0.9% of households rent social housing (HLM), below 99% of compared French towns
32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, against 44% in Rouvroy-sur-Audry. At the 2023 Census Rouvroy-sur-Audry was home to 503 people in 230 households. Locally, one in ten homes are flats. Few places have as many couples with children: 28% here, more than in 63% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Ardennes 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 Rouvroy-sur-Audry
Fewer residents than in 2012
Rouvroy-sur-Audry had 579 residents at the 2012 census and 503 in 2023, down 13%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−13% since 2012: slower than 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and −9% for the median Ardennes town, the change came in two steps: +1% from 2012 to 2017, then −14% to 2023.
Rouvroy-sur-Audry sits below 79% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (9.2%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Rouvroy-sur-Audry 44.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Rouvroy-sur-Audry’s residents are over 44.5, older than in 53% of compared French towns. On average, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. The census found that 22% of residents are 65 or over locally.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ardennes 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households: 2.4%, a lower share than 99% 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 Ardennes median and the France median
Living alone · share
The typical household size is 2.2 people. At 32%, the share of one-person households is lower than in 68% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for single-parent households is 10% in the typical compared French town.
Above 66% of compared French towns: 8.2% of homes stand empty
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
Of all households, 8% moved in during the last two years and 33% have stayed three decades or more. Measured more widely, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Nothing unusual on second homes: 1.7%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €24,350 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.
Half of residents live in households above €24,350 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 67% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a manual worker than 98% of compared French towns: 26%
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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 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 0.8% of residents are foreign nationals in Rouvroy-sur-Audry
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.
2.5% of residents are immigrants; in the typical compared French town the figure is 6.5%. Immigrants make up a share lower than in 87% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Ardennes has 6.7%. The usual figure: 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.
More married residents than 92% of compared French towns: 50%
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
Here just over a fifth of residents 15 and over are single, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
Rouvroy-sur-Audry sits below 83% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (21%)
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
Compared with 19% in the typical compared French town, 21% of adults out of school have no qualification here. In the typical compared French town, graduates of higher education come to 30%.
Ranked by age, 16th youngest of 41 French towns this size
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).
Rouvroy-sur-Audry is younger than 3 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rouvroy-sur-Audry | 44.5 | 22% | 1.7% | 2.5% |
| Charleville-Mézières 45,560 · 9.9 mi | 43.4 | 23% | 2.3% | 11% |
| Nouzonville 5,523 · 11.3 mi | 46 | 23% | 0.9% | 6.2% |
| Villers-Semeuse 3,615 · 11.5 mi | 49.6 | 27% | 0.5% | 5.8% |
| Revin 5,716 · 12 mi | 49.3 | 27% | 3% | 12% |
| Bogny-sur-Meuse 4,889 · 12.4 mi | 43.5 | 22% | 1.5% | 4.3% |
| Vivier-au-Court 2,732 · 15.1 mi | 42.4 | 20% | 0.4% | 11% |
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 Rouvroy-sur-Audry
What is the population of Rouvroy-sur-Audry?
503 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% fewer than in 2012 (579).
How old are Rouvroy-sur-Audry’s residents?
The median age is 44.5, older than 53% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Rouvroy-sur-Audry?
4, with occasional dwellings: 1.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Rouvroy-sur-Audry?
INSEE counts 13 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.5% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (0.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Rouvroy-sur-Audry?
€24,350 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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