Households in social housing make up 1.9% in Coux, less than in 97% of compared French towns
The figure for flats is 7% in Coux and 30% in the typical compared French town. Census figures put households headed by a retired person at 44% in the town. Half of the town’s residents are over 50.3, older than in 84% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Coux was home to 1,635 people in 750 households.
Throughout this page, the Ardèche 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.
Slower than most: −3% since 2012, behind 82% 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, +4% in Ardèche.
Coux sits above 81% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (28%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Coux 50.3. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 8.8%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ardèche 52.7%, France 51.8%.
Below 84% of compared French towns: 7.6% of households are single parents
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 Ardèche median and the France median
Living alone · share
With one-person households at 31%, Coux is behind 73% of compared French towns on that count. Across Coux, 25% of households are couples with children. The share of single-parent households in the typical compared French town is 10%.
Only 3.9% of households have no car in Coux
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 typical compared French town, the share of second homes is 2.1%; Coux has 7.9%. Locally, 8.4% of homes stand empty. Typically, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town.
€27,120 a year: the median standard of living
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 €27,120 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 62% of compared French towns.
Coux: 15% of households are headed by a manager or professional, above 77% 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
With households headed by a manual worker at 12%, Coux is behind nearly two thirds of compared French towns on that count. Typically, nearly one in ten 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).
In Coux, 3.1% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 81% 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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Coux comes in at 1.7%. By way of comparison, 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.
Above 88% of compared French towns: 49% of residents 15 and over are married
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, 21% of residents 15 and over are single in Coux. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
13% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 82% of compared French towns
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
Where 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, Coux has 38%. Measured more widely, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 1,635 to 2,582 people: this is the 14th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
No nearby town is as old as Coux
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coux | 50.3 | 28% | 7.9% | 3.1% |
| Privas 8,538 · 1 mi | 48.1 | 26% | 2.3% | 10% |
| Chomérac 3,183 · 3.4 mi | 48.1 | 26% | 5.1% | 3.9% |
| Le Pouzin 2,886 · 6.7 mi | 45.6 | 25% | 1.8% | 12% |
| Cruas 2,898 · 9.5 mi | 42.9 | 20% | 4.8% | 6.1% |
| La Voulte-sur-Rhône 4,854 · 9.6 mi | 46.6 | 26% | 1.7% | 10% |
| Loriol-sur-Drôme 6,614 · 10 mi | 42.9 | 22% | 1.3% | 9.2% |
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 Coux
What is the population of Coux?
1,635 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (1,689).
How old are Coux’s residents?
The median age is 50.3, older than 84% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Coux?
71, with occasional dwellings: 7.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Coux?
INSEE counts 51 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.1% of residents, and 28 foreign nationals (1.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Coux?
€27,120 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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