Laroque-d'Olmes is older than 97% of compared French towns: a median age of 57.3
Where 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, Laroque-d'Olmes has 2.8%. Put another way, about one in six: 16% of households are couples with children. 17% of homes are flats, fewer than in 74% of compared French towns. The town had 2,454 residents in 1,230 households at the 2023 census.
Throughout this page, the Ariège 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 Laroque-d'Olmes
An older town
Half of Laroque-d'Olmes’ residents are under 57.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 36% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Laroque-d'Olmes had 2,589 residents at the 2012 census and 2,454 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 89% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 210 homes empty (14%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Laroque-d'Olmes’s population moved −5% on 2012, less than in 89% 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
The change was −6% from 2012 to 2017 and +1% from 2017 to 2023.
Laroque-d'Olmes: 36% of residents are 65 or over, above 95% 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
■ Laroque-d'Olmes 57.3. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24; in Laroque-d'Olmes, 8.2%. The wider picture: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ariège 52.2%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Laroque-d'Olmes ranks above 85% of compared French towns on single-parent households: 13%
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 Ariège median and the France median
Living alone · share
Against a figure of 35% in the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households in Laroque-d'Olmes comes in at 40%. As a reference point, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Households here average 2 people each.
Empty homes: 14%, a higher share than 93% of compared French towns
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
27% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 7.2% moved in within the last two years. Across the comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. At 7.8%, the share of households in social housing is lower than in 72% of compared French towns. Against a figure of 2.1% in the typical compared French town, the share of second homes in Laroque-d'Olmes comes in at 3.1%.
A median standard of living of €21,670 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €21,670 a year: lower than in 90% of compared French towns. Below the poverty threshold: 25.0% of the population.
Above 99% of compared French towns: 54% 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
Against a figure of 14% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker in Laroque-d'Olmes comes in at 10%. Measured more widely, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Above 70% of compared French towns: 10% of residents are immigrants
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.
Laroque-d'Olmes has more foreign nationals than 55% of compared French towns, at 4.8%. 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.
Laroque-d'Olmes ranks below 63% of compared French towns on single residents: 24%
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
Just over two in five residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 59% of compared French towns. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Laroque-d'Olmes sits below 96% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (16%)
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
Against a figure of 19% in the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification in Laroque-d'Olmes comes in at 30%.
The 5th oldest of 41 French towns of 2,454 to 2,582 people
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Laroque-d'Olmes is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laroque-d'Olmes | 57.3 | 36% | 3.1% | 10% |
| Lavelanet 5,987 · 2.8 mi | 54.4 | 33% | 12% | 14% |
| Mirepoix 3,172 · 8.3 mi | 55.1 | 35% | 13% | 10% |
| Foix 9,934 · 13.2 mi | 46.8 | 27% | 7.6% | 15% |
| Varilhes 3,487 · 13.2 mi | 46.7 | 26% | 3.7% | 4.1% |
| La Tour-du-Crieu 3,230 · 14.3 mi | 44.8 | 23% | 1.3% | 6.3% |
| Saint-Jean-du-Falga 2,851 · 14.7 mi | 50 | 30% | 1.8% | 7.6% |
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 Laroque-d'Olmes
What is the population of Laroque-d'Olmes?
2,454 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (2,589).
How old are Laroque-d'Olmes’ residents?
The median age is 57.3, older than 97% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 36% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Laroque-d'Olmes?
47, with occasional dwellings: 3.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Laroque-d'Olmes?
INSEE counts 240 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 10% of residents, and 120 foreign nationals (4.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Laroque-d'Olmes?
€21,670 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 25.0% 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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