Only 1.9% of households have no car in Coise
8.4% of homes are flats (typical compared French town: 30%). One-person households are rarer here than in 98% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Coise was home to 800 people in 320 households. Here, 17% of residents are 65 or over.
Throughout this page, the Rhône 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 Coise
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 8% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +7% change since 2012: faster than 58% 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 median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Rhône town +10%. The change was +3% from 2012 to 2017 and +4% from 2017 to 2023.
A median age of 42.2: Coise 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
■ Coise 42.2. The median compared French town: 44.
About one in nine: that is how common residents aged 15 to 24 are in Coise (11%).
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Rhône 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children make up 34% in Coise, more than in 90% 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 Rhône median and the France median
Living alone · share
Against a figure of 10% in the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households in Coise comes in at 8%. The benchmark for couples with children in the typical compared French town: 25%. The average household has 2.5 people.
A lower share of households in social housing than 80% of compared French towns, at 6.4%
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
7.6% of households arrived within the last two years, while 26% have stayed 30 years or more. The wider picture: just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Coise has fewer empty homes than 67% of compared French towns, at 5.5%. Little separates the share of second homes here, 2.9%, from the figure in the typical compared French town.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €25,560 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 Coise’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €25,560 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 54% of compared French towns.
27% of households are headed by a retired person, below 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
With households headed by a manual worker at 17%, Coise is ahead of 70% of compared French towns on that count. On top of that, on households headed by a manager or professional, Coise sits higher than nearly three fifths of compared French towns: 11%. Set beside that, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Coise, 1.4% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 97% 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 share of foreign nationals is 1%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 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.
Coise: 55% of residents 15 and over are married, above 99% of compared French towns
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
20% of residents 15 and over are single; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
Below 77% of compared French towns: 14% of adults out of school have no qualification
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
36% of Coise’s residents 15 and over who have left education hold a higher-education diploma, against 30% in the median compared French town; 14% have no diploma (19%).
Among 41 French towns of 800 to 2,582 people, the 9th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Every neighbor is older than Coise
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coise | 42.2 | 17% | 2.9% | 1.4% |
| Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise 3,785 · 1.4 mi | 47.2 | 29% | 1.7% | 4.6% |
| Chazelles-sur-Lyon 5,543 · 4.3 mi | 46.8 | 25% | 1.3% | 3.3% |
| Saint-Martin-en-Haut 3,942 · 5.2 mi | 47.6 | 25% | 3.6% | 2% |
| Saint-Galmier 5,829 · 7.6 mi | 47.7 | 26% | 1.8% | 3.9% |
| Saint-Héand 3,665 · 7.7 mi | 47.6 | 26% | 2.4% | 1.9% |
| Genilac 3,839 · 7.8 mi | 42.5 | 19% | 1.6% | 4.5% |
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 Coise
What is the population of Coise?
800 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (749).
How old are Coise’s residents?
The median age is 42.2, younger than 64% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Coise?
10, with occasional dwellings: 2.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Coise?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.4% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Coise?
€25,560 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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