Fewer single-parent households than 99% of compared French towns: 4%
In the typical compared French town, 30% of homes are flats; in Couquèques, 12%. Compared with other places, households headed by a manual worker are scarce here: 8%, fewer than in 87% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 270 residents in 120 households. Locally, 6.4% of households have no car.
Throughout this page, the Gironde 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 Couquèques
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 18 second homes and occasional dwellings in Couquèques, 11% of its 160 homes: higher than in 89% of compared French towns. 89% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Empty homes
The census found 18 homes empty (11%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
11% of homes are second homes, a share 89% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
21% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 8.8% moved in within the last two years. Against that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Couquèques has more empty homes than 85% of compared French towns, at 11%.
A growing town: +5% since 2012, faster than 51% 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
Couquèques is older than 65% of compared French towns: a median age of 46.3
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Couquèques 46.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 12%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. 21% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
32% of households are couples with children, more than in 83% 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 Gironde median and the France median
Living alone · share
Each household has 2.2 people on average. 36% of households are one person living alone, a higher share than in 55% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
€23,870 a year: the median standard of living
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 €23,870 a year: lower than in 73% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 16% in Couquèques, more than in 79% 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
Where nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, Couquèques has 36%. On average, nearly one in ten 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).
Only 1.5% of residents are immigrants in Couquèques
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 share of foreign nationals is 1.1%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%. Immigrants make up a share lower than in 97% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Gironde has 5.1%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
34% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 92% 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
In Couquèques, 30% of residents 15 and over are single, beside 25% in the typical compared French town. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Graduates of higher education make up 19% in Couquèques, less than in 88% 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
Adults with no qualification make up 25%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (270 to 2,582 people), the 18th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Couquèques and its 6 nearest towns: 4 of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Couquèques | 46.3 | 21% | 11% | 1.5% |
| Lesparre-Médoc 5,872 · 4.8 mi | 50 | 29% | 3.6% | 7.8% |
| Pauillac 5,190 · 11.1 mi | 44 | 22% | 3% | 23% |
| Vendays-Montalivet 2,838 · 12 mi | 59 | 37% | 64% | 5.3% |
| Saint-Ciers-sur-Gironde 3,175 · 12.2 mi | 49.2 | 29% | 4.4% | 3.1% |
| Saint-Laurent-Médoc 4,914 · 13.9 mi | 44.6 | 21% | 3% | 5.1% |
| Hourtin 4,045 · 15.2 mi | 53 | 33% | 44% | 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 Couquèques
What is the population of Couquèques?
270 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (257).
How old are Couquèques’ residents?
The median age is 46.3, older than 65% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Couquèques?
18, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Couquèques?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.5% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (1.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Couquèques?
€23,870 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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