Flats: 0.7%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
Here 3.5% of households have no car, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. Census day 2023: 915 residents and 400 households in Coings. On the census count, 5.1% of households are single parents. 3.8% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 94% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Indre 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, Coings outgrew 76% of compared French towns: +13%
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 median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Indre town −5%. The change was +8% from 2012 to 2017 and +4% from 2017 to 2023.
Below 76% of compared French towns: 9.3% of residents are 15 to 24
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Coings 45.3. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 45.3, Coings is older than 58% of compared French towns. On average, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. About one in five: that is how common residents aged 65 and over are in Coings (21%).
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Indre 53.6%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 25% in Coings, less than in 93% 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 Indre median and the France median
Living alone · share
33% of households are couples with children, against 25% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, one-person households come to 35%. Households average 2.3 people.
A smaller share of empty homes than 72% of compared French towns: 5.1%
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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Newcomers of less than two years account for 4.8% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 32%. Second homes: 2.3%, near enough the figure in the typical compared French town.
Half above, half below €27,160 a year in 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.
Half of residents live in households above €27,160 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 62% of compared French towns.
Only 30% of households are headed by a retired person in Coings
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 manual worker make up about one in eight here (13%). 3.8% of Coings’ households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 30% by a retired person (32%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Coings, 2.7% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 85% 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.
1.9% of residents are foreign nationals (typical compared French town: 4.3%). Typically, 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.
Only 19% of residents 15 and over are single in Coings
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
47% of residents 15 and over are married, against 43% in the typical compared French town. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
In Coings, 16% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 68% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%; Coings has 26%. The usual figure: 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (915 to 2,582 people), the 21st 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.
Nearby, 5 of 6 towns have older populations than Coings
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coings | 45.3 | 21% | 2.3% | 2.7% |
| Déols 7,600 · 2.8 mi | 48.6 | 25% | 1.3% | 5.3% |
| Châteauroux 42,963 · 4.8 mi | 45.2 | 26% | 2.7% | 12% |
| Saint-Maur 3,537 · 5.7 mi | 50.5 | 27% | 2.2% | 3.3% |
| Le Poinçonnet 5,855 · 7.1 mi | 53.2 | 30% | 1.9% | 4.4% |
| Villedieu-sur-Indre 2,583 · 9.1 mi | 47.2 | 25% | 3.2% | 2.5% |
| Levroux 2,797 · 9.2 mi | 52 | 31% | 5.3% | 1.8% |
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 Coings
What is the population of Coings?
915 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% more than in 2012 (813).
How old are Coings’ residents?
The median age is 45.3, older than 58% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Coings?
10, with occasional dwellings: 2.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Coings?
INSEE counts 25 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.7% of residents, and 17 foreign nationals (1.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Coings?
€27,160 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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