Half of Coustouges is over 57.6, older than 97% of compared French towns
Where 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, Coustouges has 17%. The town is home to 95 residents in 60 households, by the 2023 Census. Flats account for 11%. Single-parent households are more common here than in 98% of compared French towns.
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 Coustouges
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 70 second homes and occasional dwellings in Coustouges, 47% of its 150 homes: higher than in 97% of compared French towns. 91% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Coustouges’ residents are under 57.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 31% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.2% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Coustouges had 108 residents at the 2012 census and 95 in 2023, down 12%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Many people living alone
50% of Coustouges’ households are one person: higher than in 94% of compared French towns; 50% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Coustouges, 47% of homes are second homes, more than in 97% 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
With households without a car at 18%, Coustouges is ahead of 78% of compared French towns on that count. In the typical compared French town, 2.1% of homes are second homes. 12% of homes stand empty, or about one in eight. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Since 2012, Coustouges has changed by −12%, 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
The first five years brought −9%; the six to 2023, −3%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Pyrénées-Orientales town +10%.
7.1% of residents are 15 to 24, below 97% 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
■ Coustouges 57.6. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over tops 87% of compared French towns: 31%. Elsewhere, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 81 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Orientales 52.6%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
In Coustouges, 50% of households are one person living alone, more than in 94% 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 Pyrénées-Orientales median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households here average 1.6 people each. 17% of households are couples with children, a lower share than in 86% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%.
A larger share of households headed by a manual worker than 96% of compared French towns: 25%
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, 8.3% of households are headed by a manager or professional. By way of comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker 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 16% in Coustouges, more than in 88% 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 Pyrénées-Orientales has 7.9%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 88% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%. Foreign nationals make up about one in ten here (10%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 33% of residents 15 and over are married in Coustouges
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
A quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, against 27% in Coustouges. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
Coustouges: 26% of adults out of school have no qualification, above 80% 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
Graduates of higher education: 23% here and 30% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification.
41 French towns of 95 to 2,582 people: this is the 5th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
1 in 5 nearby towns have a higher median age than Coustouges
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coustouges | 57.6 | 31% | 47% | 16% |
| Arles-sur-Tech 2,815 · 6.8 mi | 54.8 | 32% | 9.6% | 9.6% |
| Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda 3,529 · 8.3 mi | 60.7 | 43% | 54% | 9.1% |
| Céret 7,521 · 10.6 mi | 57 | 37% | 13% | 8.9% |
| Maureillas-las-Illas 3,006 · 12.3 mi | 55.4 | 33% | 13% | 8.3% |
| Le Boulou 5,487 · 15.1 mi | 54 | 35% | 13% | 11% |
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 Coustouges
What is the population of Coustouges?
95 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% fewer than in 2012 (108).
How old are Coustouges’ residents?
The median age is 57.6, older than 97% of compared French towns. 11% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Coustouges?
70, with occasional dwellings: 47% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Coustouges?
INSEE counts 16 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 16% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (10%). 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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