Half of Courgeac is over 56.3, older than 95% of compared French towns
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 167 residents and 78 households in Courgeac. On the census count, 2.4% of homes are flats. The figure for single-parent households is 13% in Courgeac and 10% in the typical compared French town.
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 Courgeac
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 37 second homes and occasional dwellings in Courgeac, 31% of its 120 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 92% 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
Courgeac had 207 residents at the 2012 census and 167 in 2023, down 19%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Courgeac’s residents are under 56.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 33% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.7% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A town of second homes: 31% of its homes
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. By way of comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. About one in 26: that is how common households without a car are in Courgeac (3.9%). Against a figure of 6.7% in the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes in Courgeac comes in at 5.6%.
A change of −19% since 2012 leaves Courgeac behind 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
Over those years, the median Charente town changed +1% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −9%, then −12% to 2023.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of compared French towns, at 6.1%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Courgeac 56.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 22% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over in Courgeac comes in at 33%. As a reference point, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% 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 Courgeac
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
In Courgeac, a fifth of households are couples with children, beside 25% in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2.1 people. Against that, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Standard of living at the median: €20,950 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 midpoint of living standards here is €20,950 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 94% of compared French towns.
Courgeac ranks below 92% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 6.7%
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 retired person make up about one in three here (33%). In the typical compared French town, households headed by a manual worker come to 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
13% of residents are foreign nationals, a share 89% of compared French towns don’t reach
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.
Here just over one in ten residents are immigrants, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 6.5%. Set beside that, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Charente has 4.8%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 78% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A lower share of single residents than 95% of compared French towns, at 19%
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
Married residents: 48%, above 83% of compared French towns. Typically, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education make up 19% in Courgeac, less than in 88% 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
In Courgeac, 24% of adults out of school have no qualification, beside 19% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 167 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Courgeac and its 6 nearest towns: 1 of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Courgeac | 56.3 | 33% | 31% | 12% |
| Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire 4,726 · 12.7 mi | 52.1 | 32% | 2.4% | 4.3% |
| Roullet-Saint-Estèphe 4,357 · 13.4 mi | 45.5 | 22% | 1.4% | 2.9% |
| La Couronne 7,765 · 14.8 mi | 43.8 | 22% | 2.1% | 6.3% |
| Châteauneuf-sur-Charente 3,550 · 15.4 mi | 49.8 | 29% | 2.9% | 6.4% |
| Ribérac 3,734 · 16.1 mi | 56.6 | 37% | 6.2% | 5.8% |
| Saint-Michel 3,196 · 17 mi | 49.8 | 32% | 2.4% | 8.2% |
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 Courgeac
What is the population of Courgeac?
167 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 19% fewer than in 2012 (207).
How old are Courgeac’s residents?
The median age is 56.3, older than 95% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 33% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Courgeac?
37, with occasional dwellings: 31% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Courgeac?
INSEE counts 20 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 12% of residents, and 21 foreign nationals (13%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Courgeac?
€20,950 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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