Couples with children make up 13% in Coutens, less than in 97% of compared French towns
Households headed by a manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 1% of homes are flats, or about one in 100. Coutens’s 79 households held 179 residents at the 2023 Census. Residents aged 15 to 24: 6.7% here and 11% in the typical compared French town.
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 Coutens
One home in 10 is a second home
The census counted 10 second homes and occasional dwellings in Coutens, 10% of its 99 homes: higher than in 88% 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 ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
More second homes than 88% of compared French towns: 10%
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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Here, 14% of households have no car. For comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Against a figure of 6.7% in the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes in Coutens comes in at 10%.
A +10% change since 2012: Coutens grew faster than 71% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +6%, then +4% to 2023. Over those years, the median Ariège town changed +2% and the median compared French town +5%.
Half of Coutens is over 50.1, older than 83% 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
■ Coutens 50.1. The median compared French town: 44.
27% of residents are 65 or over; in the typical compared French town the figure is 22%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ariège 52.2%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of single-parent households than 83% of compared French towns: 13%
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
There are 2.3 people in the average household. To put it in context, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, one-person households are common here: 38%, more than in three fifths of compared French towns.
The median resident lives on €23,000 a year per consumption unit
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 €23,000 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 82% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person make up 62% in Coutens, more than in 99% 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
The figure for households headed by a manager or professional is 13% in Coutens and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a retired person make up 32% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Coutens: 5.6% 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.
Immigrants make up about one in 18 here (5.6%). That is lower than in 58% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Ariège has 9.1%. At 4.5%, foreign nationals sit close to the figure 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.
Fewer single residents than 94% of compared French towns: 19%
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
Roughly four in ten: just over two in five residents 15 and over are married. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Graduates of higher education: 23%, a lower share than 77% 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
Compared with 19% in the typical compared French town, 23% of adults out of school have no qualification here. Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Ranked by age, 14th oldest of 41 French towns this size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
2 of 6 neighbors are older than Coutens
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coutens | 50.1 | 27% | 10% | 5.6% |
| Mirepoix 3,172 · 2.9 mi | 55.1 | 35% | 13% | 10% |
| La Tour-du-Crieu 3,230 · 8.7 mi | 44.8 | 23% | 1.3% | 6.3% |
| Varilhes 3,487 · 9.8 mi | 46.7 | 26% | 3.7% | 4.1% |
| Lavelanet 5,987 · 9.8 mi | 54.4 | 33% | 12% | 14% |
| Saint-Jean-du-Falga 2,851 · 10 mi | 50 | 30% | 1.8% | 7.6% |
| Pamiers 16,473 · 10.9 mi | 39.8 | 21% | 2.7% | 13% |
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 Coutens
What is the population of Coutens?
179 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (162).
How old are Coutens’ residents?
The median age is 50.1, older than 83% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Coutens?
10, with occasional dwellings: 10% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Coutens?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.6% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (4.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Coutens?
€23,000 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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