Half of Le Rouget-Pers is over 52.7, older than 90% of compared French towns
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. On the census count, 6% of households are single parents. Le Rouget-Pers’s 580 households held 1,297 residents at the 2023 Census. The share of households in social housing is 5.9%, against 12% in the typical compared French town.
Throughout this page, the Cantal 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 Le Rouget-Pers
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 160 second homes and occasional dwellings in Le Rouget-Pers, 20% of its 800 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 96% 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 Le Rouget-Pers’ residents are under 52.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 34% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 13% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes make up 20% in Le Rouget-Pers, more than in 93% 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
Without a car: one household in 11, against 11% in the median compared French town. The wider picture: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. In Le Rouget-Pers, nearly one in ten homes are flats. At 8.1%, the share of empty homes is higher than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns.
A change of +3% since 2012 leaves Le Rouget-Pers behind 59% 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 median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Cantal town −3%. The change was −1% from 2012 to 2017 and +4% from 2017 to 2023.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 93% of compared French towns, at 34%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Le Rouget-Pers 52.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 9%, below 81% of compared French towns. On average, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Cantal 53.4%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Below 71% of compared French towns: 21% of households are couples with children
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 Cantal median and the France median
Living alone · share
By its share of one-person households (37%), Le Rouget-Pers is above 58% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. On average, 2 people share a household.
At the median, €24,380 a year to live on
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 midpoint of living standards here is €24,380 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 67% of compared French towns.
In Le Rouget-Pers, 44% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 91% 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
7.8% of households are headed by a manual worker; in the typical compared French town the figure is 14%. Households headed by a retired person: 32% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Le Rouget-Pers, 3.2% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 80% 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.
3.1% of residents are foreign nationals, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for immigrants is 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.
22% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 81% 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
For Le Rouget-Pers, the census puts married residents at 42%. As a yardstick, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Le Rouget-Pers ranks below 89% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 19%
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
Adults with no qualification: 27%, above 84% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 1,297 to 2,582 people: this is the 8th 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 Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Nearby, 1 of 4 towns have older populations than Le Rouget-Pers
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Rouget-Pers | 52.7 | 34% | 20% | 3.2% |
| Ytrac 4,339 · 7.7 mi | 48.3 | 25% | 3.1% | 1.8% |
| Aurillac 26,214 · 11 mi | 48.4 | 28% | 4.6% | 6.7% |
| Arpajon-sur-Cère 6,361 · 11.6 mi | 49.8 | 26% | 4.4% | 2% |
| Saint-Céré 3,429 · 16.7 mi | 54.6 | 36% | 7.6% | 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 Le Rouget-Pers
What is the population of Le Rouget-Pers?
1,297 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (1,262).
How old are Le Rouget-Pers’ residents?
The median age is 52.7, older than 90% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 34% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Le Rouget-Pers?
160, with occasional dwellings: 20% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Le Rouget-Pers?
INSEE counts 42 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.2% of residents, and 40 foreign nationals (3.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Le Rouget-Pers?
€24,380 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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