Households without a car: 1.1%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
0.7% of households rent social housing (HLM), against 12% in the typical compared French town. The share of flats stands at 1.7%. Coulandon has fewer single-parent households than 90% of compared French towns, at 7%. The 2023 Census counted 645 residents in 280 households.
Throughout this page, the Allier 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 Coulandon
Fewer residents than in 2012
Coulandon had 687 residents at the 2012 census and 645 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 91% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Coulandon’s residents are under 50.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 24% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 4.4% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Coulandon’s population moved −6% on 2012, less than in 91% 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
Here the change came as −5% to 2017, then −1% to 2023.
Half of Coulandon is over 50.8, older than 85% 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
■ Coulandon 50.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Here nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 22%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Allier 52.6%, France 51.8%.
24% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 96% of compared French towns
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 Allier median and the France median
Living alone · share
Average household size: 2.3 people. Typically, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, couples with children are scarce here: 25%, fewer than in 52% of compared French towns.
Coulandon ranks above 65% of compared French towns on empty homes: 8.1%
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
Of all households, 2.1% moved in during the last two years and 27% have stayed three decades or more. Compared with other places, second homes are common here: 2.3%, more than in 52% of compared French towns. For comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €27,420 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 €27,420 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 65% of compared French towns.
In Coulandon, 38% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 76% 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
14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, against 12% in Coulandon. On average, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. The census found that one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional here.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Coulandon sits below 85% of compared French towns for immigrants (2.7%)
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 figure for foreign nationals is 2% in Coulandon and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 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.
Only 18% of residents 15 and over are single in Coulandon
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
Nearly half of residents 15 and over are married; in the typical compared French town the figure is 43%. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 86% of compared French towns: 13%
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
32% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. The share of adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town is 19%.
The 11th oldest of 41 French towns of 645 to 2,582 people
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).
Coulandon sits below 1 of its 5 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coulandon | 50.8 | 24% | 2.3% | 2.7% |
| Moulins 19,206 · 3.9 mi | 43.9 | 25% | 4.3% | 9.9% |
| Avermes 4,074 · 3.9 mi | 51.3 | 30% | 1.4% | 5.2% |
| Yzeure 12,897 · 5 mi | 49.8 | 27% | 2.4% | 6.4% |
| Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule 4,884 · 17.2 mi | 50.6 | 31% | 3.1% | 2% |
| Varennes-sur-Allier 3,549 · 17.9 mi | 50.6 | 30% | 0.9% | 9.6% |
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 Coulandon
What is the population of Coulandon?
645 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (687).
How old are Coulandon’s residents?
The median age is 50.8, older than 85% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Coulandon?
7, with occasional dwellings: 2.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Coulandon?
INSEE counts 18 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.7% of residents, and 13 foreign nationals (2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Coulandon?
€27,420 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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