Only 3.3% of homes stand empty in Rognac
31% of households are couples with children; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%. Rognac is home to 12,576 residents in 5,280 households, by the 2023 Census. Households without a car: 6.2% of the total. Compared with other places, second homes are scarce here: 0.6%, fewer than in 93% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Bouches-du-Rhône 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.
A +7% change since 2012: faster than 60% 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 +6% for the median Bouches-du-Rhône town, the change came in two steps: +4% from 2012 to 2017, then +3% to 2023.
Half of Rognac is under 43.2, younger than 57% 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
■ Rognac 43.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Roughly one in ten: 10% of residents are 15 to 24. Residents aged 65 and over: 21% here and 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bouches-du-Rhône 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Rognac ranks below 79% of compared French towns on one-person households: 29%
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 Bouches-du-Rhône median and the France median
Living alone · share
Average household size: 2.4 people. At 12%, the share of single-parent households is higher than in four fifths of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Above 69% of compared French towns: 17% of households rent social housing (HLM)
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
33% of homes are flats (typical compared French town: 30%). Of all households, 7.6% moved in during the last two years and 24% have stayed three decades or more. To put it in context, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town.
€27,930 a year: the median standard of living
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 Rognac’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €27,930 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 70% of compared French towns. Residents below the poverty line make up 10.0%.
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 12% in Rognac, more than in 64% 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
Against a figure of 14% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker in Rognac comes in at 12%. Nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person, or about one in three. On average, 9.4% of 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).
Rognac sits below 61% of compared French towns for foreign nationals (3.2%)
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.
5.5% of residents are immigrants; in the typical compared French town the figure is 6.5%. The wider picture: 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Bouches-du-Rhône has 6.3%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in nearly three fifths of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents: 47%, a higher share than 78% 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
The census found that 25% of residents 15 and over are single in Rognac. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
Rognac ranks below 58% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 18%
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
The share of graduates of higher education stands at 31%. The comparison figure for adults with no qualification is 19% in the typical compared French town.
The 18th youngest of 41 French towns of 12,260 to 12,897 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.
Villetaneuse is the youngest (33.2); Andernos-les-Bains the oldest (60).
Rognac sits below 2 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rognac | 43.2 | 21% | 0.6% | 5.5% |
| Velaux 8,941 · 2.7 mi | 46.2 | 24% | 1.3% | 4.1% |
| Berre-l'Étang 13,832 · 3.1 mi | 41.6 | 19% | 1.8% | 18% |
| Vitrolles 36,758 · 3.8 mi | 39.8 | 18% | 1.3% | 11% |
| La Fare-les-Oliviers 9,039 · 4.3 mi | 42.1 | 19% | 1.4% | 5.3% |
| Coudoux 3,825 · 4.5 mi | 43 | 19% | 1.6% | 4% |
| Ventabren 5,839 · 4.8 mi | 50.4 | 27% | 2.8% | 4.3% |
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 Rognac
What is the population of Rognac?
12,576 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (11,737).
How old are Rognac’s residents?
The median age is 43.2, younger than 57% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Rognac?
34, with occasional dwellings: 0.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Rognac?
INSEE counts 690 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.5% of residents, and 410 foreign nationals (3.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Rognac?
€27,930 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 10.0% 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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