22% of households are one person living alone, below 98% of compared French towns
Here 3.2% of households rent social housing (HLM), where the figure in the typical compared French town is 12%. There were 1,280 households in Cosnac at the 2023 Census, home to 3,044 residents. 7.5% of residents are 15 to 24, or about one in 13. At 4%, the share of flats is lower than in 97% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Corrèze 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 Cosnac
An older town
Half of Cosnac’s residents are under 50.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 27% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower than most: +4% since 2012, behind 54% 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
In two steps, +2% to 2017 and +2% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −1% in Corrèze.
Half of Cosnac is over 50.8, older than 85% 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
■ Cosnac 50.8. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 65 and over (27%), Cosnac is above 75% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Corrèze 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children: 27%, a higher share than 60% 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 Corrèze median and the France median
Living alone · share
Each household has 2.3 people on average. Couples with children: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Nothing unusual on single-parent households: 9.8%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
In Cosnac, 3.1% of households have no car, fewer than in 98% 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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 6% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 28%. Lower than in 69% of compared French towns: 5.4% of homes stand empty. On average, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. Little separates the share of second homes here, 1.8%, from the figure in the typical compared French town.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €29,110 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.
At €29,110 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 79% of compared French towns. 6.0% of the population lives below the poverty line.
Households headed by a retired person: 38%, a higher share than 77% 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
By its share of households headed by a manual worker (9.4%), Cosnac is below four fifths of compared French towns. The wider picture: nearly a third 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 1.1% of residents are foreign nationals in Cosnac
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.
By its share of immigrants (4.3%), Cosnac is below 71% 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.
Cosnac sits below 99% of compared French towns for single residents (15%)
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 43% in the typical compared French town, 57% of residents 15 and over are married in Cosnac. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
14% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 77% 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
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, a third of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification here. For adults with no qualification, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 19%.
Ranked by age, 10th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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 Pont-à-Vendin (35.9), the oldest Agon-Coutainville (63.8).
Of the 6 towns nearest Cosnac, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cosnac | 50.8 | 27% | 1.8% | 4.3% |
| Malemort 8,239 · 2.4 mi | 51.1 | 31% | 3.4% | 6.5% |
| Brive-la-Gaillarde 47,095 · 3 mi | 46.7 | 28% | 4.5% | 11% |
| Ussac 4,322 · 4.8 mi | 48.7 | 25% | 2.9% | 4.5% |
| Saint-Pantaléon-de-Larche 5,091 · 6.7 mi | 46.1 | 23% | 2.1% | 6.1% |
| Donzenac 2,733 · 6.9 mi | 44.8 | 23% | 4.9% | 4% |
| Allassac 4,081 · 9.8 mi | 46.1 | 24% | 4.9% | 4% |
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 Cosnac
What is the population of Cosnac?
3,044 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (2,935).
How old are Cosnac’s residents?
The median age is 50.8, older than 85% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Cosnac?
24, with occasional dwellings: 1.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Cosnac?
INSEE counts 130 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.3% of residents, and 35 foreign nationals (1.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Cosnac?
€29,110 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 6.0% 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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