Above 95% of compared French towns: 31% of homes are second homes
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. About one in three: that is how common couples with children are in Rouziers (30%). The town had 107 residents in 47 households at the 2023 census. Here nearly one in ten homes stand empty, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 6.7%.
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 Rouziers
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 24 second homes and occasional dwellings in Rouziers, 31% of its 79 homes: higher than in 95% 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 ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Rouziers had 133 residents at the 2012 census and 107 in 2023, down 20%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
2.4% of homes are flats, 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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 5.9% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 20%. One household in 10 has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town.
A −20% change since 2012: slower than 99% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −3% in Cantal. Here the change came as −9% to 2017, then −12% to 2023.
Younger than 82% of compared French towns: half of Rouziers is under 39.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Rouziers 39.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 18%, below 76% of compared French towns. On the census count, 9.6% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Cantal 53.4%, France 51.8%.
Rouziers sits above 99% of compared French towns for single-parent households (20%)
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
With one-person households at 40%, Rouziers is ahead of 69% of compared French towns on that count. Set beside that, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 2.3 people on average.
Rouziers sits below 77% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (10%)
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
The figure for households headed by a retired person is 30% in Rouziers and 32% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 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).
Only 4.3% of residents are immigrants in Rouziers
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.
The median compared commune in Cantal has 3.9%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 70% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, immigrants come to 6.5%. Put another way, about one in 23: 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A lower share of married residents than 98% of compared French towns, at 30%
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 trails 86% of compared French towns: 21%. The usual figure: 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Rouziers sits above 67% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (23%)
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
With graduates of higher education at 26%, Rouziers is behind 64% of compared French towns on that count. Adults with no qualification: 19% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
The 2nd youngest of 41 French towns of 107 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Rouziers is younger 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rouziers | 39.5 | 18% | 31% | 4.3% |
| Ytrac 4,339 · 11.3 mi | 48.3 | 25% | 3.1% | 1.8% |
| Arpajon-sur-Cère 6,361 · 14.2 mi | 49.8 | 26% | 4.4% | 2% |
| Aurillac 26,214 · 14.3 mi | 48.4 | 28% | 4.6% | 6.7% |
| Figeac 9,793 · 15.5 mi | 48.2 | 29% | 4.3% | 8.7% |
| Decazeville 5,020 · 16.1 mi | 53.8 | 35% | 3.1% | 9.4% |
| Saint-Céré 3,429 · 16.3 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 Rouziers
What is the population of Rouziers?
107 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 20% fewer than in 2012 (133).
How old are Rouziers’ residents?
The median age is 39.5, younger than 82% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Rouziers?
24, with occasional dwellings: 31% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Rouziers?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.3% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (4.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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