Older than 93% of compared French towns: half of Joucas is over 54.4
25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, against 15% in Joucas. This Vaucluse town has fewer households in social housing than 98% of compared French towns, at 1.2%. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 348, in 170 households. Here, 5.3% of households have no car.
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.
What stands out about the people of Joucas
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 150 second homes and occasional dwellings in Joucas, 44% of its 330 homes: higher than in 97% of compared French towns. 93% 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 Joucas’ residents are under 54.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 32% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.1% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Joucas ranks above 97% of compared French towns on second homes: 44%
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
Flats make up 12%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. At 4.3%, the share of empty homes is lower than in 84% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for second homes is 2.1% in the typical compared French town.
Faster growth than 59% of compared French towns: Joucas changed by +7% since 2012
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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Vaucluse town +7%. The first five years brought +4%; the six to 2023, +3%.
6% of residents are 15 to 24, below 99% 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
■ Joucas 54.4. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 65 and over (32%), Joucas is above 90% of compared French towns. On average, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vaucluse 51.9%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
A smaller share of single-parent households than 96% of compared French towns: 5.9%
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
The average household has 2 people. More one-person households than in just over half of compared French towns: 35%. To put it in context, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
A typical living standard of €25,760 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.
The median standard of living in Joucas is €25,760 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 52% of compared French towns.
38% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 78% of compared French towns
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
The figure for households headed by a manual worker is 12% in Joucas and 14% in the typical compared French town. This Vaucluse town has fewer households headed by a manager or professional than 54% of compared French towns, at 8.8%. The usual figure: nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Joucas sits above 73% of compared French towns for immigrants (11%)
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 higher than in 73% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. 8.6% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A lower share of single residents than 95% of compared French towns, at 19%
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 46%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single.
16% of adults out of school have no qualification, below 68% 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
27% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. Typically, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 7th oldest 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Median age: 1 of the 6 towns around Joucas 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joucas | 54.4 | 32% | 44% | 11% |
| Gargas 3,035 · 5.3 mi | 54.8 | 32% | 12% | 6.5% |
| Saint-Saturnin-lès-Apt 3,004 · 5.3 mi | 53.1 | 32% | 31% | 6.5% |
| Apt 10,143 · 7.8 mi | 49.6 | 30% | 9.4% | 14% |
| Robion 4,816 · 8.9 mi | 48.1 | 25% | 5.9% | 4.3% |
| L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue 20,244 · 9.8 mi | 49.1 | 27% | 9.9% | 9% |
| Mazan 6,285 · 10.9 mi | 48.9 | 27% | 9.4% | 5.2% |
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 Joucas
What is the population of Joucas?
348 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (325).
How old are Joucas’ residents?
The median age is 54.4, older than 93% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 32% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Joucas?
150, with occasional dwellings: 44% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Joucas?
INSEE counts 37 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 11% of residents, and 30 foreign nationals (8.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Joucas?
€25,760 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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