In Roquefort-des-Corbières, 32% of homes are second homes, more than in 95% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 1,051 residents in 520 households: that is Roquefort-des-Corbières at the 2023 Census. Locally, 3.6% of households are headed by a manager or professional. Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, 4.7% of households have no car here.
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 Roquefort-des-Corbières
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 280 second homes and occasional dwellings in Roquefort-des-Corbières, 32% of its 850 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 96% 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 Roquefort-des-Corbières’ residents are under 52.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 30% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A lower share of flats than 94% of compared French towns, at 5.7%
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
15% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 9.4% moved in within the last two years. At 7.1%, the share of empty homes is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town.
Slower growth than 51% of compared French towns: Roquefort-des-Corbières changed by +5% since 2012
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
Here the change came as +2% to 2017, then +3% to 2023.
Roquefort-des-Corbières is older than 90% of compared French towns: a median age of 52.4
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Roquefort-des-Corbières 52.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24 (typical compared French town: 11%). Here, 30% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of single-parent households than 93% of compared French towns: 6.5%
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
Households average 2 people. Single-parent households make up 10% in the typical compared French town. At 22%, the share of couples with children is lower than in two thirds of compared French towns. One-person households are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 35%.
The median resident lives on €24,790 a year per consumption unit
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 residents live in households above €24,790 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 63% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person make up 43% in Roquefort-des-Corbières, more than in 90% 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
Locally, 13% of households are headed by a manual worker. 3.6% of Roquefort-des-Corbières’ households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 43% by a retired person (32%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of foreign nationals than 67% of compared French towns, at 2.9%
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.
The median compared commune in Aude has 6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 62% of compared French towns. For comparison, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Locally, 5.1% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Fewer single residents than 79% of compared French towns: 22%
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
The share of married residents is 47%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Only 13% of adults out of school have no qualification in Roquefort-des-Corbières
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
31% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, or about one in three. Measured more widely, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (1,051 to 2,582 people), the 8th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Around Roquefort-des-Corbières, 3 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roquefort-des-Corbières | 52.4 | 30% | 32% | 5.1% |
| Sigean 5,657 · 2.7 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 17% | 5.1% |
| Port-la-Nouvelle 5,852 · 5.1 mi | 54.7 | 36% | 57% | 5.7% |
| Leucate 4,562 · 9.1 mi | 63 | 46% | 84% | 6.4% |
| Gruissan 5,032 · 11.2 mi | 58.6 | 38% | 79% | 5% |
| Salses-le-Château 3,965 · 11.3 mi | 42.2 | 23% | 7% | 5.8% |
| Narbonne 57,587 · 13.3 mi | 46.4 | 27% | 18% | 10% |
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 Roquefort-des-Corbières
What is the population of Roquefort-des-Corbières?
1,051 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (1,004).
How old are Roquefort-des-Corbières’ residents?
The median age is 52.4, older than 90% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Roquefort-des-Corbières?
280, with occasional dwellings: 32% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Roquefort-des-Corbières?
INSEE counts 53 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.1% of residents, and 30 foreign nationals (2.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Roquefort-des-Corbières?
€24,790 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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