Households in social housing make up 22% in Corbie, more than in 82% of compared French towns
The share of households headed by a retired person is 39%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. Higher than in 71% of compared French towns: 15% of households have no car. Corbie had 5,982 residents in 2,680 households at the 2023 census. Flats: a fifth of the total.
Throughout this page, the Somme 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 Corbie
Fewer residents than in 2012
Corbie had 6,290 residents at the 2012 census and 5,982 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 88% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A change of −5% since 2012 leaves Corbie behind 88% 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
A median age of 47.2: Corbie is older than 70% 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
■ Corbie 47.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Where just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, Corbie has 12%. Just over a quarter of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, 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 65% of compared French towns, at 22%
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 Somme median and the France median
Living alone · share
12% of households are single parents, against 10% in the typical compared French town. There are 2.1 people in the average household. Compared with other places, one-person households are common here: 36%, more than in 55% of compared French towns. The usual figure: a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Second homes make up 1.1% in Corbie, less than in 75% 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
In the last two years, 10% of households moved in; at the other end, 21% have stayed 30 years or more. The comparison figure for second homes is 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Nearly one in ten homes stand empty, a higher share than in 67% of compared French towns.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €24,450 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €24,450 a year: lower than in 67% of compared French towns. Under the poverty line sit 16.0% of residents.
Corbie ranks above 63% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 16%
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 manager or professional at 8%, Corbie is behind 59% of compared French towns on that count. For households headed by a manual worker, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
1.9% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 93% 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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Corbie comes in at 1.3%. On average, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
Corbie sits below 86% of compared French towns for married residents (36%)
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
On the census count, just over a quarter of residents 15 and over are single. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
In Corbie, 27% of adults out of school have no qualification, more than in 85% 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
Against a figure of 30% in the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education in Corbie comes in at 25%. Adults with no qualification make up 19% in the typical compared French town.
13th highest median age among 41 French towns of 5,915 to 6,057
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 La Verrière (35.4), the youngest, and Ciboure (56.7), the oldest.
Around Corbie, 1 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Corbie
What is the population of Corbie?
5,982 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (6,290).
How old are Corbie’s residents?
The median age is 47.2, older than 70% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Corbie?
34, with occasional dwellings: 1.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Corbie?
INSEE counts 110 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.9% of residents, and 78 foreign nationals (1.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Corbie?
€24,450 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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