Photo: Dave osm · CC BY-SA 4.036% of households are couples with children, more than in 95% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 2,544 residents in Rots, living in 1,030 households. On the census count, 5.5% of homes are flats. Set against 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 18% of households are headed by a manager or professional here.
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 Rots
A town of families
36% of households are couples with children and 4.4% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Rots grew +6% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 55% 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 whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Calvados town +1%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought +2%; 2017 to 2023, +4%.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 20% in Rots, less than in 67% 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
■ Rots 43.6. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Rots is 43.6, lower than in 53% of compared French towns. Against that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 9.8% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Calvados 52.0%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 23%, a lower share than 98% 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 Calvados median and the France median
Living alone · share
The typical household size is 2.5 people. Few places have so few single-parent households: 4.4% here, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns. For comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
2.9% of households have no car, fewer than in 99% 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
Against a figure of 6.7% in the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes in Rots comes in at 4.1%. On average, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. 9.5% of households moved in less than two years ago; 28% have been in their home 30 years or more. Few places have so few second homes: 1.9% here, fewer than in 53% of compared French towns.
Half above, half below €29,910 a year in 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €29,910 a year: higher than in 84% of compared French towns. 3.0% of residents live below the poverty line INSEE uses.
Only 9.8% of households are headed by a manual worker in Rots
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 30% of households are headed by a retired person, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 32%. For comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Rots ranks below 96% of compared French towns on immigrants: 1.5%
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.
4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, against 0.4% in Rots. 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.
Fewer single residents than 98% of compared French towns: 18%
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: 53% here and 43% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Above 88% of compared French towns: 45% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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
Where 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, Rots has 12%. As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 2,507 to 2,582 people: this is the 15th youngest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Older than Rots: 1 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rots | 43.6 | 20% | 1.9% | 1.5% |
| Thue et Mue 6,182 · 1.9 mi | 39.8 | 16% | 1% | 1.4% |
| Carpiquet 3,428 · 2.7 mi | 38.6 | 18% | 0.6% | 4.7% |
| Bretteville-sur-Odon 4,494 · 4.2 mi | 43.6 | 26% | 0.8% | 4% |
| Verson 4,059 · 4.2 mi | 44.2 | 23% | 0.6% | 2.4% |
| Fontaine-Étoupefour 2,810 · 5 mi | 41.3 | 16% | 1.2% | 2.1% |
| Caen 109,400 · 5.4 mi | 33.7 | 19% | 3.7% | 11% |
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 Rots
What is the population of Rots?
2,544 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (2,400).
How old are Rots’ residents?
The median age is 43.6, younger than 53% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Rots?
21, with occasional dwellings: 1.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Rots?
INSEE counts 39 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.5% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (0.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Rots?
€29,910 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 3.0% 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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