Photo: Marianne Casamance · CC BY-SA 4.0Couples with children make up 32% in Jonquières, more than in 84% of compared French towns
Households headed by a manual worker make up 21%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. Census day 2023: 5,201 residents and 2,160 households in Jonquières. In Jonquières, 9.6% of homes stand empty. 5.7% of households have no car, a lower share than in 83% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Vaucluse 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.
A +11% change since 2012: faster than 71% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was +15%; from 2017 to 2023, −4%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Vaucluse town +7%.
Half of Jonquières is under 42.8, younger than 60% 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
■ Jonquières 42.8. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24; in Jonquières, 9.7%. About one in five: that is how common residents aged 65 and over are in Jonquières (21%).
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vaucluse 51.9%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of one-person households than 83% of compared French towns, at 28%
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 Vaucluse median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 2.4 people in the average household. The benchmark for one-person households in the typical compared French town: 35%. More single-parent households than in 63% of compared French towns: 11%.
Jonquières ranks below 72% of compared French towns on households in social housing: 7.7%
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
Here 18% of homes are flats, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. The share of second homes stands at 1.4%. The wider picture: 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €24,920 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 residents live in households above €24,920 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 61% of compared French towns. The share living below the poverty line is 14.0%.
Fewer households headed by a manager or professional than 85% of compared French towns: 5.1%
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
By its share of households headed by a retired person (28%), Jonquières is below 72% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 3% of residents are foreign nationals in Jonquières
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 Vaucluse has 6.8%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 54% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Across Jonquières, 6.1% 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.
A smaller share of single residents than 83% of compared French towns: 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
Married residents: 47%, above 78% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 55% of compared French towns: 29%
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
Nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification. By way of comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 17th youngest of 41 French towns this size
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.
Every neighbor is older than Jonquières
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonquières | 42.8 | 21% | 1.4% | 6.1% |
| Courthézon 6,426 · 2.4 mi | 42.9 | 21% | 3.4% | 5.9% |
| Camaret-sur-Aigues 4,533 · 3.5 mi | 44.7 | 19% | 1.9% | 6.7% |
| Sarrians 5,792 · 3.8 mi | 46.7 | 24% | 3.6% | 8.6% |
| Orange 29,706 · 4.7 mi | 45.2 | 24% | 1.6% | 14% |
| Bédarrides 5,671 · 5.4 mi | 43.1 | 23% | 1.3% | 3.9% |
| Sérignan-du-Comtat 2,939 · 5.6 mi | 44.3 | 22% | 3.6% | 5% |
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?
5,201 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% more than in 2012 (4,702).
How old are Jonquières’ residents?
The median age is 42.8, younger than 60% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Jonquières?
33, with occasional dwellings: 1.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Jonquières?
INSEE counts 320 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.1% of residents, and 160 foreign nationals (3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Jonquières?
€24,920 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 14.0% 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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