Photo: Pierre Goiffon · CC BY-SA 4.0Half of Collioure is over 60.8, older than 98% of compared French towns
1.3% of homes stand empty (typical compared French town: 6.7%). In 2023, the Census found 2,756 residents in Collioure, living in 1,320 households. Census figures put households headed by a manual worker at 4.2% locally. At 9%, the share of households in social housing is lower than in 65% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Pyrénées-Orientales 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 Collioure
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 3,460 second homes and occasional dwellings in Collioure, 71% of its 4,840 homes: higher than in 99% of compared French towns. 20% 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 Collioure’s residents are under 60.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 43% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 13% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Collioure had 3,082 residents at the 2012 census and 2,756 in 2023, down 11%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
71% of homes in Collioure are second homes
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
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, 71% of homes are flats here. For comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. The census found that 13% of households have no car in Collioure.
−11% since 2012: slower than 98% 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
In two steps, −21% to 2017 and +14% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +10% in Pyrénées-Orientales.
Collioure: 43% of residents are 65 or over, above 98% 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
■ Collioure 60.8. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 trails 98% of compared French towns: 6.6%. On average, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 85 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Orientales 52.6%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
A lower share of couples with children than 95% of compared French towns, at 13%
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 Pyrénées-Orientales median and the France median
Living alone · share
Single-parent households make up 11%, against 10% in the typical compared French town. More one-person households than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns: 39%. In the typical compared French town, 25% of households are couples with children. On average, 1.9 people share a household.
€27,580 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.
At €27,580 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 67% of compared French towns. One measure of hardship: 16.0% of residents are below the poverty line.
Above 97% of compared French towns: 50% of households are headed by a retired person
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
8% of households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 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).
Collioure: 5.6% of residents are foreign nationals, above 61% 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.
7.7% of residents are immigrants, against 6.5% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Immigrants make up a share higher than in 58% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Pyrénées-Orientales has 7.9%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents make up 21% in Collioure, less than in 86% 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
Here 45% of residents 15 and over are married, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 43%. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Graduates of higher education: 35%, a higher share than 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
Locally, 18% of adults out of school have no qualification. In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification.
The oldest of 41 French towns of 2,730 to 2,780 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 Trieux (37.7), the oldest Collioure (60.8).
No nearby town is as old as Collioure
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Collioure | 60.8 | 43% | 71% | 7.7% |
| Port-Vendres 4,018 · 1.3 mi | 56.9 | 37% | 40% | 9.4% |
| Argelès-sur-Mer 10,616 · 3.3 mi | 59 | 39% | 61% | 7.6% |
| Banyuls-sur-Mer 4,496 · 3.9 mi | 60.7 | 43% | 52% | 8.7% |
| Saint-André 3,388 · 5.8 mi | 54.5 | 36% | 14% | 6.6% |
| Sorède 3,512 · 6.3 mi | 58 | 38% | 27% | 8.2% |
| Palau-del-Vidre 3,329 · 7 mi | 48.4 | 26% | 8.4% | 12% |
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 Collioure
What is the population of Collioure?
2,756 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% fewer than in 2012 (3,082).
How old are Collioure’s residents?
The median age is 60.8, older than 98% of compared French towns. 12% are under 18 and 43% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Collioure?
3,460, with occasional dwellings: 71% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Collioure?
INSEE counts 210 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.7% of residents, and 160 foreign nationals (5.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Collioure?
€27,580 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 16.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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