Photo: Rousset phot · CC0More households headed by a manager or professional than 92% of compared French towns: 23%
Compared with 2.1% in the typical compared French town, 7.9% of homes are second homes here. In Rousset, 32% of households are couples with children. At 5.9%, the share of households without a car is lower than in just over four fifths of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 5,425, in 2,280 households.
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.
What stands out about the people of Rousset
Growing fast
Rousset had 4,561 residents at the 2012 census and 5,425 in 2023, up 19%: faster growth than in 89% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +19% change since 2012: faster than 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 first five years brought +6%; the six to 2023, +12%.
Rousset sits below 73% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (19%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Rousset 41.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Little separates the share of residents aged 15 to 24 here, 11%, from the figure in the typical compared French town. With a median age of 41.6, Rousset is younger than 69% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bouches-du-Rhône 51.9%, France 51.8%.
32% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 67% 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 Bouches-du-Rhône median and the France median
Living alone · share
Average household size: 2.3 people. In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%. Single-parent households are more common here than in 75% of compared French towns.
Flats: 47%, a higher share than 71% 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
18% of households rent social housing (HLM); in the typical compared French town the figure is 12%. Locally, 6.1% of homes stand empty. The benchmark for flats in the typical compared French town: 30%.
Median living standard: €28,790 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.
Half of Rousset’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €28,790 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 77% of compared French towns. Residents below the poverty line make up 13.0%.
Below 80% of compared French towns: 26% 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
By its share of households headed by a manual worker (12%), Rousset is below 63% of compared French towns. For households headed by a retired person, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
7.4% of residents in Rousset 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.
Immigrants make up a share higher than in 56% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Bouches-du-Rhône has 6.3%. About one in 14: that is how common immigrants are in Rousset (7.4%). Foreign nationals are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 4.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Fewer married residents than 77% of compared French towns: 39%
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 share of single residents tops 65% of compared French towns: 27%. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
In Rousset, 44% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, more than in 86% 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
Nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, against 15% in Rousset. The benchmark for graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town: 30%.
10th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 5,376 to 5,468
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Crégy-lès-Meaux (35.3), the oldest Plouhinec (54.8).
No nearby town is as young as Rousset
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rousset | 41.6 | 19% | 7.9% | 7.4% |
| Peynier 3,739 · 2.3 mi | 44.4 | 21% | 3.5% | 3.7% |
| Fuveau 10,337 · 3.7 mi | 43.3 | 18% | 4.7% | 5% |
| Trets 10,946 · 4 mi | 44.5 | 22% | 2.7% | 7.1% |
| Gréasque 4,554 · 5.3 mi | 44.3 | 23% | 1.1% | 3.3% |
| Pourrières 5,642 · 6 mi | 44.2 | 18% | 3.5% | 3.7% |
| La Bouilladisse 6,547 · 6 mi | 46.1 | 23% | 3.2% | 3.1% |
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 Rousset
What is the population of Rousset?
5,425 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 19% more than in 2012 (4,561).
How old are Rousset’s residents?
The median age is 41.6, younger than 69% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Rousset?
210, with occasional dwellings: 7.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Rousset?
INSEE counts 400 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.4% of residents, and 250 foreign nationals (4.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Rousset?
€28,790 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 13.0% 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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