Couples with children: 10%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
The figure for households headed by a manual worker is 30% in Couzou and 14% in the typical compared French town. The share of flats stands at 0.9%. Residents aged 15 to 24 are rarer here than in 90% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Couzou was home to 95 people in 49 households.
Throughout this page, the Lot 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 Couzou
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 50 second homes and occasional dwellings in Couzou, 46% of its 110 homes: higher than in 97% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Couzou had 108 residents at the 2012 census and 95 in 2023, down 12%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Couzou’s residents are under 54 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 32% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 10% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
46% of homes in Couzou are second 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
Of all households, 6% moved in during the last two years and 18% have stayed three decades or more. At 2%, the share of households without a car is lower than in 99% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Here 8.3% of homes stand empty, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 6.7%.
A −12% change since 2012: slower than 98% 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
In two steps, −15% to 2017 and +3% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −1% in Lot.
Half of Couzou is over 54, older than 93% 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
■ Couzou 54. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 32%, above 90% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Lot 53.3%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 40% in Couzou, more than in 69% 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 Lot median and the France median
Living alone · share
The typical household size is 1.9 people. The census found that 10% of households are single parents in Couzou. Set beside that, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Below 95% of compared French towns: 20% of households are headed by a retired person
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 manager or professional make up about one in ten here (10%). Across the comparison, 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).
Below 99% of compared French towns: 1% of residents are immigrants
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.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Fewer married residents than 67% of compared French towns: 40%
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
24% of residents 15 and over are single (typical compared French town: 25%). In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
Graduates of higher education make up 23% in Couzou, less than in 77% 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
With adults with no qualification at 15%, Couzou is behind 72% of compared French towns on that count. Across the comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 7th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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.
Of the 4 towns nearest Couzou, 3 are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Couzou | 54 | 32% | 46% | 1% |
| Gramat 3,512 · 5.4 mi | 55.1 | 36% | 9.4% | 9.5% |
| Souillac 3,192 · 11.8 mi | 52.6 | 35% | 12% | 13% |
| Gourdon 4,206 · 11.9 mi | 59.4 | 40% | 13% | 9.5% |
| Saint-Céré 3,429 · 14.8 mi | 54.6 | 36% | 7.6% | 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 Couzou
What is the population of Couzou?
95 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% fewer than in 2012 (108).
How old are Couzou’s residents?
The median age is 54, older than 93% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 32% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Couzou?
50, with occasional dwellings: 46% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Couzou?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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