Half of Caours is over 55.4, older than 94% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Single-parent households: 5.8% of the total. At the 2023 Census, 548 people lived in Caours, in 260 households. Where 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town, Caours has 7.4%.
Throughout this page, the Somme 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 Caours
An older town
Half of Caours’ residents are under 55.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 34% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Caours had 610 residents at the 2012 census and 548 in 2023, down 10%: slower growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−10% since 2012: slower than 97% 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 −1%, then −9% to 2023. Over those years, the median Somme town changed −3% and the median compared French town +5%.
More residents aged 65 and over than 93% of compared French towns: 34%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Caours 55.4. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 8.8% in Caours and 11% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Caours sits below 89% of compared French towns for one-person households (27%)
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 Somme median and the France median
Living alone · share
On average, 2.1 people share a household. The share of one-person households in the typical compared French town is 35%. Nearly a fifth of households are couples with children, fewer than in 77% of compared French towns.
3.8% of households have no car, below 95% 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 typical compared French town, the share of empty homes is 6.7%; Caours has 4.3%. Compared with other places, second homes are common here: 3.5%, more than in two thirds of compared French towns. The wider picture: 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. Long tenure is the mark of 38% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 9.2% (under two years).
Half above, half below €29,240 a year in standard of living
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 residents live in households above €29,240 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 80% of compared French towns.
Caours sits above 89% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (42%)
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4%; Caours has 12%. Locally, 13% of households are headed by a manual worker. Across the comparison, nearly a third 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).
Below 88% of compared French towns: 2.4% of residents are immigrants
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 93% of compared French towns: 1.1%. For immigrants, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
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 98% of compared French towns: 54%
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
18% of residents 15 and over are single; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 36%, a higher share than 69% 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
18% of adults out of school have no qualification, a lower share than in 55% of compared French towns. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
The 5th oldest of 41 French towns of 548 to 2,582 people
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).
Every neighbor is younger than Caours
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caours | 55.4 | 34% | 3.5% | 2.4% |
| Abbeville 22,395 · 2.4 mi | 47.1 | 25% | 1.5% | 2.7% |
| Flixecourt 3,221 · 12 mi | 43.5 | 22% | 1.7% | 1.7% |
| Auxi-le-Château 2,547 · 12.7 mi | 50.3 | 31% | 3.5% | 1.4% |
| Rue 2,987 · 13.5 mi | 53.8 | 35% | 11% | 1.3% |
| Friville-Escarbotin 4,306 · 14.9 mi | 47.5 | 26% | 2.8% | 1.7% |
| Blangy-sur-Bresle 2,819 · 17.7 mi | 51.1 | 30% | 1.8% | 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 Caours
What is the population of Caours?
548 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% fewer than in 2012 (610).
How old are Caours’ residents?
The median age is 55.4, older than 94% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 34% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Caours?
10, with occasional dwellings: 3.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Caours?
INSEE counts 13 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.4% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (1.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Caours?
€29,240 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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