9.2% of homes are flats, fewer than in 88% of compared French towns
Just over two in five households are headed by a retired person (typical compared French town: 32%). Compared with other places, one-person households are scarce here: 29%, fewer than in four fifths of compared French towns. Courmelles is home to 1,808 residents in 800 households, by the 2023 Census. In Courmelles, 4.4% of homes stand empty.
Throughout this page, the Aisne 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 growing town: +5% since 2012, faster than 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
The years 2012 to 2017 brought +6%; 2017 to 2023, −1%.
Older than 78% of compared French towns: half of Courmelles is over 48.8
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Courmelles 48.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over a quarter of residents are 65 or over, against 22% in the typical compared French town. Here, just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aisne 52.5%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of single-parent households than 67% of compared French towns, at 11%
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 Aisne median and the France median
Living alone · share
Each household has 2.3 people on average. Across the comparison, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Where a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, Courmelles has 26%.
Second homes: 0.9%, a lower share than 82% of compared French towns
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
Compared with 12% in the typical compared French town, 9.3% of households rent social housing (HLM) here. In the typical compared French town, the share of second homes is 2.1%. Households without a car account for 9.5%.
The median resident lives on €25,430 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €25,430 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 55% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a manager or professional than 69% of compared French towns: 6.8%
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
In Courmelles, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker. The wider picture: 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Foreign nationals: 1.4%, a lower share than 87% 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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in four fifths of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Aisne has 5.7%. In Courmelles, 3.2% of residents are immigrants. Foreign nationals make up 4.3% 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.
49% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 87% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of residents 15 and over are single in Courmelles. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
Courmelles sits below 78% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (22%)
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
The share of adults with no qualification tops 76% of compared French towns: 25%. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 15th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Median age: 1 of the 6 towns around Courmelles 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Courmelles | 48.8 | 26% | 0.9% | 3.2% |
| Belleu 3,659 · 1.4 mi | 51.5 | 31% | 1.4% | 11% |
| Soissons 28,046 · 2.2 mi | 42.5 | 23% | 1.2% | 15% |
| Villeneuve-Saint-Germain 2,616 · 2.6 mi | 42.3 | 21% | 1.3% | 12% |
| Crouy 3,049 · 4.1 mi | 44.9 | 24% | 1.3% | 5.7% |
| Villers-Cotterêts 10,489 · 12.1 mi | 41.5 | 19% | 1.3% | 12% |
| Fère-en-Tardenois 2,836 · 13.6 mi | 47.8 | 28% | 1.9% | 3.3% |
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 Courmelles
What is the population of Courmelles?
1,808 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (1,716).
How old are Courmelles’ residents?
The median age is 48.8, older than 78% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Courmelles?
8, with occasional dwellings: 0.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Courmelles?
INSEE counts 58 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.2% of residents, and 26 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Courmelles?
€25,430 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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