5.6% of households rent social housing (HLM), below 83% of compared French towns
29% of households are headed by a retired person, against 32% in the typical compared French town. Courthézon’s 2,850 households held 6,426 residents at the 2023 Census. The share of households without a car stands at 6.9%. Lower than in just over three fifths of compared French towns: 33% of households are one person living alone.
Throughout this page, the Vaucluse 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 Courthézon
Growing fast
Courthézon had 5,453 residents at the 2012 census and 6,426 in 2023, up 18%: faster growth than in 87% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Growth of +18% since 2012 puts Courthézon ahead of 87% 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
In two steps, +3% to 2017 and +14% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +7% in Vaucluse.
A median age of 42.9: Courthézon is younger than 59% 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
■ Courthézon 42.9. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 9.8%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Roughly two in ten: just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vaucluse 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children: 27%, a higher share than 58% 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 Vaucluse median and the France median
Living alone · share
Average household size: 2.2 people. Lower than in 57% of compared French towns: 9.6% of households are single parents. The wider picture: 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
In Courthézon, 24% of homes are flats, fewer than in 60% 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
Without a car: one household in 14, against 11% in the median compared French town. Flats: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. 3.4% of homes are second homes. At 7.5%, the share of empty homes is higher than in 59% of compared French towns.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €25,110 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 Courthézon’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €25,110 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 59% of compared French towns. Under the poverty line sit 13.0% of residents.
More households headed by a manual worker than 76% of compared French towns: 18%
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
Households headed by a manager or professional account for 8.9%. As a yardstick, 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).
5.9% of Courthézon’s 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 stands at 3.4%. That is lower than in 55% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Vaucluse has 6.8%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 24% of residents 15 and over are single in Courthézon
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
Across Courthézon, 42% of residents 15 and over are married. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
20% of adults out of school have no qualification, more than in 54% 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
Locally, 29% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. As a yardstick, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 6,361 to 6,497 people: this is the 14th 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.
La Tronche is the youngest (34.9); Arès the oldest (57.5).
Nearby, 4 of 6 towns have older populations than Courthézon
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Courthézon | 42.9 | 21% | 3.4% | 5.9% |
| Jonquières 5,201 · 2.4 mi | 42.8 | 21% | 1.4% | 6.1% |
| Bédarrides 5,671 · 3.3 mi | 43.1 | 23% | 1.3% | 3.9% |
| Sarrians 5,792 · 4.1 mi | 46.7 | 24% | 3.6% | 8.6% |
| Orange 29,706 · 4.8 mi | 45.2 | 24% | 1.6% | 14% |
| Camaret-sur-Aigues 4,533 · 5.4 mi | 44.7 | 19% | 1.9% | 6.7% |
| Sorgues 19,006 · 5.6 mi | 41.1 | 19% | 0.8% | 13% |
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 Courthézon
What is the population of Courthézon?
6,426 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 18% more than in 2012 (5,453).
How old are Courthézon’s residents?
The median age is 42.9, younger than 59% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Courthézon?
110, with occasional dwellings: 3.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Courthézon?
INSEE counts 380 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.9% of residents, and 220 foreign nationals (3.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Courthézon?
€25,110 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 13.0% 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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