A town of second homes: 25% of its homes
Half of Rosières’s residents are over 49.4, older than in 81% of compared French towns. The town had 1,319 residents in 610 households at the 2023 Census. Put another way, about one in nine: just over one in ten homes are flats. Here 4.6% of households rent social housing (HLM), where the figure in the typical compared French town is 12%.
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 Rosières
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 220 second homes and occasional dwellings in Rosières, 25% of its 880 homes: higher than in 94% 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 ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A lower share of households without a car than 81% of compared French towns, at 5.9%
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
Here 5.5% of homes stand empty, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 6.7%. Recent arrivals (under two years) make up one in ten households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 20%. Elsewhere, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town.
Rosières grew +10% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 70% 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, −1% to 2017 and +11% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +4% in Ardèche.
8.3% of residents are 15 to 24, below 91% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Rosières 49.4. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 28%, against 22% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ardèche 52.7%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of one-person households than 71% of compared French towns, at 31%
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
Average household size: 2.2 people. Measured more widely, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Nearly a quarter of households are couples with children (typical compared French town: 25%).
Median standard of living: €23,730 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.
At €23,730 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 75% of compared French towns.
Above 90% of compared French towns: 43% of households are headed by a retired person
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
Nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, against 5% in Rosières. Typically, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manual worker come to 11% locally, about one in ten.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 63% of compared French towns, at 5%
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.
Put another way, about one in 24: 4.1% of residents are foreign nationals. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents: 22%, a lower share than 82% 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 43% in the typical compared French town, the share of married residents in Rosières comes in at 46%. On average, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 78% of compared French towns: 22%
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
Nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification. To put it in context, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
14th highest median age among 41 French towns of 1,319 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.
Of the 6 towns nearest Rosières, 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rosières | 49.4 | 28% | 25% | 5% |
| Les Vans 2,662 · 8.7 mi | 58.6 | 39% | 25% | 8.7% |
| Saint-Étienne-de-Fontbellon 2,920 · 9.4 mi | 49.7 | 28% | 5.1% | 5.8% |
| Aubenas 12,416 · 10.9 mi | 47.9 | 29% | 5.3% | 12% |
| Villeneuve-de-Berg 3,031 · 12.9 mi | 50.2 | 30% | 8% | 5.1% |
| Vals-les-Bains 3,474 · 13 mi | 56.1 | 36% | 24% | 5.2% |
| Bessèges 2,606 · 15.8 mi | 59.4 | 40% | 9.6% | 4.7% |
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 Rosières
What is the population of Rosières?
1,319 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (1,197).
How old are Rosières’ residents?
The median age is 49.4, older than 81% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Rosières?
220, with occasional dwellings: 25% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Rosières?
INSEE counts 66 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5% of residents, and 54 foreign nationals (4.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Rosières?
€23,730 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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