A median age of 57.8: Courcelles is older than 97% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Courcelles had 455 residents in 220 households at the 2023 census. Here, 52% of households are headed by a retired person. In Courcelles, 2.3% of households are single parents, beside 10% 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 Courcelles
An older town
Half of Courcelles’ residents are under 57.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 38% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Courcelles’s population moved ±0% on 2012, less than in 72% 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
Over those years, the median Charente-Maritime town changed +8% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +3%, then −3% to 2023.
In Courcelles, 38% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 97% 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
■ Courcelles 57.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 8.2%, below 91% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 85 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.
Courcelles sits below 77% of compared French towns for one-person households (30%)
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
With couples with children at 20%, Courcelles is behind 73% of compared French towns on that count. To put it in context, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Households here average 2.1 people each.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 0.8% of homes are flats
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
The share of households without a car is 3.7%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. More second homes than in 86% of compared French towns: 8.2%. On average, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. In Courcelles, 5.2% of homes stand empty.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €25,180 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.
The median standard of living in Courcelles is €25,180 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 58% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker: 9.1%, a lower share than 82% 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 make up 6.8%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. 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).
Fewer immigrants than 87% of compared French towns: 2.4%
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.
Foreign nationals make up 1.5%, 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 lower than in 87% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
18% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 98% 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
43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, against 52% in Courcelles. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Graduates of higher education make up 22% in Courcelles, less than in 79% 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
21% of adults out of school have no qualification (typical compared French town: 19%). Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (455 to 2,582 people), the 5th 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).
Courcelles is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Courcelles | 57.8 | 38% | 8.2% | 2.4% |
| Saint-Jean-d'Angély 6,784 · 2.2 mi | 56 | 36% | 4.6% | 4.5% |
| Val-de-Cognac 3,471 · 15.6 mi | 50.5 | 28% | 3.9% | 3.1% |
| Chaniers 3,651 · 15.9 mi | 50.9 | 29% | 4% | 2% |
| Saintes 25,363 · 16.4 mi | 52.1 | 32% | 2.7% | 5.5% |
| Surgères 6,897 · 16.7 mi | 52 | 33% | 2.3% | 2.8% |
| Saint-Georges-des-Coteaux 2,843 · 16.9 mi | 51.3 | 30% | 2.4% | 2.1% |
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 Courcelles
What is the population of Courcelles?
455 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (457).
How old are Courcelles’ residents?
The median age is 57.8, older than 97% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 38% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Courcelles?
21, with occasional dwellings: 8.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Courcelles?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.4% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (1.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Courcelles?
€25,180 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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