A smaller share of flats than 94% of compared French towns: 5.6%
Here 6.8% of homes are second homes, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. Coullons had 2,231 residents in 1,050 households at the 2023 census. 28% of residents are 65 or over, or about one in four. Fewer households headed by a manager or professional than in 84% of compared French towns: 5.2%.
Throughout this page, the Loiret 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 Coullons
Fewer residents than in 2012
Coullons had 2,472 residents at the 2012 census and 2,231 in 2023, down 10%: slower growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 150 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 than most: −10% since 2012, behind 97% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +6% in Loiret.
Coullons is older than 83% of compared French towns: a median age of 50
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Coullons 50. The median compared French town: 44.
11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, against 9% in Coullons.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Loiret 51.7%, France 51.8%.
Coullons sits below 97% of compared French towns for single-parent households (5.7%)
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 Loiret median and the France median
Living alone · share
37% of households are one person living alone, against 35% in the typical compared French town. Couples with children are rarer here than in 58% of compared French towns. For comparison, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Households average 2.1 people.
In Coullons, 12% of homes stand empty, more than in 86% 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
Some 7% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 24% who have been there 30 years or more. The usual figure: 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. The census found that nearly one in ten households have no car in Coullons. More households in social housing than in 53% of compared French towns: 13%.
Median standard of living: €24,940 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.
Half of Coullons’ residents live in households with a standard of living below €24,940 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 61% of compared French towns. As for poverty, 12.0% of residents are below the line.
Coullons ranks above 85% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 41%
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
Where 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, Coullons has 20%. The usual figure: nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 84% of compared French towns, at 2.8%
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 1.4%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The share of immigrants in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 61% of compared French towns: 41% of residents 15 and over are married
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
Single residents: 24% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
20% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 84% 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
Adults with no qualification: 26% here and 19% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 2,231 to 2,582 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
2 of 6 neighbors are older than Coullons
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coullons | 50 | 28% | 6.8% | 2.8% |
| Gien 13,459 · 8.1 mi | 43.2 | 24% | 5.9% | 19% |
| Aubigny-sur-Nère 5,451 · 9.5 mi | 51.8 | 31% | 4.8% | 5.2% |
| Ouzouer-sur-Loire 2,543 · 10.8 mi | 45 | 20% | 7.4% | 3.2% |
| Briare 4,911 · 11.1 mi | 54.1 | 34% | 9.7% | 12% |
| Châtillon-sur-Loire 3,065 · 11.6 mi | 48.6 | 27% | 11% | 2.7% |
| Sully-sur-Loire 5,124 · 11.8 mi | 45.4 | 28% | 5% | 15% |
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 Coullons
What is the population of Coullons?
2,231 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% fewer than in 2012 (2,472).
How old are Coullons’ residents?
The median age is 50, older than 83% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Coullons?
87, with occasional dwellings: 6.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Coullons?
INSEE counts 61 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.8% of residents, and 32 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Coullons?
€24,940 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 12.0% 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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