A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of compared French towns: 6%
In Courcelette, 2.4% of homes are flats, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 152, in 66 households. Households headed by a retired person: 23% of the total. Second homes are more common here than in 84% of compared French towns.
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 Courcelette
Empty homes
The census found 10 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
+4% since 2012, a pace below 53% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was +5%; from 2017 to 2023, −1%.
Fewer residents aged 65 and over than 85% of compared French towns: 17%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Courcelette 41.8. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 41.8, Courcelette is younger than two thirds of compared French towns. For comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 113 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of couples with children than 79% of compared French towns, at 31%
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
Single-parent households: 7.7% here and 10% in the typical compared French town. On average, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2.3 people. Courcelette has fewer one-person households than 73% of compared French towns, at 31%.
A larger share of empty homes than 89% of compared French towns: 12%
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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Against that, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Across Courcelette, 7.6% of households have no car. One household in 13 has no car (median compared French town: 11%).
Half above, half below €26,220 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.
At €26,220 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 53% of compared French towns.
Courcelette: 23% of households are headed by a manual worker, above 92% 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
In Courcelette, 7.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional, beside 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manual worker: 14% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
3.3% of residents are immigrants, below 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.
Foreign nationals: 2.6%, below 70% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 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.
In Courcelette, 18% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 98% 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
Here 45% of residents 15 and over are married, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 43%. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
Graduates of higher education: 32%, a higher share than 59% 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
Here, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification. By way of comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 8th youngest of 41 French towns of 152 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 older than Courcelette
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Courcelette
What is the population of Courcelette?
152 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (146).
How old are Courcelette’s residents?
The median age is 41.8, younger than 67% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Courcelette?
6, with occasional dwellings: 7.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Courcelette?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.3% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (2.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Courcelette?
€26,220 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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