0.1% of homes are second homes, below 99% of compared French towns
The figure for households without a car is 18% in Courrières and 11% in the typical compared French town. The town’s 4,350 households held 10,176 residents at the 2023 Census. Nearly a fifth of households are headed by a manual worker, or about one in five. Few places have as many households in social housing: 25% here, more than in 86% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Pas-de-Calais 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.
−3% since 2012, a pace below 83% 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
The years 2012 to 2017 brought ±0%; 2017 to 2023, −3%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Pas-de-Calais town −1%.
A median age of 42.2: Courrières is younger than 64% 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
■ Courrières 42.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over, or about one in five. Residents aged 15 to 24 are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 11%.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
In Courrières, 29% of households are couples with children, 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 Pas-de-Calais median and the France median
Living alone · share
Here a third of households are one person living alone, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 35%. Just over one in ten households are single parents, or about one in eight. In the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children is 25%.
Only 17% of homes are flats in Courrières
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
One household in six has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town. As a yardstick, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. Locally, 4.9% of homes stand empty.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €22,980 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €22,980 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 82% of compared French towns. Poverty touches 19.0% of residents.
A lower share of households headed by a manager or professional than 71% of compared French towns, at 6.7%
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
Here 36% of households are headed by a retired person, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 32%. The usual figure: 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 3.5% in Courrières, less than in 77% 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.
Foreign nationals: 1.9% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Pas-de-Calais has 1.7%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 77% of compared French towns. Against that, 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.
Courrières ranks below 65% of compared French towns on single residents: 24%
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
Across Courrières, just over two in five residents 15 and over are married. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
Adults with no qualification make up 26% in Courrières, more 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
The figure for graduates of higher education is 24% in Courrières and 30% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 10,014 to 10,337 people: this is the 21st 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.
At the ends of the range sit Serris (33.5), the youngest, and Mazamet (51.2), the oldest.
No nearby town is as old as Courrières
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Courrières | 42.2 | 21% | 0.1% | 3.5% |
| Montigny-en-Gohelle 9,743 · 1.9 mi | 38.1 | 20% | 0.1% | 4.4% |
| Harnes 12,247 · 2.1 mi | 40.2 | 20% | 0.2% | 4.3% |
| Dourges 6,139 · 2.3 mi | 37.6 | 15% | 0.4% | 2.9% |
| Carvin 17,909 · 2.4 mi | 39.4 | 18% | 0.3% | 3.3% |
| Oignies 10,323 · 2.4 mi | 39.7 | 19% | 0.5% | 6.5% |
| Fouquières-lès-Lens 6,087 · 2.7 mi | 39.2 | 20% | 0.4% | 3.6% |
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 Courrières
What is the population of Courrières?
10,176 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (10,530).
How old are Courrières’ residents?
The median age is 42.2, younger than 64% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Courrières?
5, with occasional dwellings: 0.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Courrières?
INSEE counts 360 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.5% of residents, and 190 foreign nationals (1.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Courrières?
€22,980 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 19.0% 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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