Households headed by a retired person: 53%, a higher share than 98% of compared French towns
Where 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, Courcy has 8.1%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 148 residents here, living in 64 households. On the census count, 5.8% of households have no car.
Throughout this page, the Calvados 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 Courcy
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 13 second homes and occasional dwellings in Courcy, 16% of its 83 homes: higher than in 91% 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.
16% of homes are second homes, a share 91% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Car-free households: one in 17, where the median compared French town has 11%. Typically, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. 7.9% of homes stand empty, or about one in 13. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
A +3% change since 2012: slower than 59% 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 Calvados town changed +1% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −7% and the next six +10%.
A median age of 45.6: Courcy is older than 60% 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
■ Courcy 45.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 22% in the typical compared French town, 24% of residents are 65 or over in Courcy.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Calvados 52.0%, France 51.8%.
13% of households are single parents, more than in 89% 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 Calvados median and the France median
Living alone · share
27% of households are couples with children, against 25% in the typical compared French town. Census figures put one-person households at 33% in Courcy. In the typical compared French town, single-parent households come to 10%.
Median living standard: €28,350 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 €28,350 a year: higher than in 74% of compared French towns.
20% of households are headed by a manual worker, a share 83% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
In the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional; in Courcy, 6.7%. The wider picture: 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 lower share of immigrants than 99% of compared French towns, at 0.6%
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.
The median compared commune in Calvados has 3.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns. On average, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Courcy, 0.6%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Courcy sits above 97% of compared French towns for married residents (53%)
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
By its share of single residents (20%), Courcy is below 91% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Only 25% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Courcy
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
In Courcy, just over a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification, beside 19% in the typical compared French town. For graduates of higher education, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%.
Of 41 French towns its size (148 to 2,582 people), the 21st 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
4 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Courcy
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Courcy | 45.6 | 24% | 16% | 0.6% |
| Saint-Pierre-en-Auge 7,100 · 3.4 mi | 49.7 | 29% | 7.8% | 2.8% |
| Mézidon Vallée d'Auge 9,766 · 7.4 mi | 40.9 | 20% | 6.8% | 1.8% |
| Falaise 7,680 · 8.7 mi | 46 | 26% | 2% | 2.6% |
| Moult-Chicheboville 3,441 · 11.4 mi | 35.9 | 13% | 0.9% | 1.4% |
| Livarot-Pays-d'Auge 6,207 · 11.5 mi | 46.1 | 25% | 16% | 2.2% |
| Vimoutiers 2,978 · 11.6 mi | 60.1 | 43% | 6.1% | 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 Courcy
What is the population of Courcy?
148 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (144).
How old are Courcy’s residents?
The median age is 45.6, older than 60% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Courcy?
13, with occasional dwellings: 16% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Courcy?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.6% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Courcy?
€28,350 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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