Half of La Coucourde is under 38.4, younger than 87% of compared French towns
Households in social housing make up 6.2%, against 12% in the typical compared French town. La Coucourde counted 1,240 residents and 520 households at the 2023 Census. For La Coucourde, the census puts households headed by a manager or professional at 4.9%. 28% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 84% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Drôme 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 La Coucourde
Growing fast
La Coucourde had 1,008 residents at the 2012 census and 1,240 in 2023, up 23%: faster growth than in 93% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A young town
Half of La Coucourde’s residents are under 38.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 22% are under 15 and 14% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
La Coucourde grew +23% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 93% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was +6%; from 2017 to 2023, +16%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Drôme town +8%.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 14% in La Coucourde, less than in 92% 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
■ La Coucourde 38.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, one in ten residents are 15 to 24 here. Against that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%.
La Coucourde sits above 80% of compared French towns for couples with children (31%)
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 Drôme median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households here average 2.4 people each. The comparison figure for couples with children is 25% in the typical compared French town. On single-parent households, La Coucourde sits higher than 73% of compared French towns: 12%.
La Coucourde sits above 79% of compared French towns for second homes (5.7%)
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 without a car make up 7.8%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Census figures put flats at 16% in La Coucourde. Lower than in 62% of compared French towns: 5.8% of homes stand empty.
A typical living standard of €24,890 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.
Living standards centre on €24,890 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 62% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a manual worker than 81% of compared French towns: 19%
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
Set against 32% in the typical compared French town, 28% of households are headed by a retired person in La Coucourde. The share of households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
2.2% of residents are foreign nationals, below 76% 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.
The median compared commune in Drôme has 6.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in two thirds of compared French towns. On average, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. In La Coucourde, 4.6% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 22% of residents 15 and over are single in La Coucourde
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%; La Coucourde has 46%. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Only 23% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in La Coucourde
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
Adults with no qualification: 16% here and 19% in the typical compared French town. On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 2nd youngest 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Every neighbor is older than La Coucourde
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Coucourde | 38.4 | 14% | 5.7% | 4.6% |
| Cruas 2,898 · 1.1 mi | 42.9 | 20% | 4.8% | 6.1% |
| Montélimar 40,595 · 6.6 mi | 43.2 | 23% | 2.7% | 13% |
| Montboucher-sur-Jabron 2,592 · 6.6 mi | 45.1 | 22% | 3.7% | 5.2% |
| Chomérac 3,183 · 7.1 mi | 48.1 | 26% | 5.1% | 3.9% |
| Le Pouzin 2,886 · 7.3 mi | 45.6 | 25% | 1.8% | 12% |
| Loriol-sur-Drôme 6,614 · 7.4 mi | 42.9 | 22% | 1.3% | 9.2% |
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 La Coucourde
What is the population of La Coucourde?
1,240 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 23% more than in 2012 (1,008).
How old are La Coucourde’s residents?
The median age is 38.4, younger than 87% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 14% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Coucourde?
33, with occasional dwellings: 5.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Coucourde?
INSEE counts 57 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.6% of residents, and 27 foreign nationals (2.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in La Coucourde?
€24,890 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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