Coivert is older than 94% of compared French towns: a median age of 55.1
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 190 residents in 100 households: that is Coivert at the 2023 Census. For Coivert, the census puts single-parent households at 4.7%. The share of empty homes is 11%, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town.
Throughout this page, the Charente-Maritime 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 Coivert
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 34 second homes and occasional dwellings in Coivert, 22% of its 160 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 85% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Coivert had 239 residents at the 2012 census and 190 in 2023, down 21%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Coivert’s residents are under 55.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 27% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.4% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Many people living alone
49% of Coivert’s households are one person: higher than in 92% of compared French towns; 41% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
More second homes than 94% of compared French towns: 22%
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 that moved in under two years ago: 6.6%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 30%. Measured more widely, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Lower than in 68% of compared French towns: 7.8% of households have no car.
−21% since 2012: slower than 99% 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 change was −11% from 2012 to 2017 and −11% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Charente-Maritime town +8%.
In Coivert, 7.4% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 95% 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
■ Coivert 55.1. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 27%, against 22% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
One-person households: 49%, a higher share than 92% 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 Charente-Maritime median and the France median
Living alone · share
On average, 1.8 people share a household. At 18%, the share of couples with children is lower than in 83% of compared French towns. Against that, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
€22,960 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 median standard of living in Coivert is €22,960 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 82% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person: 38%, a higher share than 79% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. On average, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. For Coivert, the census puts households headed by a manual worker at 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 9.9%, a higher share than 70% 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.
The share of foreign nationals is 7.4%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Charente-Maritime has 3.1%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 70% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
Single residents make up 23% in Coivert, less than in 68% of compared French towns
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 couples, 44% are married and 3.2% in a PACS (median compared French town: 43% and 6.1%); 8.5% are widowed. As a yardstick, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Below 78% of compared French towns: 22% 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
In Coivert, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification. Against that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (190 to 2,582 people), the 6th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Of the 6 towns nearest Coivert, 1 are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coivert | 55.1 | 27% | 22% | 9.9% |
| Saint-Jean-d'Angély 6,784 · 8.9 mi | 56 | 36% | 4.6% | 4.5% |
| Frontenay-Rohan-Rohan 2,967 · 13.5 mi | 46.9 | 22% | 2.2% | 4.1% |
| Mauzé-sur-le-Mignon 2,941 · 13.5 mi | 47.3 | 28% | 3.9% | 2.8% |
| Surgères 6,897 · 14.5 mi | 52 | 33% | 2.3% | 2.8% |
| Aiffres 5,419 · 15.7 mi | 49.8 | 26% | 0.5% | 3.4% |
| Celles-sur-Belle 3,829 · 16.8 mi | 46.5 | 23% | 2.5% | 2.6% |
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 Coivert
What is the population of Coivert?
190 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 21% fewer than in 2012 (239).
How old are Coivert’s residents?
The median age is 55.1, older than 94% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Coivert?
34, with occasional dwellings: 22% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Coivert?
INSEE counts 19 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 9.9% of residents, and 14 foreign nationals (7.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Coivert?
€22,960 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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