Courçais ranks below 99% of compared French towns on flats: 0.5%
7.6% of homes are second homes, against 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Meanwhile, on single-parent households, Courçais sits lower than 91% of compared French towns: 6.9%. The town’s 150 households held 314 residents at the 2023 Census. In Courçais, 9% of residents are 15 to 24.
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 Courçais
Empty homes
The census found 50 homes empty (23%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Courçais had 341 residents at the 2012 census and 314 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 94% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower growth than 94% of compared French towns: Courçais changed by −8% 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
The years 2012 to 2017 brought −5%; 2017 to 2023, −3%.
A median age of 49.7: Courçais is older than 82% 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
■ Courçais 49.7. The median compared French town: 44.
For Courçais, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 23%.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Allier 52.6%, France 51.8%.
Courçais sits below 72% of compared French towns for couples with children (20%)
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
One-person households: 31% here and 35% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Average household size: 2.1 people.
Above 99% of compared French towns: 23% of homes stand empty
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
In the last two years, 6.2% of households moved in; at the other end, 29% have stayed 30 years or more. For empty homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.7%. Households without a car are rarer here than in 59% of compared French towns. Car-free households: one in 11, where the median compared French town has 11%.
A median standard of living of €22,370 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 midpoint of living standards here is €22,370 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 86% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a manual worker than 75% of compared French towns: 10%
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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For Courçais, the census puts households headed by a retired person at 35%. The usual figure: 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 2.9% of residents are immigrants in Courçais
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 Allier has 4.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 83% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Foreign nationals make up about one in 50 here (2%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Courçais, 24% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 65% of compared French towns
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 come to 42% in Courçais, about four in ten. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 90% of compared French towns: 18%
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
Courçais has fewer adults with no qualification than 55% of compared French towns, at 18%. As a yardstick, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 14th oldest of 41 French towns of 314 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).
Median age: 3 of the 5 towns around Courçais 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Courçais | 49.7 | 23% | 7.6% | 2.9% |
| Huriel 2,536 · 6.3 mi | 48.5 | 27% | 4% | 2.5% |
| Domérat 8,622 · 8.3 mi | 53.5 | 33% | 1.6% | 4.4% |
| Prémilhat 2,540 · 10.7 mi | 53.6 | 31% | 2.3% | 5.9% |
| Montluçon 33,147 · 10.9 mi | 46.9 | 28% | 3.1% | 11% |
| Désertines 4,259 · 10.9 mi | 53.2 | 32% | 1.5% | 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 Courçais
What is the population of Courçais?
314 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (341).
How old are Courçais’ residents?
The median age is 49.7, older than 82% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Courçais?
16, with occasional dwellings: 7.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Courçais?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.9% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Courçais?
€22,370 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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