Rocles: 53% of homes are second homes, above 98% of compared French towns
4% of households are headed by a manager or professional (typical compared French town: 9.4%). For Rocles, the census puts empty homes at 1.5%. Lower than in 87% of compared French towns: 5.2% of households have no car. The town is home to 261 residents in 120 households, by the 2023 Census.
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 Rocles
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 140 second homes and occasional dwellings in Rocles, 53% of its 270 homes: higher than in 98% of compared French towns. 99% 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.
A lower share of flats than 97% of compared French towns, at 3.9%
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
Car-free households: one in 19, where the median compared French town has 11%. On households in social housing, Rocles sits lower than 72% of compared French towns: 7.9%. The share of flats in the typical compared French town is 30%.
+5% since 2012, a pace 52% of compared French towns didn’t match
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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved ±0%, and from 2017 to 2023 +5%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Ardèche town +4%.
Only 6.8% of residents are 15 to 24 in Rocles
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Rocles 48.4. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Rocles is 48.4, higher than in just over three quarters of compared French towns. On the census count, a quarter of residents are 65 or over. Across the comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 111 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ardèche 52.7%, France 51.8%.
In Rocles, 19% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 79% 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 Ardèche median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households here average 2.1 people each. Lower than in 76% of compared French towns: 8.3% of households are single parents. In the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children is 25%. With one-person households at 37%, Rocles is ahead of 58% of compared French towns on that count.
A median standard of living of €21,430 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 €21,430 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 92% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a retired person than 63% of compared French towns, at 35%
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, 13% of households are headed by a manual worker. 4% of Rocles’ households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 35% by a retired person (32%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Foreign nationals make up 12% in Rocles, more than in 86% 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.
Where 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town, Rocles has 11%. The median compared commune in Ardèche has 9.3%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in just over three quarters of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 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.
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
Against a figure of 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of single residents in Rocles comes in at 28%. Elsewhere, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 93% of compared French towns: 11%
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 the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in Rocles, 44%. The comparison figure for adults with no qualification is 19% in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 261 to 2,582 people: this is the 15th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Rocles and its 5 nearest towns: 4 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rocles | 48.4 | 25% | 53% | 11% |
| Saint-Étienne-de-Fontbellon 2,920 · 8.4 mi | 49.7 | 28% | 5.1% | 5.8% |
| Aubenas 12,416 · 9.4 mi | 47.9 | 29% | 5.3% | 12% |
| Vals-les-Bains 3,474 · 10 mi | 56.1 | 36% | 24% | 5.2% |
| Les Vans 2,662 · 11.9 mi | 58.6 | 39% | 25% | 8.7% |
| Villeneuve-de-Berg 3,031 · 14.3 mi | 50.2 | 30% | 8% | 5.1% |
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?
261 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (248).
How old are Rocles’ residents?
The median age is 48.4, older than 76% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Rocles?
140, with occasional dwellings: 53% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Rocles?
INSEE counts 29 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 11% of residents, and 31 foreign nationals (12%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Rocles?
€21,430 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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