Couples with children: 50%, a higher share than 99% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, 2.1% of homes are second homes; in Courcelles-au-Bois, 5.9%. Residents aged 15 to 24 make up about one in ten here (9.7%). Half are older than 37, younger than 91% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 69 residents in 27 households.
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 Courcelles-au-Bois
A town of families
50% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Courcelles-au-Bois had 87 residents at the 2012 census and 69 in 2023, down 21%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A young town
Half of Courcelles-au-Bois’ residents are under 37 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 21% are under 15 and 18% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 5 homes empty (15%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−21% since 2012: slower than 99% 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 Somme town −3%. The change was −6% from 2012 to 2017 and −16% from 2017 to 2023.
Half of Courcelles-au-Bois is under 37, younger than 91% 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
■ Courcelles-au-Bois 37. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 65 and over (18%), Courcelles-au-Bois is below just over three quarters of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of one-person households than 59% of compared French towns, at 33%
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
Households here average 2.6 people each. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%.
More empty homes than 95% of compared French towns: 15%
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
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For Courcelles-au-Bois, the census puts households without a car at 11%. On average, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
A larger share of households headed by a manual worker than 99% of compared French towns: 50%
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
Put another way, about one in three: 33% of households are headed by a retired person. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
0% of residents in Courcelles-au-Bois 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 median compared commune in Somme has 2.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Courcelles-au-Bois ranks below 86% of compared French towns on single residents: 21%
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
Compared with 43% in the typical compared French town, 46% of residents 15 and over are married here. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Graduates of higher education: 26%, a lower share than 63% 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
The share of adults with no qualification stands at 19%. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The youngest of 41 French towns of 69 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.
At the ends of the range sit Courcelles-au-Bois (37), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
No nearby town is as young as Courcelles-au-Bois
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 Courcelles-au-Bois
What is the population of Courcelles-au-Bois?
69 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 21% fewer than in 2012 (87).
How old are Courcelles-au-Bois’ residents?
The median age is 37, younger than 91% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Courcelles-au-Bois?
2, with occasional dwellings: 5.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Courcelles-au-Bois?
INSEE counts 0 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). 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 November 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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