Households without a car: 1.9%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
1.7% of homes are flats (typical compared French town: 30%). The 2023 Census put Courcy’s population at 639, in 260 households. The census found that 3.8% of households rent social housing (HLM) here. This Manche town has more couples with children than 87% of compared French towns, at 33%.
Throughout this page, the Manche 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.
From 2012 to 2023, Courcy outgrew 55% of compared French towns: +6%
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
The years 2012 to 2017 brought −1%; 2017 to 2023, +7%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Manche town ±0%.
Younger than 61% of compared French towns: half of Courcy is under 42.6
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Courcy 42.6. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 10% in Courcy and 11% in the typical compared French town. The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 22%.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 111 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Courcy ranks below 99% of compared French towns on one-person households: 21%
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 Manche median and the France median
Living alone · share
The share of single-parent households trails 97% of compared French towns: 5.8%. In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%.
Below 93% of compared French towns: 3.4% of homes stand empty
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 the typical compared French town, 2.1% of homes are second homes; in Courcy, 6.9%. Across the comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
€23,330 a year is the median standard of living here
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 midpoint of living standards here is €23,330 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 79% of compared French towns.
Courcy ranks above 71% of compared French towns on households headed by a manager or professional: 13%
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
On the census count, a third of households are headed by a retired person. Fewer households headed by a manual worker than in 53% of compared French towns: 13%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 1.1%, a lower share than 99% 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.
The median compared commune in Manche has 2.4%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns. On average, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. About one in 71: that is how common foreign nationals are in Courcy (1.4%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Courcy sits below 84% of compared French towns for single residents (21%)
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
43% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 52% of compared French towns. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 64% of compared French towns: 26%
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
The share of adults with no qualification is 22%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 639 to 2,582 people, the 10th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
No nearby town is as young as Courcy
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Courcy | 42.6 | 22% | 6.9% | 1.1% |
| Coutances 8,321 · 2.2 mi | 49 | 28% | 3.9% | 5.6% |
| Quettreville-sur-Sienne 3,167 · 5.8 mi | 47.1 | 24% | 9.5% | 2% |
| Saint-Sauveur-Villages 3,208 · 6.1 mi | 47.4 | 25% | 8.1% | 1.8% |
| Marigny-Le-Lozon 2,761 · 7.8 mi | 43.7 | 24% | 2.1% | 1.1% |
| Agon-Coutainville 3,020 · 8.8 mi | 63.8 | 48% | 53% | 2.3% |
| Gouville-sur-Mer 3,274 · 8.8 mi | 56 | 36% | 26% | 1.5% |
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 Courcy
What is the population of Courcy?
639 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (603).
How old are Courcy’s residents?
The median age is 42.6, younger than 61% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Courcy?
20, with occasional dwellings: 6.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Courcy?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.1% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Courcy?
€23,330 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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