Older than 96% of compared French towns: half of Roquefixade is over 57
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, 4.2% of households have no car in Roquefixade. Here, 2.5% of homes are flats. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. This Ariège town had 152 residents in 75 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 Roquefixade
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 35 second homes and occasional dwellings in Roquefixade, 28% of its 120 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 97% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Roquefixade’s residents are under 57 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 34% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.2% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 15 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes: 28%, a higher share than 95% 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
12% of homes stand empty; in the typical compared French town the figure is 6.7%. Set beside that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Of all households, 5.6% moved in during the last two years and 31% have stayed three decades or more.
Slower growth than 70% of compared French towns: Roquefixade changed by ±0% since 2012
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, −2% to 2017 and +2% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +2% in Ariège.
Roquefixade ranks below 99% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 2.7%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Roquefixade 57. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 34%, against 22% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 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: Ariège 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Only 21% of households are couples with children in Roquefixade
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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Each household has 2 people on average. On average, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Here 36% of households are one person living alone, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 35%.
Standard of living at the median: €25,480 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 €25,480 a year: lower than in 55% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a manager or professional than 74% of compared French towns: 14%
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
By its share of households headed by a retired person (29%), Roquefixade is below 71% of compared French towns. On top of that, households headed by a manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The usual figure: nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
5.5% of residents are foreign nationals, a share 60% of compared French towns don’t reach
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.
The median compared commune in Ariège has 9.1%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 53% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Locally, 6.8% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents: 51%, a higher share than 94% 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
In Roquefixade, nearly a fifth of residents 15 and over are single, beside 25% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
A higher share of graduates of higher education than 71% of compared French towns, at 37%
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
Few places have as many adults with no qualification: 20% here, more than in 53% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, graduates of higher education come to 30%.
5th highest median age among 41 French towns of 152 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.
Roquefixade 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roquefixade | 57 | 34% | 28% | 6.8% |
| Lavelanet 5,987 · 4.6 mi | 54.4 | 33% | 12% | 14% |
| Foix 9,934 · 7.9 mi | 46.8 | 27% | 7.6% | 15% |
| Tarascon-sur-Ariège 3,085 · 9.8 mi | 51.4 | 32% | 8% | 18% |
| Varilhes 3,487 · 10.4 mi | 46.7 | 26% | 3.7% | 4.1% |
| Mirepoix 3,172 · 12.5 mi | 55.1 | 35% | 13% | 10% |
| Saint-Jean-du-Falga 2,851 · 12.7 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 Roquefixade
What is the population of Roquefixade?
152 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (152).
How old are Roquefixade’s residents?
The median age is 57, older than 96% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 34% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Roquefixade?
35, with occasional dwellings: 28% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Roquefixade?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.8% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (5.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Roquefixade?
€25,480 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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