Photo: Floflo62 · CC BY-SA 3.0A smaller share of households without a car than 98% of compared French towns: 3.1%
The figure for flats is 7.2% in La Couture and 30% in the typical compared French town. The town had 2,590 residents in 1,090 households at the 2023 census. The share of one-person households stands at 27%. Few places have so few households in social housing: 2.8% here, fewer than in 94% 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.
What stands out about the people of La Couture
Fewer residents than in 2012
La Couture had 2,712 residents at the 2012 census and 2,590 in 2023, down 4%: slower growth than in 86% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, La Couture has changed by −4%, slower than 86% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +2%, and from 2017 to 2023 −6%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Pas-de-Calais town −1%.
Older than 58% of compared French towns: half of La Couture is over 45.3
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ La Couture 45.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 9.9% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. Census figures put residents aged 65 and over at 21% in La Couture.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
La Couture sits above 88% of compared French towns for couples with children (33%)
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
The figure for single-parent households is 5.9% in La Couture and 10% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. On average, 2.4 people share a household.
In La Couture, 0.4% of homes are second homes, fewer than in 98% 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
In the last two years, 7.4% of households moved in; at the other end, 26% have stayed 30 years or more. Lower than in just over three quarters of compared French towns: 4.9% of homes stand empty. The comparison figure for second homes is 2.1% in the typical compared French town.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €27,960 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.
Living standards centre on €27,960 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 70% of compared French towns. Residents below the poverty line make up 8.0%.
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 15% in La Couture, more than in 76% of compared French towns
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
By its share of households headed by a retired person (30%), La Couture is below 64% of compared French towns. The share of households headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town is 9.4%. Households headed by a manual worker: 16% of the total.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 0.9% of residents are immigrants in La Couture
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 share of foreign nationals trails 99% of compared French towns: 0.5%. The wider picture: 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.
A larger share of married residents than 95% of compared French towns: 51%
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
Against a figure of 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of single residents in La Couture comes in at 20%. Typically, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification: 13%, a lower share than 83% 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 graduates of higher education at 37%, La Couture is ahead of 72% of compared French towns on that count. By way of comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (2,566 to 2,613 people), the 17th 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.
The youngest is Bourguébus (34.6), the oldest Eymet (61.2).
La Couture is younger than 1 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 La Couture
What is the population of La Couture?
2,590 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (2,712).
How old are La Couture’s residents?
The median age is 45.3, older than 58% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Couture?
4, with occasional dwellings: 0.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Couture?
INSEE counts 24 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.9% of residents, and 13 foreign nationals (0.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in La Couture?
€27,960 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 8.0% 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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