Corbel ranks above 96% of compared French towns on second homes: 42%
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 161 residents in Corbel, living in 78 households. Single-parent households account for 5.9%. Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, 6.4% of residents are 15 to 24 here.
Throughout this page, the Savoie 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 Corbel
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 63 second homes and occasional dwellings in Corbel, 42% of its 150 homes: higher than in 96% of compared French towns. 88% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Many graduates
52% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 15% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
An older town
Half of Corbel’s residents are under 51.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 25% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 1.8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Growing fast
Corbel had 138 residents at the 2012 census and 161 in 2023, up 17%: faster growth than in 85% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A smaller share of households without a car than 99% of compared French towns: 1.2%
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
By its share of flats (10%), Corbel is below 86% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. Census figures put empty homes at 5.3% in the town.
Corbel’s population changed by +17% since 2012, more than in 85% 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 +14% from 2012 to 2017 and +3% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Savoie town +9%.
A median age of 51.4: Corbel is older than 87% 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
■ Corbel 51.4. The median compared French town: 44.
25% of residents are 65 or over (typical compared French town: 22%).
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 114 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Savoie 51.5%, France 51.8%.
In Corbel, 24% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 59% 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 Savoie median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households average 2.1 people. In the typical compared French town, couples with children come to 25%. One-person households: 35%, near enough the figure in the typical compared French town.
Median living standard: €26,090 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.
At €26,090 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 51% of compared French towns.
In Corbel, 18% of households are headed by a manager or professional, more than in 84% 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
With households headed by a retired person at 35%, Corbel is ahead of 65% of compared French towns on that count. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a manager or professional come to 9.4%. 12% of households are headed by a manual worker, or about one in eight.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of foreign nationals than 83% of compared French towns, at 1.8%
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.
Immigrants: 4.1%, below 73% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
More married residents than 80% of compared French towns: 47%
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
With single residents at 23%, Corbel is behind 74% of compared French towns on that count. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
In Corbel, 6.5% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 99% 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
Here 52% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. Typically, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 161 to 2,582 people: this is the 11th 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.
Every neighbor is younger than Corbel
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corbel | 51.4 | 25% | 42% | 4.1% |
| Saint-Laurent-du-Pont 4,490 · 5.6 mi | 47.4 | 23% | 3% | 5.9% |
| Chapareillan 3,065 · 7.8 mi | 42.1 | 19% | 3.5% | 4.1% |
| Le Touvet 3,116 · 8.1 mi | 44.6 | 19% | 3.5% | 3.7% |
| Saint-Baldoph 2,949 · 8.9 mi | 49.2 | 25% | 2.1% | 5.5% |
| Jacob-Bellecombette 4,499 · 9.1 mi | 36.6 | 21% | 3.3% | 7.8% |
| Cognin 6,954 · 9.1 mi | 42 | 23% | 1.3% | 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 Corbel
What is the population of Corbel?
161 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 17% more than in 2012 (138).
How old are Corbel’s residents?
The median age is 51.4, older than 87% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Corbel?
63, with occasional dwellings: 42% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Corbel?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.1% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (1.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Corbel?
€26,090 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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