A town of second homes: 84% of its homes
32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, against 21% in Courchevel. By contrast, the town has more flats than 94% of compared French towns, at 79%. At the 2023 Census Courchevel was home to 2,290 people in 1,170 households. Across Courchevel, 0.8% of homes stand empty.
Throughout this page, the Savoie 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 Courchevel
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 6,640 second homes and occasional dwellings in Courchevel, 84% of its 7,870 homes: higher than in 99% of compared French towns. 16% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Courchevel sits above 84% of compared French towns for households in social housing (24%)
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 typical compared French town, 11% of households have no car; in Courchevel, 6.1%. Typically, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town.
Courchevel changed by −4% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 85% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Savoie town +9%. The first five years brought −1%; the six to 2023, −3%.
17% of residents are 65 or over, below 83% 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
■ Courchevel 43.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24, against 11% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. The median age in Courchevel is 43.8, lower than in 52% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Savoie 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Courchevel sits above 80% of compared French towns for one-person households (43%)
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 Savoie median and the France median
Living alone · share
Each household has 2 people on average. Typically, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Few places have so few couples with children: 21% here, fewer than in 71% of compared French towns. Courchevel sits close to the norm on single-parent households: 9.3%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
The median resident lives on €29,870 a year per consumption unit
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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €29,870 a year: higher than in 84% of compared French towns. 12.0% of residents live below the poverty line INSEE uses.
Only 8% of households are headed by a manual worker in Courchevel
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
9% of households are headed by a manager or professional. Set beside that, 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).
Foreign nationals: 9.1%, a higher share than 79% 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.
In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%; Courchevel has 9.7%. Across the comparison, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. That is higher than in 69% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Savoie has 7%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Courchevel, 27% of residents 15 and over are single, more than in 64% 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
The census found that 42% of residents 15 and over are married in Courchevel. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 90% of compared French towns, at 12%
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 38% in Courchevel and 30% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
16th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 2,290 to 2,582
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 Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Older than Courchevel: 4 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Courchevel | 43.8 | 17% | 84% | 9.7% |
| Moûtiers 3,487 · 5.8 mi | 42.2 | 19% | 10% | 23% |
| Les Belleville 3,498 · 6.5 mi | 42.4 | 15% | 88% | 7.2% |
| Grand-Aigueblanche 3,780 · 7.9 mi | 48.5 | 23% | 15% | 5.2% |
| Aime-la-Plagne 4,385 · 8.4 mi | 46.2 | 22% | 49% | 4.9% |
| La Plagne Tarentaise 3,836 · 9.1 mi | 45.3 | 17% | 84% | 4.5% |
| La Léchère 2,538 · 10.2 mi | 46 | 21% | 46% | 8.2% |
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 Courchevel
What is the population of Courchevel?
2,290 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (2,387).
How old are Courchevel’s residents?
The median age is 43.8, younger than 52% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Courchevel?
6,640, with occasional dwellings: 84% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Courchevel?
INSEE counts 220 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 9.7% of residents, and 210 foreign nationals (9.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Courchevel?
€29,870 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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