Tarn 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 Jonquières
An older town
Half of Jonquières’ residents are under 57.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 35% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.5% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Jonquières had 463 residents at the 2012 census and 439 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 89% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−5% since 2012: slower than 89% 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
Jonquières sits below 98% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (6.7%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Jonquières 57.2. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 35% in Jonquières and 22% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Tarn 52.2%, France 51.8%.
30% of households are one person living alone, below 77% 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 Tarn median and the France median
Living alone · share
In the typical compared French town, 25% of households are couples with children; in Jonquières, 23%. What’s more, this Tarn town has fewer single-parent households than 75% of compared French towns, at 8.4%. Across the comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 2.2 people on average.
Fewer flats than 99% of compared French towns: 1.9%
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 6.1% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 42% who have been there 30 years or more. In Jonquières, nearly one in ten homes stand empty. Higher than in 74% of compared French towns: 4.5% of homes are second homes.
Standard of living at the median: €24,740 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 Jonquières’ residents live in households with a standard of living below €24,740 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 63% of compared French towns.
Jonquières ranks below 95% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 5.6%
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
5.5% of households are headed by a manager or professional (typical compared French town: 9.4%). The share of households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 75% of compared French towns: 3.8%
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 median compared commune in Tarn has 6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in three quarters of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, immigrants come to 6.5%. Foreign nationals make up about one in 38 here (2.6%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A higher share of married residents than 75% of compared French towns, at 46%
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
28% of residents 15 and over are single; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
Above 89% of compared French towns: 29% of adults out of school have no qualification
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
30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, against 24% in Jonquières. As a yardstick, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 5th oldest of 41 French towns of 439 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
No nearby town is as old as Jonquières
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 Jonquières
What is the population of Jonquières?
439 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (463).
How old are Jonquières’ residents?
The median age is 57.2, older than 97% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 35% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Jonquières?
10, with occasional dwellings: 4.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Jonquières?
INSEE counts 17 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.8% of residents, and 12 foreign nationals (2.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Jonquières?
€24,740 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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