Fewer couples with children than 98% of compared French towns: 11%
Across Rodez, 18% of residents are 15 to 24. The town’s 13,780 households held 23,981 residents at the 2023 Census. On flats, Rodez sits higher than 96% of compared French towns: 82%. Nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, against 28% in the town.
Throughout this page, the Aveyron 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 Rodez
Many people living alone
59% of Rodez’s households are one person: higher than in 99% of compared French towns; 39% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Empty homes
The census found 2,360 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.
Rodez changed by +1% from 2012 to 2023, behind 66% 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
Rodez is younger than 68% of compared French towns: a median age of 41.7
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Rodez 41.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 22% in the typical compared French town, nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over in Rodez.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aveyron 52.1%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of one-person households than 99% of compared French towns: 59%
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 Aveyron median and the France median
Living alone · share
The figure for single-parent households is 8.3% in Rodez and 10% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. There are 1.7 people in the average household.
A larger share of empty homes than 94% of compared French towns: 14%
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
4.3% of homes are second homes (typical compared French town: 2.1%). The comparison figure for empty homes is 6.7% in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 18% of households have no car. Few places have so few households in social housing: 9.2% here, fewer than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €24,800 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.
The median standard of living in Rodez is €24,800 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 63% of compared French towns. 17.4% of the population lives below the poverty line.
Fewer households headed by a manual worker than 66% of compared French towns: 12%
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
In the typical compared French town, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional; in Rodez, 11%. The comparison figure for households headed by a manual worker is 14% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
11% of residents are immigrants, more than in 75% of compared French towns
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.
Nearly one in ten residents are foreign nationals; in the typical compared French town the figure is 4.3%. In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Rodez: 39% of residents 15 and over are single, above 97% 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
31% of residents 15 and over are married (typical compared French town: 43%). Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Rodez: 40% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, above 79% of compared French towns
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
Set against 19% in the typical compared French town, 15% of adults out of school have no qualification in Rodez. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 22,567 to 25,490 people, the 16th oldest
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 Loos (33), the youngest, and Vichy (53.1), the oldest.
No nearby town is as young as Rodez
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rodez | 41.7 | 24% | 4.3% | 11% |
| Onet-le-Château 12,080 · 1.2 mi | 42.6 | 23% | 2.9% | 14% |
| Olemps 3,559 · 1.5 mi | 51.6 | 30% | 2% | 3.6% |
| Sébazac-Concourès 3,234 · 3.9 mi | 47.4 | 25% | 3.4% | 3.6% |
| Luc-la-Primaube 6,046 · 4 mi | 49.5 | 28% | 2.8% | 3.5% |
| Druelle Balsac 3,187 · 4.1 mi | 43.4 | 18% | 4% | 3.5% |
| Baraqueville 3,173 · 8.5 mi | 45.3 | 22% | 4.3% | 3.4% |
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 Rodez
What is the population of Rodez?
23,981 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (23,744).
How old are Rodez’s residents?
The median age is 41.7, younger than 68% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Rodez?
720, with occasional dwellings: 4.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Rodez?
INSEE counts 2,640 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 11% of residents, and 1,980 foreign nationals (8.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Rodez?
€24,800 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 17.4% 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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