19% of homes are second homes, a share 93% of compared French towns don’t reach
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Coulonges counted 116 residents and 56 households at the 2023 Census. Single-parent households make up about one in six here (18%). Set against 32% in the typical compared French town, 27% of households are headed by a retired person here.
Throughout this page, the Charente 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 Coulonges
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 14 second homes and occasional dwellings in Coulonges, 19% of its 74 homes: higher than in 93% 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 ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Coulonges had 148 residents at the 2012 census and 116 in 2023, down 22%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
5.4% of households have no car, fewer than in 85% of compared French towns
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 in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The share of households without a car in the typical compared French town is 11%. Empty homes make up about one in 19 here (5.4%).
Slower growth than 99% of compared French towns: Coulonges changed by −22% since 2012
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 Charente town changed +1% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −10% and the next six −13%.
Coulonges is older than 79% of compared French towns: a median age of 49
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Coulonges 49. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over tops 62% of compared French towns: 24%.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.
Only 27% of households are one person living alone in Coulonges
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 median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households average 2.1 people. On couples with children, Coulonges sits lower than 81% of compared French towns: 18%. To put it in context, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Half above, half below €24,710 a year in 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.
At €24,710 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 64% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional: 18%, a higher share than 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
14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, against 9.1% in Coulonges. Measured more widely, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Coulonges ranks below 78% of compared French towns on immigrants: 3.4%
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.
With foreign nationals at 1.7%, Coulonges is behind 83% of compared French towns on that count. By way of comparison, 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.
Fewer married residents than 94% of compared French towns: 33%
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
The share of single residents is 23%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Above 84% of compared French towns: 27% of adults out of school have no 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
By its share of graduates of higher education (25%), Coulonges is below 69% of compared French towns. The wider picture: nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
15th highest median age among 41 French towns of 116 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
A younger town than 2 of the 6 around it: Coulonges
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coulonges | 49 | 24% | 19% | 3.4% |
| La Boixe 2,841 · 5.1 mi | 45.7 | 25% | 3.8% | 1.7% |
| Rouillac 2,919 · 8.1 mi | 49.3 | 30% | 5.7% | 2.6% |
| Champniers 5,281 · 9.9 mi | 48.7 | 26% | 1.7% | 2.4% |
| Brie 4,125 · 11 mi | 42.4 | 19% | 1.2% | 1.6% |
| Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente 7,539 · 11.1 mi | 47.5 | 28% | 1.5% | 5.6% |
| Fléac 3,861 · 11.2 mi | 49.1 | 26% | 0.5% | 3.9% |
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 Coulonges
What is the population of Coulonges?
116 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 22% fewer than in 2012 (148).
How old are Coulonges’ residents?
The median age is 49, older than 79% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Coulonges?
14, with occasional dwellings: 19% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Coulonges?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.4% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (1.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Coulonges?
€24,710 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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