Photo: The original uploader was Cham at French Wikipedia . · CC BY-SA 3.0A higher share of couples with children than 92% of compared French towns, at 35%
Nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, against 16% in Pourrières. The 2023 Census counted 5,642 residents in 2,320 households. On the census count, 2.8% of households rent social housing (HLM). Compared with other places, flats are scarce here: 17%, fewer than in 74% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Var 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 Pourrières
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 8.1% single parents with children; 18% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Pourrières had 4,543 residents at the 2012 census and 5,642 in 2023, up 24%: faster growth than in 94% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Pourrières grew +24% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 94% 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 Var town changed +10% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +13% and the next six +9%.
In Pourrières, 18% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 78% 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
■ Pourrières 44.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in Pourrières. By way of comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. Half of the town’s residents are over 44.2, older than in 51% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Var 51.4%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of one-person households than 95% of compared French towns: 24%
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 Var median and the France median
Living alone · share
The typical household size is 2.4 people. At 8.1%, the share of single-parent households is lower than in nearly four fifths of compared French towns. One-person households: 35% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Households without a car make up 4.8% in Pourrières, less than in 89% 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
2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town, against 3.5% in Pourrières. This Var town has more empty homes than 52% of compared French towns, at 6.8%. As a yardstick, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €30,870 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 Pourrières’ residents live in households with a standard of living below €30,870 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 88% of compared French towns. Living below the poverty line: 9.0% of residents.
Pourrières ranks below 74% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 10%
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
29% of households are headed by a retired person; in the typical compared French town the figure is 32%. Set beside that, 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 1.6% in Pourrières, less than in 84% 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.
Here 3.7% of residents are immigrants, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 6.5%. On average, 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.
49% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 88% 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
The share of single residents trails just over four fifths of compared French towns: 22%. In the typical compared French town, 43% of residents 15 and over are married.
A higher share of graduates of higher education than 87% of compared French towns, at 44%
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
13% of adults out of school have no qualification (typical compared French town: 19%). The benchmark for graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town: 30%.
18th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 5,587 to 5,698
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 Bohain-en-Vermandois (41.1), the youngest, and Cancale (57.6), the oldest.
Median age: 4 of the 6 towns around Pourrières 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pourrières | 44.2 | 18% | 3.5% | 3.7% |
| Trets 10,946 · 4.8 mi | 44.5 | 22% | 2.7% | 7.1% |
| Rousset 5,425 · 6 mi | 41.6 | 19% | 7.9% | 7.4% |
| Peynier 3,739 · 6.5 mi | 44.4 | 21% | 3.5% | 3.7% |
| Seillons-Source-d'Argens 2,818 · 7.1 mi | 42.7 | 20% | 6.1% | 2.8% |
| Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume 17,896 · 7.3 mi | 45.3 | 22% | 3.4% | 6.4% |
| Rians 4,223 · 7.8 mi | 48.8 | 25% | 10% | 5.3% |
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 Pourrières
What is the population of Pourrières?
5,642 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 24% more than in 2012 (4,543).
How old are Pourrières’ residents?
The median age is 44.2, older than 51% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pourrières?
91, with occasional dwellings: 3.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pourrières?
INSEE counts 210 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.7% of residents, and 93 foreign nationals (1.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Pourrières?
€30,870 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 9.0% 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 November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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