One-person households: 28%, a lower share than 84% of compared French towns
In Couzeix, 5.7% of households have no car, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. Census day 2023: 10,195 residents and 4,350 households here. Flats account for 14%. Households headed by a retired person are more common here than in 75% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Haute-Vienne 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 Couzeix
Growing fast
Couzeix had 8,703 residents at the 2012 census and 10,195 in 2023, up 17%: faster growth than in 86% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Couzeix grew +17% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 86% 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
In two steps, +6% to 2017 and +10% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +1% in Haute-Vienne.
In Couzeix, 25% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 67% 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
■ Couzeix 45.9. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Couzeix is 45.9, higher than in 62% of compared French towns. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 11%. Elsewhere, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Vienne 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children: 28%, a higher share than 65% 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-Vienne median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 2.3 people in the average household. Couples with children: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Single-parent households are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 9.5%.
Couzeix sits below 68% of compared French towns for households in social housing (8.6%)
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
9% of households moved in less than two years ago; 22% have been in their home 30 years or more. On empty homes, Couzeix sits lower than 72% of compared French towns: 5.2%. In the typical compared French town, households in social housing come to 12%. The town sits close to the norm on second homes: 1.2%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €27,720 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.
Living standards centre on €27,720 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 68% of compared French towns. One measure of hardship: 11.0% of residents are below the poverty line.
Fewer households headed by a manual worker than 74% of compared French towns: 10%
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: 12% here and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Across the 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).
Fewer immigrants than 66% of compared French towns: 4.8%
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.
Foreign nationals make up 3%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 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.
A lower share of single residents than 89% of compared French towns, at 20%
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
Here 48% of residents 15 and over are married, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 43%. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Only 15% of adults out of school have no qualification in Couzeix
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%; Couzeix has 35%. As a reference point, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 10,027 to 10,365 people: this is the 11th 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 Serris (33.5), the youngest, and Mazamet (51.2), the oldest.
Nearby, 4 of 6 towns have older populations than Couzeix
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Couzeix | 45.9 | 25% | 1.2% | 4.8% |
| Limoges 129,937 · 2.8 mi | 39.5 | 23% | 3.4% | 13% |
| Le Palais-sur-Vienne 5,775 · 4.4 mi | 49.3 | 29% | 1.1% | 7.9% |
| Panazol 11,342 · 4.6 mi | 51.3 | 31% | 0.9% | 7.1% |
| Rilhac-Rancon 4,805 · 4.8 mi | 48.1 | 25% | 1.6% | 3.8% |
| Isle 7,995 · 5.1 mi | 49.2 | 29% | 1.8% | 6.7% |
| Verneuil-sur-Vienne 4,903 · 5.3 mi | 45.5 | 23% | 3.3% | 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 Couzeix
What is the population of Couzeix?
10,195 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 17% more than in 2012 (8,703).
How old are Couzeix’s residents?
The median age is 45.9, older than 62% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Couzeix?
54, with occasional dwellings: 1.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Couzeix?
INSEE counts 490 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.8% of residents, and 310 foreign nationals (3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Couzeix?
€27,720 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 11.0% 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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