A lower share of flats than 99% of compared French towns, at 1%
With households headed by a manager or professional at 4.4%, Couddes is behind 90% of compared French towns on that count. Compared with other places, households without a car are scarce here: 3.1%, fewer than in 98% of compared French towns. Its 230 households held 530 residents at the 2023 Census. Put another way, about one in 13: 7.9% of residents are 15 to 24.
Throughout this page, the Loir-et-Cher 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 Couddes
Empty homes
The census found 36 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower growth than 61% of compared French towns: Couddes changed by +2% since 2012
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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Loir-et-Cher town −3%.
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
■ Couddes 44.6. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Couddes is 44.6, higher than in 54% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loir-et-Cher 52.4%, France 51.8%.
4.4% of households are single parents, below 99% 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 Loir-et-Cher median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 2.3 people in the average household. On one-person households, Couddes sits lower than 89% of compared French towns: 27%. By way of comparison, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. 29% of households are couples with children, against 25% in the typical compared French town.
A town of second homes: 8.6% of its homes
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. For Couddes, the census puts empty homes at 12%. Second homes make up 2.1% in the typical compared French town.
Median standard of living: €24,650 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.
The median standard of living in Couddes is €24,650 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 64% of compared French towns.
Couddes ranks above 89% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 42%
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
Just over one in ten households are headed by a manual worker; in the typical compared French town the figure is 14%. For households headed by a retired person, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 67% of compared French towns, at 4.6%
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 census found that 3.7% of residents are foreign nationals in Couddes. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% 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.
18% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 98% 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
49% of residents 15 and over are married; in the typical compared French town the figure is 43%. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 81% of compared French towns: 21%
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: nearly a fifth of the total. As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
17th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 530 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Couddes is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Couddes | 44.6 | 25% | 8.6% | 4.6% |
| Le Controis-en-Sologne 6,860 · 4.6 mi | 46.3 | 25% | 5.6% | 3.4% |
| Noyers-sur-Cher 2,631 · 5.9 mi | 53 | 34% | 11% | 5.8% |
| Saint-Aignan 2,789 · 7.2 mi | 56.5 | 40% | 24% | 7.9% |
| Selles-sur-Cher 4,184 · 9.6 mi | 54.2 | 35% | 7.2% | 10% |
| Montrichard Val de Cher 3,611 · 10 mi | 57.5 | 39% | 9.4% | 6.5% |
| Cour-Cheverny 2,831 · 10.4 mi | 51.6 | 30% | 7.8% | 2.7% |
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 Couddes
What is the population of Couddes?
530 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (519).
How old are Couddes’ residents?
The median age is 44.6, older than 54% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Couddes?
25, with occasional dwellings: 8.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Couddes?
INSEE counts 25 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.6% of residents, and 20 foreign nationals (3.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Couddes?
€24,650 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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