A median age of 50.5: Roiffieux is older than 85% of compared French towns
5.8% of households have no car; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%. The 2023 Census counted 2,743 residents in 1,210 households. The share of flats stands at 7.3%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 75% of compared French towns.
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.
From 2012 to 2023, 77% of compared French towns grew faster than Roiffieux: −2%
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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Ardèche town +4%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was ±0%; from 2017 to 2023, −2%.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 78% of compared French towns: 27%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Roiffieux 50.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 9.6%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ardèche 52.7%, France 51.8%.
7.8% of households are single parents, below 83% 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
In the typical compared French town, a quarter of households are couples with children; in Roiffieux, 23%. Against that, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Locally, 31% of households are one person living alone.
91% of homes are houses
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
One household in 17 has no car (median compared French town: 11%). Of all households, 6.4% moved in during the last two years and 31% have stayed three decades or more.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €27,330 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 €27,330 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 64% of compared French towns. Poverty touches 6.0% of residents.
Roiffieux ranks above 84% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 40%
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 one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. For Roiffieux, the census puts households headed by a manual worker at 13%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 89% of compared French towns, at 2.3%
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 (1.6%), Roiffieux is below 85% 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.
Married residents: 46%, a higher share than 73% 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
25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, against 24% in Roiffieux. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Graduates of higher education: 28%, a lower share than 58% 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
Adults with no qualification: 20% of the total. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
12th highest median age among 41 French towns of 2,718 to 2,771
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Trieux is the youngest (37.7); Collioure the oldest (60.8).
1 of 6 neighbors are older than Roiffieux
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roiffieux | 50.5 | 27% | 2.8% | 2.3% |
| Annonay 17,274 · 1.5 mi | 45.6 | 25% | 3.4% | 14% |
| Vernosc-lès-Annonay 2,725 · 2.7 mi | 45.1 | 21% | 1.1% | 2.6% |
| Davézieux 3,205 · 2.9 mi | 54.7 | 35% | 1.3% | 4.4% |
| Bourg-Argental 2,886 · 7 mi | 49.3 | 28% | 6.2% | 2.4% |
| Saint-Vallier 4,027 · 8.1 mi | 45.2 | 25% | 2.5% | 13% |
| Saint-Rambert-d'Albon 7,001 · 9.3 mi | 39.2 | 18% | 1% | 16% |
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 Roiffieux
What is the population of Roiffieux?
2,743 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (2,794).
How old are Roiffieux’s residents?
The median age is 50.5, older than 85% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Roiffieux?
38, with occasional dwellings: 2.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Roiffieux?
INSEE counts 63 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.3% of residents, and 44 foreign nationals (1.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Roiffieux?
€27,330 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 6.0% 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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