Households without a car: 1.6%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
Couples with children: 31% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. Coussa counted 268 residents and 120 households at the 2023 Census. Locally, 1.4% of homes are flats. Nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 92% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Ariège 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 Coussa
Growing fast
Coussa had 228 residents at the 2012 census and 268 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.
Coussa grew +18% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 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
The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Ariège town +2%. The change was +16% from 2012 to 2017 and +1% from 2017 to 2023.
Younger than 69% of compared French towns: half of Coussa is under 41.6
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Coussa 41.6. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 21%, against 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ariège 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Fewer one-person households than 86% of compared French towns: 28%
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 Ariège median and the France median
Living alone · share
Single-parent households: 12%, above 82% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%. There are 2.2 people in the average household.
A higher share of second homes than 77% of compared French towns, at 5.1%
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
15% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 11% moved in within the last two years. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Against that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Here 8% of homes stand empty, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 6.7%.
Half above, half below €25,420 a year in 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €25,420 a year: lower than in 55% of compared French towns.
Coussa sits below 85% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (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
The share of households headed by a manual worker is 8.3%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. About one in eight: that is how common households headed by a manager or professional are in Coussa (13%). Set beside that, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Coussa, 1.2% of residents are foreign nationals, fewer than in 91% 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.
Compared with 6.5% in the typical compared French town, 3.5% of residents are immigrants here. Foreign nationals make up 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Immigrants make up a share lower than in 78% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Ariège has 9.1%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Coussa ranks above 66% of compared French towns on single residents: 28%
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
Across Coussa, just over two in five residents 15 and over are married. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 81% of compared French towns, at 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
Where 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, Coussa has 33%. By way of comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
7th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 268 to 2,582
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).
Older than Coussa: 5 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coussa | 41.6 | 21% | 5.1% | 3.5% |
| Varilhes 3,487 · 2.8 mi | 46.7 | 26% | 3.7% | 4.1% |
| La Tour-du-Crieu 3,230 · 3.2 mi | 44.8 | 23% | 1.3% | 6.3% |
| Saint-Jean-du-Falga 2,851 · 3.3 mi | 50 | 30% | 1.8% | 7.6% |
| Pamiers 16,473 · 5.1 mi | 39.8 | 21% | 2.7% | 13% |
| Foix 9,934 · 7.9 mi | 46.8 | 27% | 7.6% | 15% |
| Mirepoix 3,172 · 9.8 mi | 55.1 | 35% | 13% | 10% |
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 Coussa
What is the population of Coussa?
268 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 18% more than in 2012 (228).
How old are Coussa’s residents?
The median age is 41.6, younger than 69% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Coussa?
7, with occasional dwellings: 5.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Coussa?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.5% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (1.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Coussa?
€25,420 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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