A median age of 52.5: Thézan-des-Corbières is older than 90% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Here, 5% of homes are flats. Census day 2023: 573 residents and 280 households in Thézan-des-Corbières. In Thézan-des-Corbières, 43% of households are headed by a retired person, beside 32% in the typical compared French town.
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 Thézan-des-Corbières
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 69 second homes and occasional dwellings in Thézan-des-Corbières, 18% of its 390 homes: higher than in 92% of compared French towns. 99% 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 Thézan-des-Corbières’ residents are under 52.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 32% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 48 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes: 18%, a higher share than 92% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car is 11%; Thézan-des-Corbières has 9.3%. Second homes: 2.1% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Empty homes account for 12%.
Thézan-des-Corbières’s population changed by +8% since 2012, more than in 62% 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 change was +2% from 2012 to 2017 and +5% from 2017 to 2023.
Thézan-des-Corbières ranks below 96% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 7.3%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Thézan-des-Corbières 52.5. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over; in Thézan-des-Corbières, 32%. Across the comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Thézan-des-Corbières: 18% of households are single parents, above 99% 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. Few places have so few couples with children: 21% here, fewer than in just over two thirds of compared French towns. Set beside that, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, against 34% in Thézan-des-Corbières.
€22,640 a year: the median 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 midpoint of living standards here is €22,640 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 84% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a manager or professional than 82% of compared French towns, at 5.4%
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
In Thézan-des-Corbières, 16% of households are headed by a manual worker, beside 14% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
6.9% of residents in Thézan-des-Corbières 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.
3.8% of residents are foreign nationals. That is higher than in 53% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Aude has 6%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
21% of residents 15 and over are single, below 88% of compared French towns
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
For Thézan-des-Corbières, the census puts married residents at 43%. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
26% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 66% 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
22% of adults out of school have no qualification (typical compared French town: 19%). Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
The 8th oldest of 41 French towns of 573 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
1 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Thézan-des-Corbières
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thézan-des-Corbières | 52.5 | 32% | 18% | 6.9% |
| Lézignan-Corbières 10,343 · 6.7 mi | 48.3 | 30% | 3% | 7.8% |
| Sigean 5,657 · 11.5 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 17% | 5.1% |
| Narbonne 57,587 · 12.8 mi | 46.4 | 27% | 18% | 10% |
| Sallèles-d'Aude 3,179 · 14.1 mi | 45.8 | 23% | 9.3% | 6.1% |
| Port-la-Nouvelle 5,852 · 15 mi | 54.7 | 36% | 57% | 5.7% |
| Cuxac-d'Aude 4,079 · 15.3 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 Thézan-des-Corbières
What is the population of Thézan-des-Corbières?
573 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (532).
How old are Thézan-des-Corbières’ residents?
The median age is 52.5, older than 90% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 32% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Thézan-des-Corbières?
69, with occasional dwellings: 18% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Thézan-des-Corbières?
INSEE counts 40 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.9% of residents, and 22 foreign nationals (3.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Thézan-des-Corbières?
€22,640 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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