Older than 99% of compared French towns: half of Rocques is over 61.4
Households headed by a manual worker: 4.3%, below 97% of compared French towns. Fewer households without a car than in 86% of compared French towns: 5.3%. Rocques is home to 285 residents in 110 households, by the 2023 Census. 0.9% of households rent social housing (HLM).
Throughout this page, the Calvados 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 Rocques
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 14 second homes and occasional dwellings in Rocques, 11% of its 130 homes: higher than in 88% of compared French towns. 100% 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 Rocques’ residents are under 61.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 42% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 20% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Rocques had 301 residents at the 2012 census and 285 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 89% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes make up 11% in Rocques, more than in 88% 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
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Here, 3.8% of homes stand empty.
From 2012 to 2023, 89% of compared French towns grew faster than Rocques: −5%
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
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 98% of compared French towns: 42%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Rocques 61.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 4.9% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
60% women, 40% men
About 67 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Calvados 52.0%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
A smaller share of couples with children than 84% of compared French towns: 17%
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 Calvados median and the France median
Living alone · share
35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, against 30% in Rocques. Against that, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Households here average 2.1 people each. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
€30,650 a year is the median standard of living here
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 Rocques’ residents live in households with a standard of living below €30,650 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 87% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a retired person than 99% of compared French towns, at 57%
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
Nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 55% of compared French towns. As a reference point, nearly a third 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).
1.4% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 97% 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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Rocques comes in at 0.7%. Immigrants make up 6.5% in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents: 32%, a higher share than 85% 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
Married residents make up 47%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
In Rocques, 45% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, more than in 88% 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
Few places have so few adults with no qualification: 18% here, fewer than in 56% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, graduates of higher education come to 30%.
The 2nd oldest of 41 French towns of 285 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Rocques 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rocques | 61.4 | 42% | 11% | 1.4% |
| Lisieux 19,645 · 1.9 mi | 47 | 28% | 2.1% | 6.2% |
| Pont-l'Évêque 5,145 · 8.5 mi | 47.7 | 28% | 4.2% | 2.2% |
| Livarot-Pays-d'Auge 6,207 · 11.3 mi | 46.1 | 25% | 16% | 2.2% |
| Beuzeville 4,704 · 12.6 mi | 43.4 | 25% | 8% | 2.4% |
| Touques 3,913 · 14 mi | 49.8 | 29% | 23% | 7.3% |
| Mézidon Vallée d'Auge 9,766 · 14.8 mi | 40.9 | 20% | 6.8% | 1.8% |
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 Rocques
What is the population of Rocques?
285 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (301).
How old are Rocques’ residents?
The median age is 61.4, older than 99% of compared French towns. 11% are under 18 and 42% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Rocques?
14, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Rocques?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.4% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Rocques?
€30,650 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 November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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