46% of homes in Corsavy are second homes
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 246 residents in 110 households: that is Corsavy at the 2023 Census. The share of households headed by a retired person stands at 57%. With residents aged 15 to 24 at 6.8%, Corsavy is behind 98% of compared French towns on that count.
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 Corsavy
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 110 second homes and occasional dwellings in Corsavy, 46% of its 230 homes: higher than in 97% of compared French towns. 97% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 0 immigrants in Corsavy (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 20% of residents, against 7.9% for the median compared commune in Pyrénées-Orientales. 18% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
An older town
Half of Corsavy’s residents are under 52.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 28% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.1% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Many people living alone
48% of Corsavy’s households are one person: higher than in 90% of compared French towns; 35% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Corsavy sits below 97% of compared French towns for households without a car (3.5%)
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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Typically, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 8.3% of homes are flats. 4.4% of homes stand empty (typical compared French town: 6.7%).
Slower growth than 73% of compared French towns: Corsavy changed by −1% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +10% in Pyrénées-Orientales. Here the change came as −12% to 2017, then +13% to 2023.
A median age of 52.8: Corsavy is older than 90% 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
■ Corsavy 52.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 28%, against 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Orientales 52.6%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 48% in Corsavy, more than in 90% 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 Pyrénées-Orientales median and the France median
Living alone · share
17% of households are couples with children (typical compared French town: 25%). The usual figure: just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 2 people on average.
Standard of living at the median: €20,180 a year
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 €20,180 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 96% of compared French towns.
The largest group of households: retired (57%)
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
Households headed by a manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 20% in Corsavy, more than in 92% 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 Pyrénées-Orientales has 7.9%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 92% of compared French towns. On average, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in six: 18% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Corsavy, 35% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 89% 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
Across Corsavy, 25% of residents 15 and over are single. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 84% 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
In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in Corsavy, 27%. Against that, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 8th oldest of 41 French towns of 246 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Corsavy is younger 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corsavy | 52.8 | 28% | 46% | 20% |
| Arles-sur-Tech 2,815 · 3 mi | 54.8 | 32% | 9.6% | 9.6% |
| Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda 3,529 · 5.1 mi | 60.7 | 43% | 54% | 9.1% |
| Céret 7,521 · 8.9 mi | 57 | 37% | 13% | 8.9% |
| Maureillas-las-Illas 3,006 · 11.8 mi | 55.4 | 33% | 13% | 8.3% |
| Prades 6,148 · 12.7 mi | 53.9 | 34% | 11% | 11% |
| Le Boulou 5,487 · 13.7 mi | 54 | 35% | 13% | 11% |
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 Corsavy
What is the population of Corsavy?
246 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (248).
How old are Corsavy’s residents?
The median age is 52.8, older than 90% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Corsavy?
110, with occasional dwellings: 46% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Corsavy?
INSEE counts 49 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 20% of residents, and 45 foreign nationals (18%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Corsavy?
€20,180 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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