Fewer flats than 99% of compared French towns: 0.4%
Here 4.8% of households are single parents, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 10%. Coux counted 480 residents and 220 households at the 2023 Census. Locally, 7.8% of residents are 15 to 24. Just over a quarter of households are headed by a retired person, fewer than in 81% of compared French towns.
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 Coux
An older town
Half of Coux’s residents are under 51.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 30% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.2% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Coux changed by +1% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 66% 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 the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Charente-Maritime town +8%.
Coux is older than 88% of compared French towns: a median age of 51.8
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Coux 51.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 30% here and 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 111 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
29% of households are one person living alone, below 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
The figure for couples with children is 27% in Coux and 25% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of households without a car than 99% of compared French towns: 3%
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
Turnover: 7% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 24% have lived in their home 30 years or more. To put it in context, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. Second homes are more common here than in just over four fifths of compared French towns. Empty homes make up 8.5%, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town.
At the median, €22,780 a year to live on
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.
Half of Coux’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €22,780 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 83% of compared French towns.
20% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 85% 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
At 8.7%, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is lower than in 55% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 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).
Immigrants: 4.8%, a lower share than 65% 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.
About one in 24: that is how common foreign nationals are in Coux (4.1%). As a reference point, 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.
45% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 69% 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
24% of residents 15 and over are single, against 25% in the typical compared French town. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
Only 20% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Coux
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
Nearly a quarter of adults out of school have no qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 19%. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 9th oldest of 41 French towns of 480 to 2,582 people
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).
Of the 6 towns nearest Coux, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coux | 51.8 | 30% | 6.2% | 4.8% |
| Montendre 3,222 · 2.2 mi | 56.2 | 37% | 6.9% | 4% |
| Jonzac 3,602 · 8.8 mi | 54 | 36% | 26% | 5.1% |
| Saint-Ciers-sur-Gironde 3,175 · 10.1 mi | 49.2 | 29% | 4.4% | 3.1% |
| Saint-Yzan-de-Soudiac 2,586 · 12.1 mi | 37.6 | 14% | 0.9% | 4.5% |
| Saint-Savin 3,582 · 12.1 mi | 40.7 | 19% | 1.7% | 3.9% |
| Laruscade 2,811 · 14.5 mi | 39.5 | 15% | 1.6% | 3.2% |
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 Coux
What is the population of Coux?
480 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% more than in 2012 (475).
How old are Coux’s residents?
The median age is 51.8, older than 88% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Coux?
16, with occasional dwellings: 6.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Coux?
INSEE counts 23 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.8% of residents, and 19 foreign nationals (4.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Coux?
€22,780 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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