Durban-Corbières is older than 97% of compared French towns: a median age of 58
The share of households headed by a manager or professional is 3.3%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. 5.3% of households rent social housing (HLM). Few places have so few couples with children: 19% here, fewer than in four fifths of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put Durban-Corbières’s population at 649, in 300 households.
Throughout this page, the Aude 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 Durban-Corbières
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 120 second homes and occasional dwellings in Durban-Corbières, 25% of its 470 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 94% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Durban-Corbières’ residents are under 58 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 39% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 13% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 53 homes empty (11%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Durban-Corbières ranks above 94% of compared French towns on second homes: 25%
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
Empty homes: 11% here and 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. The share of flats stands at 9.5%.
Since 2012, Durban-Corbières has changed by −3%, slower than 82% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +4% in Aude.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 97% of compared French towns, at 39%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Durban-Corbières 58. The median compared French town: 44.
6.7% of residents are 15 to 24, against 11% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.
In Durban-Corbières, 40% of households are one person living alone, more than in 71% 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 Aude median and the France median
Living alone · share
Compared with 10% in the typical compared French town, just over one in ten households are single parents here. Set beside that, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Each household has 2 people on average.
Half above, half below €21,050 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.
The median standard of living in Durban-Corbières is €21,050 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 93% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person make up 44% in Durban-Corbières, more than in 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
The census found that 13% of households are headed by a manual worker in Durban-Corbières. 3.3% of Durban-Corbières’ households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 44% by a retired person (32%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 11%, a higher share than 73% 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.
Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 7.5% of residents are foreign nationals here. The median compared commune in Aude has 6%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 73% of compared French towns. The share of immigrants 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.
Fewer married residents than 71% of compared French towns: 40%
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
In Durban-Corbières, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
Below 85% of compared French towns: 20% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%; Durban-Corbières has 20%. Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Among 41 French towns of 649 to 2,582 people, the 5th oldest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 1 are older than Durban-Corbières
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Durban-Corbières | 58 | 39% | 25% | 11% |
| Sigean 5,657 · 8.4 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 17% | 5.1% |
| Port-la-Nouvelle 5,852 · 11.8 mi | 54.7 | 36% | 57% | 5.7% |
| Salses-le-Château 3,965 · 12.5 mi | 42.2 | 23% | 7% | 5.8% |
| Leucate 4,562 · 14 mi | 63 | 46% | 84% | 6.4% |
| Lézignan-Corbières 10,343 · 14.3 mi | 48.3 | 30% | 3% | 7.8% |
| Espira-de-l'Agly 3,524 · 15.2 mi | 43.1 | 21% | 2.7% | 5.2% |
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 Durban-Corbières
What is the population of Durban-Corbières?
649 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (670).
How old are Durban-Corbières’ residents?
The median age is 58, older than 97% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 39% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Durban-Corbières?
120, with occasional dwellings: 25% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Durban-Corbières?
INSEE counts 70 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 11% of residents, and 49 foreign nationals (7.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Durban-Corbières?
€21,050 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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