Half of Coutansouze is over 57, older than 96% of compared French towns
Here 0.7% of homes are flats, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. Coutansouze had 154 residents in 88 households at the 2023 Census. Couples with children make up about one in eight here (12%). Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
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 Coutansouze
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 36 second homes and occasional dwellings in Coutansouze, 27% of its 140 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 100% 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 Coutansouze’s residents are under 57 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 37% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Growing fast
Coutansouze had 131 residents at the 2012 census and 154 in 2023, up 18%: faster growth than in 87% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
2.2% of households have no car, fewer than in 99% 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
6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town, against 8.8% in Coutansouze. The wider picture: just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in four: 27% of homes are second homes.
Growth of +18% since 2012 puts Coutansouze ahead of 87% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −1% in Allier.
3.8% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 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
■ Coutansouze 57. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 65 and over (37%), Coutansouze is above 96% of compared French towns. Against that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Allier 52.6%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of one-person households than 74% of compared French towns: 41%
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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. A household here holds 1.8 people on average. For comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Standard of living at the median: €23,160 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 Coutansouze is €23,160 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 80% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a manual worker than 94% of compared French towns, at 24%
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 retired person make up 29%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. Census figures put households headed by a manager or professional at 12% in Coutansouze. For comparison, 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).
Coutansouze: 6.3% of residents are immigrants
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.
5.1% of residents are foreign nationals, or about one in 20. That is lower than in just over half of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Allier has 4.6%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Fewer single residents than 93% of compared French towns: 20%
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
Compared with 43% in the typical compared French town, nearly half of residents 15 and over are married here. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
Coutansouze sits below 77% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (14%)
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
For Coutansouze, the census puts graduates of higher education at 29%. In the typical compared French town, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification.
41 French towns of 154 to 2,582 people: this is the 5th oldest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Coutansouze is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coutansouze | 57 | 37% | 27% | 6.3% |
| Saint-Éloy-les-Mines 3,480 · 9 mi | 53.4 | 32% | 4.8% | 6.2% |
| Gannat 5,610 · 12.2 mi | 48.6 | 28% | 2.9% | 3.9% |
| Commentry 6,017 · 13.6 mi | 53.8 | 33% | 2.4% | 4.6% |
| Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule 4,884 · 15 mi | 50.6 | 31% | 3.1% | 2% |
| Aigueperse 2,665 · 16.3 mi | 49.3 | 29% | 1.4% | 5.6% |
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 Coutansouze
What is the population of Coutansouze?
154 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 18% more than in 2012 (131).
How old are Coutansouze’s residents?
The median age is 57, older than 96% of compared French towns. 8.9% are under 18 and 37% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Coutansouze?
36, with occasional dwellings: 27% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Coutansouze?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.3% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (5.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Coutansouze?
€23,160 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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