A higher share of second homes than 94% of compared French towns, at 26%
Where nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, Collobrières has 42%. 17% of households are couples with children, or about one in six. The median age in the town is 50.2, higher than in 84% of compared French towns. There were 880 households locally at the 2023 Census, home to 1,870 residents.
Throughout this page, the Var 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 Collobrières
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 350 second homes and occasional dwellings in Collobrières, 26% of its 1,360 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 81% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
6.1% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 81% 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, 13% of households moved in; at the other end, 15% have stayed 30 years or more. Few places have as many empty homes: 9.6% here, more than in 76% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. With flats at 31%, Collobrières is ahead of 53% of compared French towns on that count.
Collobrières changed by +1% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 66% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +10% for the median Var town, the change came in two steps: +3% from 2012 to 2017, then −2% to 2023.
Collobrières ranks above 81% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 28%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Collobrières 50.2. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 trails nearly two thirds of compared French towns: 9.9%.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Var 51.4%, France 51.8%.
42% of households are one person living alone, a share 76% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 Var median and the France median
Living alone · share
The share of single-parent households is 8.1%, against 10% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Average household size: 2 people.
Standard of living at the median: €24,600 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.
Living standards centre on €24,600 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 65% of compared French towns.
4.3% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 91% 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
11% of households are headed by a manual worker, against 14% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Collobrières, 10% of residents are immigrants, more than in 71% 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.
By its share of foreign nationals (7.9%), Collobrières is above nearly three quarters of compared French towns. The share of immigrants in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
34% of residents 15 and over are married, below 93% 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
Single residents make up 33%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
A larger share of adults with no qualification than 54% of compared French towns: 20%
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
Collobrières has fewer graduates of higher education than 53% of compared French towns, at 29%. Measured more widely, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 14th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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 Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
3 of 6 neighbors are older than Collobrières
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Collobrières | 50.2 | 28% | 26% | 10% |
| Gonfaron 4,496 · 5.8 mi | 45.9 | 23% | 7.5% | 5.8% |
| Pignans 4,838 · 5.8 mi | 43.4 | 22% | 7.7% | 4.6% |
| Bormes-les-Mimosas 8,545 · 7.1 mi | 56.9 | 37% | 61% | 7.5% |
| Carnoules 4,388 · 7.4 mi | 40.9 | 18% | 4% | 5.9% |
| Le Lavandou 6,646 · 7.4 mi | 58.5 | 40% | 71% | 9.2% |
| La Londe-les-Maures 10,584 · 7.7 mi | 59.6 | 40% | 51% | 7.7% |
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 Collobrières
What is the population of Collobrières?
1,870 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (1,854).
How old are Collobrières’ residents?
The median age is 50.2, older than 84% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Collobrières?
350, with occasional dwellings: 26% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Collobrières?
INSEE counts 190 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 10% of residents, and 150 foreign nationals (7.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Collobrières?
€24,600 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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