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Here 7.5% of residents are 15 to 24, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. Across Tourrettes, 3.2% of households rent social housing (HLM). Households without a car are rarer here than in 92% of compared French towns. The town had 2,972 residents in 1,350 households at the 2023 census.
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 Tourrettes
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 760 second homes and occasional dwellings in Tourrettes, 34% of its 2,200 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 86% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Tourrettes’ residents are under 51.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 29% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A lower share of flats than 83% of compared French towns, at 12%
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
4.3% of homes stand empty; in the typical compared French town the figure is 6.7%. On average, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town.
Tourrettes’s population changed by +5% since 2012, more than in 52% 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
Here the change came as +2% to 2017, then +3% to 2023.
A median age of 51.3: Tourrettes is older than 87% 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
■ Tourrettes 51.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 29%, against 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Var 51.4%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of single-parent households than 72% of compared French towns: 8.7%
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
Households average 2.2 people. The benchmark for single-parent households in the typical compared French town: 10%. One-person households are rarer here than in just over three fifths of compared French towns. Couples with children are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 25%.
The median resident lives on €25,610 a year per consumption unit
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 Tourrettes’ residents live in households with a standard of living below €25,610 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 53% of compared French towns. Below the poverty threshold: 16.0% of the population.
A smaller share of households headed by a manual worker than 89% of compared French towns: 7.6%
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
Compared with 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 13% of households are headed by a manager or professional here. 36% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 70% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Tourrettes ranks above 71% of compared French towns on foreign nationals: 7.3%
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.
Immigrants make up a share higher than in 62% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Var has 6.5%. Across the comparison, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. 8.3% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Tourrettes ranks below 88% of compared French towns on single residents: 21%
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 married residents is 47%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education make up 29% in Tourrettes, less than in 54% 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
At 19%, the share of adults with no qualification is lower than in 51% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 2,939 to 3,003 people: this is 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.
At the ends of the range sit Gorcy (40.5), the youngest, and Vimoutiers (60.1), the oldest.
Every neighbor is younger than Tourrettes
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tourrettes | 51.3 | 29% | 34% | 8.3% |
| Fayence 6,157 · 1.4 mi | 48.9 | 26% | 23% | 9.4% |
| Callian 3,823 · 1.9 mi | 47 | 23% | 21% | 8.9% |
| Montauroux 7,183 · 3.2 mi | 44.3 | 20% | 18% | 8.5% |
| Seillans 2,941 · 3.6 mi | 50.5 | 29% | 28% | 12% |
| Saint-Cézaire-sur-Siagne 4,056 · 5.1 mi | 49.9 | 26% | 17% | 6.2% |
| Bagnols-en-Forêt 3,194 · 5.1 mi | 48.3 | 26% | 24% | 7.1% |
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 Tourrettes
What is the population of Tourrettes?
2,972 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (2,823).
How old are Tourrettes’ residents?
The median age is 51.3, older than 87% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Tourrettes?
760, with occasional dwellings: 34% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Tourrettes?
INSEE counts 250 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.3% of residents, and 220 foreign nationals (7.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Tourrettes?
€25,610 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 16.0% 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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