7.7% of homes are second homes, more than in 85% of compared French towns
Where 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town, Cologne has 5.6%. On the census count, 27% of households are headed by a retired person. A quarter of residents are 65 or over, a higher share than in 66% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 947 residents and 380 households locally.
Throughout this page, the Gers 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.
From 2012 to 2023, Cologne outgrew 59% of compared French towns: +7%
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 change was +3% from 2012 to 2017 and +4% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Gers town ±0%.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 13% in Cologne, more than in 88% 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
■ Cologne 44.5. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Cologne is 44.5, higher than in 53% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 81 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gers 52.4%, France 51.8%.
Cologne ranks above 65% of compared French towns on couples with children: 28%
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 Gers median and the France median
Living alone · share
The average household has 2.2 people. More single-parent households than in just over two thirds of compared French towns: 11%. Couples with children: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. The figure for one-person households is 34% in Cologne and 35% in the typical compared French town.
In Cologne, 17% of homes are flats, fewer than in 73% 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
Here nearly one in ten households rent social housing (HLM), where the figure in the typical compared French town is 12%. The benchmark for flats in the typical compared French town: 30%. Empty homes make up about one in 21 here (4.8%).
A typical living standard of €25,300 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 €25,300 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 57% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 14% in Cologne, more than in 72% 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
11% of households are headed by a manual worker; in the typical compared French town the figure is 14%. By way of comparison, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 3.7%, a lower share than 75% 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.
Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 1.9% of residents are foreign nationals here. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% 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.
Cologne ranks below 95% of compared French towns on married residents: 33%
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
About one in four: that is how common single residents are in Cologne (26%). For comparison, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
17% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 63% 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
Here, 31% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. To put it in context, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 947 to 2,582 people: this is the 17th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Nearby, 2 of 6 towns have older populations than Cologne
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cologne | 44.5 | 25% | 7.7% | 3.7% |
| Gimont 3,146 · 8.4 mi | 47.9 | 28% | 2.9% | 4.6% |
| L'Isle-Jourdain 9,537 · 9.3 mi | 42.9 | 20% | 2.8% | 6.8% |
| Beaumont-de-Lomagne 3,824 · 11.1 mi | 51.3 | 31% | 3.6% | 6.1% |
| Daux 2,643 · 14.8 mi | 38 | 13% | 0.7% | 5.2% |
| Brax 3,037 · 15.1 mi | 44.5 | 16% | 0.8% | 6.8% |
| Verdun-sur-Garonne 4,961 · 15.5 mi | 43.1 | 20% | 1.8% | 7.4% |
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 Cologne
What is the population of Cologne?
947 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (885).
How old are Cologne’s residents?
The median age is 44.5, older than 53% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Cologne?
33, with occasional dwellings: 7.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Cologne?
INSEE counts 35 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.7% of residents, and 18 foreign nationals (1.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Cologne?
€25,300 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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