A median age of 57.1: Courry is older than 96% of compared French towns
In Courry, 13% of households are couples with children, beside 25% in the typical compared French town. This Gard town is home to 281 residents in 150 households, by the 2023 Census. The share of households headed by a retired person stands at 54%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Gard 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 Courry
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 57 second homes and occasional dwellings in Courry, 23% of its 250 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 91% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Courry’s residents are under 57.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 36% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 44 homes empty (18%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Courry had 302 residents at the 2012 census and 281 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 93% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Households without a car: 2.1%, a lower share than 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
In the last two years, just over one in ten households moved in; at the other end, 16% have stayed 30 years or more. On flats, Courry sits lower than 95% of compared French towns: 5.3%. For households without a car, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 11%. Second homes: 23% here and 2.1% in the typical compared French town.
−7% since 2012: slower than 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
The first five years brought −8%; the six to 2023, +1%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Gard town +7%.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 5.2% 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
■ Courry 57.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 22% in the typical compared French town, 36% of residents are 65 or over in Courry. As a yardstick, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 111 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gard 51.9%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of one-person households than 71% of compared French towns: 40%
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 Gard median and the France median
Living alone · share
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Households here average 1.9 people each.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €24,010 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 €24,010 a year: lower than in 71% of compared French towns.
In Courry, 13% of households are headed by a manual worker, fewer than in 55% 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 99% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
More foreign nationals than 59% of compared French towns: 5.3%
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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in just over half of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Gard has 6.6%. The census found that 6.4% of residents are immigrants in Courry. As a yardstick, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
A lower share of single residents than 98% of compared French towns, at 18%
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
43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, against 50% in Courry. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Adults with no qualification make up 16% in Courry, less than in 66% 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
The figure for graduates of higher education is 34% in Courry and 30% in the typical compared French town. For adults with no qualification, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 19%.
41 French towns of 281 to 2,582 people: this is 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.
Of the 6 towns nearest Courry, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Courry | 57.1 | 36% | 23% | 6.4% |
| Bessèges 2,606 · 2.8 mi | 59.4 | 40% | 9.6% | 4.7% |
| Saint-Ambroix 3,445 · 3.7 mi | 56.1 | 37% | 7.8% | 5% |
| Les Vans 2,662 · 7.2 mi | 58.6 | 39% | 25% | 8.7% |
| Rousson 4,456 · 8 mi | 46.3 | 24% | 1.8% | 4.1% |
| La Grand-Combe 4,783 · 8.6 mi | 46.3 | 27% | 1% | 11% |
| Saint-Julien-les-Rosiers 3,533 · 8.9 mi | 47.4 | 25% | 2.1% | 4.3% |
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 Courry
What is the population of Courry?
281 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (302).
How old are Courry’s residents?
The median age is 57.1, older than 96% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 36% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Courry?
57, with occasional dwellings: 23% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Courry?
INSEE counts 18 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.4% of residents, and 15 foreign nationals (5.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Courry?
€24,010 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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