Coubisou is older than 94% of compared French towns: a median age of 55.4
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Coubisou had 462 residents in 220 households at the 2023 Census. The share of households without a car stands at 3.3%. By its share of households headed by a manual worker (4.7%), Coubisou is below 97% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Aveyron 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 Coubisou
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 100 second homes and occasional dwellings in Coubisou, 28% of its 360 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 96% 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 Coubisou’s residents are under 55.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 27% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.7% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Coubisou had 516 residents at the 2012 census and 462 in 2023, down 10%: slower growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 41 homes empty (11%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
More second homes than 95% of compared French towns: 28%
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
With empty homes at 11%, Coubisou is ahead of 85% of compared French towns on that count. Lower than in 99% of compared French towns: 2.8% of homes are flats. In the typical compared French town, second homes come to 2.1%. Of all households, 4.2% moved in during the last two years and 35% have stayed three decades or more.
From 2012 to 2023, 97% of compared French towns grew faster than Coubisou: −10%
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
In two steps, −5% to 2017 and −6% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +1% in Aveyron.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 98% of compared French towns, at 6.6%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Coubisou 55.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 22% in the typical compared French town, 27% of residents are 65 or over in Coubisou. Against that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Aveyron 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Only 31% of households are one person living alone in Coubisou
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 Aveyron median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 2.1 people in the average household. The usual figure: just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. 22% of households are couples with children, a lower share than in 66% of compared French towns. Coubisou sits close to the norm on single-parent households: 9.6%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
€25,680 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 €25,680 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 53% of compared French towns.
Above 77% of compared French towns: 38% of households are headed by a retired person
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
On the census count, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional. Typically, 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).
A lower share of foreign nationals than 96% of compared French towns, at 0.9%
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.
6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town, against 3.8% in Coubisou. In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 79% of compared French towns: 22% of residents 15 and over are single
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
In Coubisou, 46% of residents 15 and over are married, beside 43% in the typical compared French town. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Below 59% of compared French towns: 28% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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
Put another way, about one in six: 18% of adults out of school have no qualification. As a yardstick, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
5th highest median age among 41 French towns of 462 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Every neighbor is younger than Coubisou
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coubisou | 55.4 | 27% | 28% | 3.8% |
| Espalion 4,605 · 3.2 mi | 53.1 | 35% | 20% | 7.2% |
| Bozouls 3,001 · 6.3 mi | 48.4 | 25% | 9.4% | 2.7% |
| Sébazac-Concourès 3,234 · 12.1 mi | 47.4 | 25% | 3.4% | 3.6% |
| Onet-le-Château 12,080 · 14.8 mi | 42.6 | 23% | 2.9% | 14% |
| Rodez 23,981 · 16 mi | 41.7 | 24% | 4.3% | 11% |
| Olemps 3,559 · 17.5 mi | 51.6 | 30% | 2% | 3.6% |
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 Coubisou
What is the population of Coubisou?
462 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% fewer than in 2012 (516).
How old are Coubisou’s residents?
The median age is 55.4, older than 94% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Coubisou?
100, with occasional dwellings: 28% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Coubisou?
INSEE counts 17 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.8% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (0.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Coubisou?
€25,680 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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