A median age of 68: Rezza is older than 99% of compared French towns
3.4% of households are couples with children, against 25% in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in 11: 8.8% of homes are flats. Households without a car are rarer here than in 97% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 61 residents in 40 households.
Throughout this page, the Corse-du-Sud 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 Rezza
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 66 second homes and occasional dwellings in Rezza, 59% of its 110 homes: higher than in 98% 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 Rezza’s residents are under 68 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 52% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 14% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Many people living alone
59% of Rezza’s households are one person: higher than in 99% of compared French towns; 26% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes make up 59% in Rezza, more than in 98% 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
Set against 6.7% in the typical compared French town, 4.5% of homes stand empty in Rezza. Measured more widely, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. 14% of households moved in less than two years ago; 24% have been in their home 30 years or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Rezza grew +13% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 77% 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 years 2012 to 2017 brought ±0%; 2017 to 2023, +13%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Corse-du-Sud town +15%.
Rezza: 52% of residents are 65 or over, above 99% 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
■ Rezza 68. The median compared French town: 44.
2.3% of residents are 15 to 24 (typical compared French town: 11%). The wider picture: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
59% women, 41% men
About 69 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Corse-du-Sud 51.4%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
A higher share of one-person households than 99% of compared French towns, at 59%
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 Corse-du-Sud median and the France median
Living alone · share
On average, 1.5 people share a household. In the typical compared French town, 35% of households are one person living alone. Nothing unusual on single-parent households: 10%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Rezza ranks below 99% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 3.4%
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
34% of households are headed by a retired person; in the typical compared French town the figure is 32%. As a yardstick, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. Across Rezza, 6.9% of households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
2.3% of residents are foreign nationals, below 75% 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.
In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants; in Rezza, 4.5%. That is lower than in just over two thirds of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Corse-du-Sud has 12%. Foreign nationals: 4.3% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Rezza: 30% of residents 15 and over are single, above 79% 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
In Rezza, 44% of residents 15 and over are married. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Rezza sits below 88% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (19%)
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
The oldest of 41 French towns of 61 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Rezza (68), the oldest.
Rezza is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rezza | 68 | 52% | 59% | 4.5% |
| Afa 3,350 · 12.3 mi | 46.3 | 22% | 8.3% | 5.5% |
| Sarrola-Carcopino 3,278 · 12.4 mi | 41.6 | 18% | 7.5% | 8.4% |
| Alata 3,681 · 14.4 mi | 46.3 | 20% | 6.7% | 6.1% |
| Bastelicaccia 4,411 · 14.5 mi | 45.1 | 21% | 19% | 7% |
| Corte 7,819 · 16.6 mi | 28.3 | 17% | 17% | 8.2% |
| Ajaccio 76,320 · 17.1 mi | 43.3 | 24% | 9% | 8.3% |
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 Rezza
What is the population of Rezza?
61 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% more than in 2012 (54).
How old are Rezza’s residents?
The median age is 68, older than 99% of compared French towns. 4.5% are under 18 and 52% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Rezza?
66, with occasional dwellings: 59% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Rezza?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.5% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (2.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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