36% of households are couples with children, more than in 95% of compared French towns
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 6.8% in Coulmiers and 11% in the typical compared French town. Empty homes account for 2.7%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The town’s 240 households held 576 residents at the 2023 Census.
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 Coulmiers
A town of families
36% of households are couples with children and 8.5% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower growth than 55% of compared French towns: Coulmiers changed by +4% 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
Residents aged 65 and over: 24%, a higher share than 59% 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
■ Coulmiers 44. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 44, Coulmiers is younger than 50% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Loiret 51.7%, France 51.8%.
Below 93% of compared French towns: 26% of households are one person living alone
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
Nearly one in ten households are single parents, against 10% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for one-person households in the typical compared French town: 35%. Each household has 2.4 people on average.
Coulmiers sits below 98% of compared French towns for flats (3.1%)
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
In Coulmiers, 5.4% of homes are second homes, beside 2.1% in the typical compared French town. For flats, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%. Households without a car make up about one in 20 here (5.1%).
€27,860 a year: the median 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 Coulmiers’ residents live in households with a standard of living below €27,860 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 69% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a retired person than 89% of compared French towns: 43%
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
Compared with 14% in the typical compared French town, 17% of households are headed by a manual worker here. For households headed by a retired person, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 32%. About one in 16: that is how common households headed by a manager or professional are in Coulmiers (6.4%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 60% of compared French towns, at 5.4%
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.
In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Coulmiers, 3.3%. By way of comparison, 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.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 17% of residents 15 and over are single
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
In couples, 50% are married and 6.1% in a PACS (median compared French town: 43% and 6.1%); 5.4% are widowed. On average, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Coulmiers ranks below 77% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 14%
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
By its share of graduates of higher education (25%), Coulmiers is below 70% of compared French towns. On average, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 576 to 2,582 people: this is the 16th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Every neighbor is younger than Coulmiers
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coulmiers | 44 | 24% | 5.4% | 5.4% |
| Chaingy 4,116 · 6.3 mi | 42.3 | 18% | 1.5% | 5.7% |
| Saint-Ay 3,766 · 6.3 mi | 41 | 20% | 2.6% | 6.9% |
| Beauce la Romaine 3,341 · 6.7 mi | 43.9 | 23% | 7.3% | 2.8% |
| Meung-sur-Loire 6,670 · 7 mi | 43.4 | 23% | 4.9% | 7.4% |
| Ormes 4,376 · 7.2 mi | 41.2 | 15% | 1.3% | 9.3% |
| Ingré 10,062 · 7.7 mi | 40.4 | 17% | 1.1% | 13% |
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 Coulmiers
What is the population of Coulmiers?
576 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (556).
How old are Coulmiers’ residents?
The median age is 44, younger than 50% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Coulmiers?
14, with occasional dwellings: 5.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Coulmiers?
INSEE counts 31 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.4% of residents, and 19 foreign nationals (3.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Coulmiers?
€27,860 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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