One-person households: 19%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM); in Coursac, 2.9%. Across Coursac, 2.8% of households have no car. On residents aged 65 and over, Coursac sits lower than four fifths of compared French towns: 17%. This Dordogne town counted 2,380 residents and 970 households at the 2023 Census.
Throughout this page, the Dordogne 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 Coursac
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 7.8% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Coursac had 1,998 residents at the 2012 census and 2,380 in 2023, up 19%: faster growth than in 89% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, Coursac outgrew 89% of compared French towns: +19%
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 Dordogne town changed −1% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +8% and the next six +11%.
Below 77% of compared French towns: 9.2% of residents are 15 to 24
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Coursac 43.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Coursac’s residents are under 43.1, younger than in 58% of compared French towns. Against that, 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: Dordogne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
Above 90% of compared French towns: 34% of households are couples with children
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 Dordogne median and the France median
Living alone · share
The share of single-parent households is 7.8%, against 10% in the typical compared French town. Households average 2.5 people. The wider picture: a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
2.3% of homes are flats, below 99% 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
Where 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town, Coursac has 4.6%. In the typical compared French town, 30% of homes are flats. On the census count, 1.3% of homes are second homes.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €27,450 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €27,450 a year: higher than in 65% of compared French towns. The share living below the poverty line is 7.0%.
28% of households are headed by a retired person, fewer than in 75% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 52% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%. 14% of households are headed by a manual worker, or about one in seven.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Coursac, 2.6% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 85% 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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 1.6% of residents are foreign nationals in Coursac. Against that, 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.
Single residents make up 17% in Coursac, less than in 99% 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
Set against 43% in the typical compared French town, 51% of residents 15 and over are married in Coursac. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 96% of compared French towns: 10%
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 Coursac, 34% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 2,380 to 2,582 people, the 12th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Coursac is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coursac | 43.1 | 17% | 1.3% | 2.6% |
| Marsac-sur-l'Isle 3,187 · 3.9 mi | 46.7 | 22% | 2.7% | 5.4% |
| Coulounieix-Chamiers 7,832 · 4.3 mi | 48.3 | 28% | 2.2% | 9.5% |
| Sanilhac 4,757 · 4.4 mi | 46 | 25% | 5.1% | 5.4% |
| Chancelade 4,468 · 5.8 mi | 52.3 | 32% | 2.5% | 4.4% |
| Périgueux 29,055 · 5.8 mi | 44.6 | 25% | 5.4% | 9.1% |
| Saint-Astier 5,376 · 6 mi | 53.2 | 33% | 7% | 3.4% |
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 Coursac
What is the population of Coursac?
2,380 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 19% more than in 2012 (1,998).
How old are Coursac’s residents?
The median age is 43.1, younger than 58% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Coursac?
13, with occasional dwellings: 1.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Coursac?
INSEE counts 63 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.6% of residents, and 37 foreign nationals (1.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Coursac?
€27,450 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 7.0% 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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