1.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional, below 99% of compared French towns
Households in social housing: 2.4%, below 96% of compared French towns. Ferrals-les-Corbières had 1,275 residents in 600 households at the 2023 Census. The share of flats stands at 5.4%. 8.8% of homes stand empty, more than in 71% of compared French towns.
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 Ferrals-les-Corbières
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 120 second homes and occasional dwellings in Ferrals-les-Corbières, 15% of its 790 homes: higher than in 91% of compared French towns. 100% 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 Ferrals-les-Corbières’ residents are under 51.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 30% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
15% of homes are second homes, more than in 91% 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
The share of households without a car trails 56% of compared French towns: 9.5%. 8.9% of households moved in less than two years ago; 23% have been in their home 30 years or more. The usual figure: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
A +9% change since 2012: Ferrals-les-Corbières grew faster than 65% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Aude town +4%. The first five years brought +2%; the six to 2023, +7%.
Half of Ferrals-les-Corbières is over 51.3, older than 87% 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
■ Ferrals-les-Corbières 51.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 22% in the typical compared French town, 30% of residents are 65 or over in Ferrals-les-Corbières. On the census count, 9.3% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.
22% of households are couples with children, below 64% 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
Each household has 2.1 people on average. The benchmark for couples with children in the typical compared French town: 25%. One-person households are rarer here than in three fifths of compared French towns. One in ten households are single parents, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
At the median, €23,300 a year to live on
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 midpoint of living standards here is €23,300 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 79% of compared French towns.
Ferrals-les-Corbières: 39% of households are headed by a retired person, above 80% 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
Compared with 14% in the typical compared French town, one in ten households are headed by a manual worker here. As a reference point, 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).
A larger share of immigrants than 60% of compared French towns: 7.9%
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.
More foreign nationals than in 55% of compared French towns: 4.8%. 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.
Below 65% of compared French towns: 24% of residents 15 and over are single
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
By its share of married residents (44%), Ferrals-les-Corbières is above 60% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
In Ferrals-les-Corbières, 19% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 89% 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
26% of adults out of school have no qualification (typical compared French town: 19%). Set beside that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (1,275 to 2,582 people), the 11th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Older than Ferrals-les-Corbières: 1 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ferrals-les-Corbières | 51.3 | 30% | 15% | 7.9% |
| Lézignan-Corbières 10,343 · 3.8 mi | 48.3 | 30% | 3% | 7.8% |
| Sallèles-d'Aude 3,179 · 13.6 mi | 45.8 | 23% | 9.3% | 6.1% |
| Narbonne 57,587 · 14.1 mi | 46.4 | 27% | 18% | 10% |
| Trèbes 5,361 · 14.7 mi | 50.2 | 30% | 3.4% | 12% |
| Sigean 5,657 · 15.2 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 17% | 5.1% |
| Cuxac-d'Aude 4,079 · 15.4 mi | 50.3 | 28% | 4% | 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 Ferrals-les-Corbières
What is the population of Ferrals-les-Corbières?
1,275 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (1,174).
How old are Ferrals-les-Corbières’ residents?
The median age is 51.3, older than 87% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Ferrals-les-Corbières?
120, with occasional dwellings: 15% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Ferrals-les-Corbières?
INSEE counts 100 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.9% of residents, and 61 foreign nationals (4.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Ferrals-les-Corbières?
€23,300 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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