In Canohès, 8.6% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 87% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker; in Canohès, 9.2%. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 6,616, in 2,980 households. Locally, 6.1% of households have no car. The town has fewer flats than nearly three quarters of compared French towns, at 17%.
Throughout this page, the Pyrénées-Orientales 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 Canohès
Growing fast
Canohès had 4,875 residents at the 2012 census and 6,616 in 2023, up 36%: faster growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Canohès’s population changed by +36% since 2012, more than in 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +25%, then +9% to 2023. Over those years, the median Pyrénées-Orientales town changed +10% and the median compared French town +5%.
Canohès sits above 69% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (25%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Canohès 46.1. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Canohès is 46.1, higher than in 64% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Orientales 52.6%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of one-person households than 75% of compared French towns, at 30%
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 Pyrénées-Orientales median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households here average 2.2 people each. The usual figure: 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Against a figure of 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children in Canohès comes in at 26%.
Canohès sits below 72% of compared French towns for households in social housing (7.8%)
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
Second homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 1.3%. 9.6% of households moved in less than two years ago; 18% have been in their home 30 years or more. For households in social housing, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 12%.
Standard of living at the median: €26,800 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.
Half of Canohès’ residents live in households with a standard of living below €26,800 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 59% of compared French towns. As for poverty, 12.0% of residents are below the line.
A larger share of households headed by a manager or professional than 60% of compared French towns: 11%
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
Census figures put households headed by a retired person at 33% in Canohès. On average, 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).
Foreign nationals make up 2.4% in Canohès, less than in 72% 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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 54% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Pyrénées-Orientales has 7.9%. Against that, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Locally, 6.1% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Fewer single residents than 91% of compared French towns: 20%
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
47% of residents 15 and over are married, against 43% in the typical compared French town. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Only 14% of adults out of school have no qualification in Canohès
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 (36%), Canohès is above 71% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for adults with no qualification is 19% in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 6,549 to 6,671 people: this is the 14th 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 Chasse-sur-Rhône (36.3), the youngest, and Châtelaillon-Plage (59.8), the oldest.
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 2 are older than Canohès
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canohès | 46.1 | 25% | 1.3% | 6.1% |
| Toulouges 7,450 · 1.1 mi | 45.9 | 24% | 1.5% | 9.2% |
| Pollestres 5,548 · 1.9 mi | 44.8 | 23% | 3% | 8% |
| Ponteilla 3,101 · 2 mi | 42.4 | 19% | 2.3% | 4.7% |
| Le Soler 7,942 · 2.8 mi | 45.4 | 24% | 1.9% | 8.7% |
| Baho 3,231 · 3.4 mi | 48.5 | 22% | 1.3% | 6.6% |
| Saint-Estève 11,630 · 4.1 mi | 51.7 | 31% | 1% | 7.2% |
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 Canohès
What is the population of Canohès?
6,616 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 36% more than in 2012 (4,875).
How old are Canohès’ residents?
The median age is 46.1, older than 64% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Canohès?
42, with occasional dwellings: 1.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Canohès?
INSEE counts 400 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.1% of residents, and 160 foreign nationals (2.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Canohès?
€26,800 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 12.0% 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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