Photo: Bordeauxrock · CC BY-SA 4.0Coutras ranks below 89% of compared French towns on households headed by a manager or professional: 4.5%
Where 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, Coutras has 27%. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 8,678, in 4,140 households. The census found that a fifth of households are couples with children locally. Few places have so few flats: 19% here, fewer than in 70% of compared French towns.
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.
Since 2012, Coutras has grown +7%, faster than 61% 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 population moved +6%, and from 2017 to 2023 +1%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Gironde town +16%.
Half of Coutras is over 49.5, older than 81% 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
■ Coutras 49.5. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24; in Coutras, 9.7%.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 85 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
In Coutras, 38% of households are one person living alone, more than in 62% 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
Average household size: 2.1 people. Measured more widely, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Coutras has more single-parent households than just over three fifths of compared French towns, at 11%.
A higher share of households without a car than 63% of compared French towns, at 14%
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
Census figures put households in social housing at 11% in Coutras. 2.2% of homes are second homes, a higher share than in 52% of compared French towns. Empty homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 6.8%.
€22,940 a year is the median standard of living here
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 €22,940 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 82% of compared French towns. The share living below the poverty line is 19.0%.
Households headed by a retired person make up 39% in Coutras, more than in 81% 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
18% of households are headed by a manual worker (typical compared French town: 14%). For comparison, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
4.4% of residents are immigrants, below 70% 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 Gironde has 5.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 70% of compared French towns. About one in 32: that is how common foreign nationals are in Coutras (3.1%). The usual figure: 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 24% in Coutras, less than in 60% 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
42% of residents 15 and over are married. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 92% of compared French towns: 18%
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 27% of adults out of school have no qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 19%. In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification.
Among 41 French towns of 8,555 to 8,768 people, the 7th 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.
Saint-Jory is the youngest (34.3); Le Grau-du-Roi the oldest (62.3).
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 2 are older than Coutras
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coutras | 49.5 | 27% | 2.2% | 4.4% |
| Saint-Denis-de-Pile 5,955 · 5.2 mi | 45.1 | 23% | 1.4% | 5.4% |
| Saint-Seurin-sur-l'Isle 3,167 · 5.9 mi | 52.3 | 32% | 1.5% | 5.1% |
| Galgon 3,144 · 8.5 mi | 44.3 | 23% | 1.8% | 3.7% |
| La Roche-Chalais 3,060 · 9.6 mi | 51.6 | 32% | 7.2% | 6.4% |
| Libourne 25,036 · 10.4 mi | 44 | 23% | 3% | 12% |
| Laruscade 2,811 · 12.3 mi | 39.5 | 15% | 1.6% | 3.2% |
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 Coutras
What is the population of Coutras?
8,678 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (8,085).
How old are Coutras’ residents?
The median age is 49.5, older than 81% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Coutras?
100, with occasional dwellings: 2.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Coutras?
INSEE counts 380 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.4% of residents, and 270 foreign nationals (3.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Coutras?
€22,940 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 19.0% 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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