Half of Courçon is under 38.1, younger than 88% of compared French towns
Households in social housing: 3.1%, below 94% of compared French towns. The share of households headed by a manager or professional stands at 4.8%. Compared with other places, households without a car are scarce here: 5.9%, fewer than in just over four fifths of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Courçon was home to 2,091 people in 940 households.
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 Courçon
Growing fast
Courçon had 1,719 residents at the 2012 census and 2,091 in 2023, up 22%: faster growth than in 92% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A young town
Half of Courçon’s residents are under 38.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 22% are under 15 and 17% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 150 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, Courçon outgrew 92% of compared French towns: +22%
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 +1% from 2012 to 2017 and +20% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Charente-Maritime town +8%.
In Courçon, 17% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 80% 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
■ Courçon 38.1. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 trails nearly three quarters of compared French towns: 9.4%. In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
12% of households are single parents, more than in 81% 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
Couples with children: 28% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for single-parent households in the typical compared French town: 10%. On average, 2.2 people share a household. Compared with other places, one-person households are scarce here: 34%, fewer than in 54% of compared French towns.
More empty homes than 92% of compared French towns: 13%
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
23% of homes are flats, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Courçon has more second homes than 51% of compared French towns, at 2.2%. In the typical compared French town, 6.7% of homes stand empty.
The median resident lives on €23,960 a year per consumption unit
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 Courçon is €23,960 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 72% of compared French towns. Below the poverty threshold: 14.0% of the population.
Courçon ranks below 84% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 25%
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 Courçon, 18% of households are headed by a manual worker, beside 14% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 32% 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).
Only 2.5% of residents are immigrants in Courçon
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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 87% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Charente-Maritime has 3.1%. The usual figure: 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in 59: 1.7% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 77% of compared French towns: 39% of residents 15 and over are married
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 25% in the typical compared French town, nearly a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in Courçon. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification make up 14% in Courçon, 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
28% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, against 30% in the typical compared French town. For adults with no qualification, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 19%.
Among 41 French towns of 2,091 to 2,582 people, the 2nd youngest
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).
Every neighbor is older than Courçon
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Courçon | 38.1 | 17% | 2.2% | 2.5% |
| Saint-Jean-de-Liversay 3,063 · 3.8 mi | 42.2 | 20% | 5.9% | 1.7% |
| Mauzé-sur-le-Mignon 2,941 · 7.7 mi | 47.3 | 28% | 3.9% | 2.8% |
| Marans 4,476 · 9.8 mi | 52.1 | 32% | 4.1% | 2.6% |
| Surgères 6,897 · 9.9 mi | 52 | 33% | 2.3% | 2.8% |
| Aigrefeuille-d'Aunis 4,677 · 10.7 mi | 47.1 | 27% | 3.1% | 2% |
| Sainte-Soulle 5,034 · 10.7 mi | 42 | 18% | 1.5% | 2.3% |
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 Courçon
What is the population of Courçon?
2,091 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 22% more than in 2012 (1,719).
How old are Courçon’s residents?
The median age is 38.1, younger than 88% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Courçon?
24, with occasional dwellings: 2.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Courçon?
INSEE counts 52 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.5% of residents, and 35 foreign nationals (1.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Courçon?
€23,960 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 14.0% 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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