Second homes make up 59% in Corbara, more than in 98% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Corbara was home to 962 people in 480 households. Across Corbara, 0.3% of homes stand empty. Nearly one in ten households are headed by a manual worker; in the typical compared French town the figure is 14%.
Throughout this page, the Haute-Corse 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 Corbara
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 710 second homes and occasional dwellings in Corbara, 59% of its 1,190 homes: higher than in 98% of compared French towns. 80% 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 Corbara’s residents are under 54.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 31% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.4% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Corbara sits below 94% of compared French towns for households without a car (3.9%)
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
With flats at 20%, Corbara is behind just over two thirds of compared French towns on that count. As a reference point, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. 24% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 12% moved in within the last two years.
A change of −2% since 2012 leaves Corbara behind 78% 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Haute-Corse town +12%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought −8%; 2017 to 2023, +6%.
Corbara is older than 94% of compared French towns: a median age of 54.8
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Corbara 54.8. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 65 and over at 31%, Corbara is ahead of 89% of compared French towns on that count. On the census count, 6.7% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Corse 51.9%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Corbara sits below 82% of compared French towns for couples with children (18%)
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 Haute-Corse median and the France median
Living alone · share
Average household size: 2 people. One-person households are more common here than in two thirds of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 25% of households are couples with children. Single-parent households: 11% here and 10% in the typical compared French town.
Half above, half below €26,590 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.
Living standards centre on €26,590 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 57% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person: 37%, a higher share than 73% 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, 10% of households are headed by a manager or professional. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a retired person come to 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Corbara: 5.9% of residents are foreign nationals, above 64% 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.
The median compared commune in Haute-Corse has 11%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 53% of compared French towns. Foreign nationals make up 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Immigrants account for 6.1%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Corbara, 47% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 81% 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 the typical compared French town, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single; in Corbara, 23%. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 85% of compared French towns: 13%
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
By its share of graduates of higher education (37%), Corbara is above 73% of compared French towns. For adults with no qualification, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 19%.
41 French towns of 962 to 2,582 people: this is the 7th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Corbara 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corbara | 54.8 | 31% | 59% | 6.1% |
| L'Île-Rousse 3,231 · 1.9 mi | 47.7 | 26% | 54% | 21% |
| Calenzana 2,684 · 7.5 mi | 43.2 | 22% | 37% | 11% |
| Calvi 5,788 · 8.4 mi | 40.2 | 20% | 56% | 30% |
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 Corbara
What is the population of Corbara?
962 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (981).
How old are Corbara’s residents?
The median age is 54.8, older than 94% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Corbara?
710, with occasional dwellings: 59% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Corbara?
INSEE counts 59 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.1% of residents, and 57 foreign nationals (5.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Corbara?
€26,590 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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