In Tourves, 2.4% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 96% of compared French towns
One in ten homes stand empty, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Tourves is home to 5,207 residents in 2,310 households, by the 2023 Census. For Tourves, the census puts second homes at 8.4%. With a median age of 46.5, Tourves is older than 66% 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.
From 2012 to 2023, Tourves outgrew 50% of compared French towns: +5%
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 change was +1% from 2012 to 2017 and +4% from 2017 to 2023.
In Tourves, 10% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 64% 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
■ Tourves 46.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over make up about one in four here (23%). Set beside that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Var 51.4%, France 51.8%.
Only 33% of households are one person living alone in Tourves
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
Here 11% of households are single parents, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 10%. The average household has 2.2 people. Just over a quarter of households are couples with children, more than in 52% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for one-person households is 35% in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of households without a car than 67% of compared French towns: 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
One household in 13 has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town. For Tourves, the census puts flats at 21%.
Median standard of living: €25,030 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 €25,030 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 60% of compared French towns. The share living below the poverty line is 17.0%.
Tourves ranks above 66% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 35%
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 14% in the typical compared French town, just over one in ten households are headed by a manual worker here. On average, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Across Tourves, 10% of households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 4.5% in Tourves, less than in 69% 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.
Foreign nationals make up 2.4%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. On average, 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.
Below 70% of compared French towns: 23% of residents 15 and over are single
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
45% of residents 15 and over are married; in the typical compared French town the figure is 43%. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification make up 17% in Tourves, less than in 63% 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
About one in three: that is how common graduates of higher education are in Tourves (31%). As a yardstick, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 5,155 to 5,261 people, the 15th 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 Brou-sur-Chantereine (34.1), the youngest, and Scaër (51), the oldest.
Of the 6 towns nearest Tourves, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tourves | 46.5 | 23% | 8.4% | 4.5% |
| Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume 17,896 · 4 mi | 45.3 | 22% | 3.4% | 6.4% |
| Bras 2,637 · 4.5 mi | 44.5 | 19% | 11% | 3.8% |
| La Roquebrussanne 2,817 · 5.8 mi | 45.9 | 23% | 7.7% | 2.9% |
| Seillons-Source-d'Argens 2,818 · 6.6 mi | 42.7 | 20% | 6.1% | 2.8% |
| Brignoles 17,850 · 7.3 mi | 42.6 | 22% | 3% | 12% |
| Nans-les-Pins 5,215 · 7.3 mi | 49.3 | 28% | 11% | 3.1% |
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 Tourves
What is the population of Tourves?
5,207 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (4,963).
How old are Tourves’ residents?
The median age is 46.5, older than 66% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Tourves?
240, with occasional dwellings: 8.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Tourves?
INSEE counts 230 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.5% of residents, and 130 foreign nationals (2.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Tourves?
€25,030 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 November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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