Demographics of Fugging

Fugging is a part of Braunau am Inn district, which has 103,009 residents overall and 97.8 people per square kilometer. There are 46 municipalities in the district, Tarsdorf included. Tarsdorf has 2,978 residents at a density of 63.5 people per square kilometer.

With Berg, Bogen, and Tarsdorf itself, Fugging is one of the four settlements that make up Tarsdorf.Tucked away in Tarsdorf, Fugging is the tiniest hamlet by population. Its 112 inhabitants also give it the greatest population density in the region—835.8 people per square kilometer.

The population shifts in Fugging over the years are shown in the table below. The information comes from the biennial Austrian census.Additionally included in the table is the proportion of people who identify as Roman Catholics, the most common religion in the area.

Year	Population	Catholics (%)
1869	72	100
1880	76	100
1890	75	100
1900	77	100
1910	79	100
1923	80	100
1934	84	100
1939	85	100
1951	86	100
1961	87	100
1971	85	100
1981	85	100
1991	85	100
2001	104	100
2011	119	98.3
2020	106	96.2

Up until the twenty-first century, the population of Fugging was very constant, according to the data. At this period, the population somewhat increased and then fell. There appears to be religious variety as seen by the little decline in the proportion of Catholics in the previous two censuses. Still, most people in Fugging are members of the Tarsdorf parish, making it essentially a Catholic community. A St. Martin-dedicated church is located in the community. In the town is also a charming chapel honoring St. Martin, built in 1776.

The population’s gender and age distribution also influences Fugging’s demographic makeup. The population distribution as reported in the 2020 census is shown in the table that follows by gender and age group.

Age group	Male	Female	Total
0-14	10	10	20
15-29	9	10	19
30-44	13	11	24
45-59	11	9	20
60-74	7	9	16
75+	6	7	13
Total	56	56	112

At 56 people of each gender, the information in the table shows that the population of Fugging is evenly distributed between males and females. After 0–14 and 45–59, 30-44 is the age group with the largest population. Ages 75 and above have the fewest members, followed by those between 60 and 74 and 15 and 29. With men usually being 41.7 years old and women being 41.8 years old, the population has a median age of 41.8 years.

Together with its historical and cultural inheritance, the population characteristics of Fugging best capture its rural and traditional character. The majority of the people living in the village are native Austrians who follow Catholicism and speak in a Bavarian accent. The community is well-known for having been called Fucking before, but in 2021 it changed to Fugging to avoid negative associations and unwanted attention from English-speaking visitors.