Older than 92% of compared French towns: half of Rocles is over 53.6
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4%; Rocles has 4%. This Allier town had 326 residents in 130 households at the 2023 Census. 3.6% of households are single parents. Flats are rarer here than in 98% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Allier 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 Rocles
Fewer residents than in 2012
Rocles had 402 residents at the 2012 census and 326 in 2023, down 19%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Rocles’ residents are under 53.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 33% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 10% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 28 homes empty (17%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower than most: −19% since 2012, behind 99% 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, −5% to 2017 and −14% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −1% in Allier.
Rocles ranks below 99% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 5.6%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Rocles 53.6. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over is 22%; Rocles has 33%. The wider picture: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Allier 52.6%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Rocles sits below 65% of compared French towns for couples with children (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 Allier median and the France median
Living alone · share
Average household size: 2.1 people. Rocles has more one-person households than 53% of compared French towns, at 36%. Measured more widely, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
A higher share of empty homes than 97% of compared French towns, at 17%
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 typical compared French town, the share of second homes is 2.1%; Rocles has 5.4%. Measured more widely, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. On the census count, nearly a fifth of households rent social housing (HLM). Households without a car are rarer here than in 52% of compared French towns.
A median of €22,310 a year per consumption unit
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 €22,310 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 87% of compared French towns.
Rocles sits below 98% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (3.9%)
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
Just over a third of households are headed by a retired person; in the typical compared French town the figure is 32%. The wider picture: 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 3.4% of residents are immigrants in Rocles
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 make up a share lower than in 79% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Allier has 4.6%. On average, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. 2.1% 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.
Single residents make up 14% in Rocles, less than in 99% 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
The share of married residents is 45%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 18%, a lower share than 92% 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
The figure for adults with no qualification is 24% in Rocles and 19% in the typical compared French town. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
7th highest median age among 41 French towns of 326 to 2,582
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.
A younger town than 1 of the 5 around it: Rocles
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rocles | 53.6 | 33% | 5.4% | 3.4% |
| Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule 4,884 · 15.1 mi | 50.6 | 31% | 3.1% | 2% |
| Moulins 19,206 · 16.9 mi | 43.9 | 25% | 4.3% | 9.9% |
| Commentry 6,017 · 17 mi | 53.8 | 33% | 2.4% | 4.6% |
| Avermes 4,074 · 17.4 mi | 51.3 | 30% | 1.4% | 5.2% |
| Yzeure 12,897 · 17.8 mi | 49.8 | 27% | 2.4% | 6.4% |
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 Rocles
What is the population of Rocles?
326 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 19% fewer than in 2012 (402).
How old are Rocles’ residents?
The median age is 53.6, older than 92% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 33% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Rocles?
9, with occasional dwellings: 5.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Rocles?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.4% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (2.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Rocles?
€22,310 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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