Fewer households headed by a manager or professional than 92% of compared French towns: 4.1%
In the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households is 10%; Coursan has 13%. This Aude town had 5,737 residents in 2,690 households at the 2023 census. 5.7% of households rent social housing (HLM). The median age here is 48.8, higher than in 78% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Aude 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 Coursan
Fewer residents than in 2012
Coursan had 6,056 residents at the 2012 census and 5,737 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 89% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 390 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Coursan changed by −5% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 89% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved −2%, and from 2017 to 2023 −3%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Aude town +4%.
In Coursan, 27% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 75% 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
■ Coursan 48.8. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 10%, Coursan is behind 63% of compared French towns on that count. Set beside that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Couples with children make up 21% in Coursan, less than in 69% of compared French towns
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 Aude median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households here average 2.1 people each. 34% of households are one person living alone, a lower share than in 55% of compared French towns. As a reference point, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Empty homes: 12%, a higher share than 89% 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
Here 3.7% of homes are second homes, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. On flats, Coursan sits lower than nearly two thirds of compared French towns: 21%. Measured more widely, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. 10% of households have no car, or about one in ten.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €23,010 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €23,010 a year: lower than in 81% of compared French towns. Living below the poverty line: 19.0% of residents.
A higher share of households headed by a manual worker than 72% of compared French towns, at 17%
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
Where 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, Coursan has 36%. 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).
A smaller share of foreign nationals than 61% of compared French towns: 3.3%
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.
Put another way, about one in 17: 5.8% of residents are immigrants. That is lower than in 56% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Aude has 6%. Measured more widely, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
Coursan ranks below 71% of compared French towns on single residents: 23%
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 43% in the typical compared French town, 45% of residents 15 and over are married in Coursan. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Coursan ranks below 84% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 21%
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 nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, Coursan has 22%. As a yardstick, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 13th 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.
The youngest is Valdahon (35.2), the oldest Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët (56.7).
Coursan sits below 3 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coursan | 48.8 | 27% | 3.7% | 5.8% |
| Vinassan 2,662 · 2.1 mi | 48 | 24% | 4.8% | 4.8% |
| Salles-d'Aude 3,369 · 3 mi | 50.7 | 30% | 15% | 4.4% |
| Cuxac-d'Aude 4,079 · 3.2 mi | 50.3 | 28% | 4% | 5.2% |
| Narbonne 57,587 · 4.5 mi | 46.4 | 27% | 18% | 10% |
| Fleury 4,246 · 4.9 mi | 57.9 | 38% | 76% | 5.2% |
| Nissan-lez-Enserune 4,124 · 5.1 mi | 47.9 | 26% | 5.7% | 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 Coursan
What is the population of Coursan?
5,737 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (6,056).
How old are Coursan’s residents?
The median age is 48.8, older than 78% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Coursan?
120, with occasional dwellings: 3.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Coursan?
INSEE counts 330 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.8% of residents, and 190 foreign nationals (3.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Coursan?
€23,010 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 19.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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