Couffé: 38% of households are couples with children, above 97% of compared French towns
Where 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town, Couffé has 2.5%. This Loire-Atlantique town had 2,535 residents in 1,000 households at the 2023 census. About one in 50: that is how common households in social housing are in Couffé (2%). At 1.7%, the share of flats is lower than in 99% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Loire-Atlantique 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 Couffé
A town of families
38% of households are couples with children and 5% single parents with children; 23% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Couffé’s residents are under 38.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 23% are under 15 and 13% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Couffé has grown +9%, faster than 66% 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Loire-Atlantique town +14%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought +10%; 2017 to 2023, −1%.
Couffé ranks below 97% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 13%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Couffé 38.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Couffé’s residents are under 38.5, younger than in 86% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. On the census count, one in ten residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loire-Atlantique 51.0%, France 51.8%.
Couffé sits below 97% of compared French towns for one-person households (23%)
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 Loire-Atlantique median and the France median
Living alone · share
Average household size: 2.5 people. Compared with other places, single-parent households are scarce here: 5%, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
5.1% of homes stand empty, below 73% 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
Second homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 1.4%. By way of comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. 8.9% of households arrived within the last two years, while 22% have stayed 30 years or more.
A median of €26,740 a year per consumption unit
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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €26,740 a year: higher than in 59% of compared French towns. Under the poverty line sit 4.0% of residents.
23% of households are headed by a retired person, below 90% 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
14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, against 22% in Couffé. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%. The census found that 9.3% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
1.4% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 97% 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.
Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 0.5% of residents are foreign nationals here. As a yardstick, 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 larger share of married residents than 96% of compared French towns: 52%
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
The share of single residents trails 92% of compared French towns: 20%. As a reference point, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
In Couffé, 13% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 82% 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
For Couffé, the census puts graduates of higher education at 29%. Against that, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 2,507 to 2,582 people: this is the 2nd youngest
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 Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Older than Couffé: 5 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Couffé | 38.5 | 13% | 1.4% | 1.4% |
| Oudon 3,904 · 2.6 mi | 42.5 | 19% | 3.5% | 2.8% |
| Ligné 5,693 · 4.2 mi | 38.8 | 13% | 0.7% | 2.8% |
| Mésanger 4,724 · 4.2 mi | 41.5 | 18% | 1.1% | 1.5% |
| Le Cellier 4,051 · 5.1 mi | 43.9 | 20% | 1.8% | 3.1% |
| Ancenis-Saint-Géréon 11,600 · 5.2 mi | 45.8 | 24% | 2.6% | 7.1% |
| Saint-Mars-du-Désert 5,523 · 6.3 mi | 38.1 | 14% | 1% | 2.9% |
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 Couffé
What is the population of Couffé?
2,535 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (2,330).
How old are Couffé’s residents?
The median age is 38.5, younger than 86% of compared French towns. 28% are under 18 and 13% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Couffé?
15, with occasional dwellings: 1.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Couffé?
INSEE counts 37 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.4% of residents, and 13 foreign nationals (0.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Couffé?
€26,740 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 4.0% 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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