Le Roux is older than 98% of compared French towns: a median age of 60
Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, 14% of households are couples with children here. Le Roux has fewer households without a car than 99% of compared French towns, at 2.9%. At the 2023 Census, 67 people lived locally, in 33 households. The share of flats stands at 3.8%.
Throughout this page, the Ardèche 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 Le Roux
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 68 second homes and occasional dwellings in Le Roux, 66% of its 100 homes: higher than in 99% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Le Roux’s residents are under 60 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 35% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 4.4% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Growing fast
Le Roux had 44 residents at the 2012 census and 67 in 2023, up 52%: faster growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 0 immigrants in Le Roux (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 16% of residents, against 9.3% for the median compared commune in Ardèche. 16% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A higher share of second homes than 99% of compared French towns, at 66%
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
Against a figure of 12% in the typical compared French town, the share of households in social housing in Le Roux comes in at 2.9%. Add to that, on empty homes, Le Roux sits lower than 98% of compared French towns: 2.1%.
Le Roux’s population changed by +52% since 2012, more than in 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +20%, then +26% to 2023. Over those years, the median Ardèche town changed +4% and the median compared French town +5%.
Le Roux ranks below 99% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 1.5%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Le Roux 60. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 35%, above 94% of compared French towns. On average, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 113 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ardèche 52.7%, France 51.8%.
Le Roux sits below 83% of compared French towns for one-person households (29%)
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 Ardèche median and the France median
Living alone · share
The average household has 2 people. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Le Roux: 14% of households are headed by a manager or professional, above 74% 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
Here 29% of households are headed by a retired person, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 32%. Across the comparison, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town. Le Roux has more households headed by a manual worker than 53% of compared French towns, at 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A higher share of immigrants than 88% of compared French towns, at 16%
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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 16% of residents are foreign nationals in Le Roux. As a reference point, 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.
Single residents: 32%, a higher share than 84% 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
Where 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, Le Roux has 45%. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Le Roux sits below 81% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (14%)
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 Le Roux, 27% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (67 to 2,582 people), the 4th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
No nearby town is as old as Le Roux
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Roux | 60 | 35% | 66% | 16% |
| Vals-les-Bains 3,474 · 11.3 mi | 56.1 | 36% | 24% | 5.2% |
| Aubenas 12,416 · 13.9 mi | 47.9 | 29% | 5.3% | 12% |
| Saint-Étienne-de-Fontbellon 2,920 · 14.3 mi | 49.7 | 28% | 5.1% | 5.8% |
| Langogne 2,836 · 14.4 mi | 52 | 32% | 18% | 5.7% |
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 Le Roux
What is the population of Le Roux?
67 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 52% more than in 2012 (44).
How old are Le Roux’s residents?
The median age is 60, older than 98% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 35% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Le Roux?
68, with occasional dwellings: 66% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Le Roux?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 16% of residents, and 11 foreign nationals (16%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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