Photo: Havang(nl) · CC0Fewer households without a car than 93% of compared French towns: 4.1%
Single-parent households make up 5.1%, against 10% in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 86% of compared French towns. Coubon counted 3,140 residents and 1,380 households at the 2023 Census. In Coubon, 7.4% of homes are flats.
Throughout this page, the Haute-Loire 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.
+2% since 2012: slower 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +2% for the median Haute-Loire town, the change came in two steps: +5% from 2012 to 2017, then −3% to 2023.
Half of Coubon is over 49.1, older than 79% 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
■ Coubon 49.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 26%, above 72% of compared French towns. Few places have so few residents aged 15 to 24: 9.1% here, fewer than in four fifths of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Loire 51.9%, France 51.8%.
28% of households are one person living alone, fewer 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 Haute-Loire median and the France median
Living alone · share
In the typical compared French town, 25% of households are couples with children; in Coubon, 28%. For comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. There are 2.3 people in the average household.
Second homes make up 4.5% in Coubon, more than in 74% 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
31% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 7.7% moved in within the last two years. At 8.5%, the share of empty homes is higher than in 69% of compared French towns. Against that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €27,740 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.
At €27,740 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 68% of compared French towns. Under the poverty line sit 6.0% of residents.
Coubon: 41% of households are headed by a retired person, above 85% 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
12% of households are headed by a manual worker; in the typical compared French town the figure is 14%. Elsewhere, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manager or professional make up about one in 11 here (8.7%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 2%, a lower share than 92% 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.
In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Coubon, 0.9%. On average, 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.
In Coubon, 19% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 94% 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
Set against 43% in the typical compared French town, nearly half of residents 15 and over are married in Coubon. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
Coubon sits below 80% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (14%)
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
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, nearly a third of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification here. Set beside that, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (3,117 to 3,163 people), the 14th 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.
The youngest is Longperrier (33.7), the oldest La Tranche-sur-Mer (64.6).
Coubon is younger than 2 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coubon | 49.1 | 26% | 4.5% | 2% |
| Vals-près-le-Puy 3,395 · 2.7 mi | 52.6 | 31% | 3.1% | 7.7% |
| Le Puy-en-Velay 18,540 · 2.8 mi | 44.6 | 26% | 5.9% | 12% |
| Brives-Charensac 4,244 · 3 mi | 48.3 | 27% | 2.3% | 5.7% |
| Saint-Germain-Laprade 3,432 · 3.3 mi | 47.9 | 23% | 3.7% | 2.2% |
| Espaly-Saint-Marcel 3,585 · 3.9 mi | 47 | 25% | 2.4% | 6.5% |
| Chadrac 2,542 · 4 mi | 53.1 | 32% | 1.8% | 8.7% |
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 Coubon
What is the population of Coubon?
3,140 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (3,075).
How old are Coubon’s residents?
The median age is 49.1, older than 79% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Coubon?
70, with occasional dwellings: 4.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Coubon?
INSEE counts 63 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2% of residents, and 28 foreign nationals (0.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Coubon?
€27,740 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 6.0% 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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