A median age of 64.4: Rouze is older than 99% of compared French towns
8.1% of homes are flats; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. Meanwhile, on households headed by a manual worker, Rouze sits higher than 83% of compared French towns: 20%. Here, one in ten households are couples with children.
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 Rouze
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 140 second homes and occasional dwellings in Rouze, 74% of its 190 homes: higher than in 99% of compared French towns. 90% 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 Rouze’s residents are under 64.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 44% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 12% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Rouze had 90 residents at the 2012 census and 83 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 94% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Many people living alone
50% of Rouze’s households are one person: higher than in 94% of compared French towns; 25% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
More second homes than 99% of compared French towns: 74%
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
Newcomers of less than two years account for 13% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 21%. Rouze has more households without a car than 55% of compared French towns, at 12%. The usual figure: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Without a car: one household in nine, against 11% in the median compared French town.
Slower than most: −8% since 2012, behind 94% 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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Ariège town +2%.
44% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 99% 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
■ Rouze 64.4. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 trails 99% of compared French towns: 5.6%. The usual figure: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 87 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.
Rouze: 50% of households are one person living alone, above 94% 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 Ariège median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households average 1.7 people. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. One-person households: 35% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Households headed by a retired person make up 40% in Rouze, more than in 83% of compared French towns
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
Here, 10% of households are headed by a manager or professional. On average, 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).
Only 2.2% of residents are immigrants in Rouze
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.
Foreign nationals are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, immigrants come to 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Rouze ranks above 99% of compared French towns on married residents: 60%
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 the typical compared French town, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single; in Rouze, 20%. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 96% of compared French towns, at 9.8%
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
Here 24% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. In the typical compared French town, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification.
The oldest of 41 French towns of 83 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Rouze (64.4), the oldest.
No nearby town is as old as Rouze
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Rouze
What is the population of Rouze?
83 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (90).
How old are Rouze’s residents?
The median age is 64.4, older than 99% of compared French towns. 7.8% are under 18 and 44% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Rouze?
140, with occasional dwellings: 74% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Rouze?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.2% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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