1.5% of homes are flats, below 99% of compared French towns
Compared with 12% in the typical compared French town, 2% of households rent social housing (HLM) here. Census day 2023: 523 residents and 240 households in La Rochette. 4.3% of households have no car, or about one in 23. Households headed by a manager or professional are more common here than in 73% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Charente 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 La Rochette
Fewer residents than in 2012
La Rochette had 547 residents at the 2012 census and 523 in 2023, down 4%: slower growth than in 86% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
La Rochette changed by −4% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 86% 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 Charente town changed +1% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −3% and the next six −2%.
Half of La Rochette is over 48.4, older than 76% 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
■ La Rochette 48.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 22% in the typical compared French town, 24% of residents are 65 or over here.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of single-parent households than 99% of compared French towns, at 2.1%
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 Charente median and the France median
Living alone · share
Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, 30% of households are couples with children here. A third of households are one person living alone, a lower share than in 64% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, single-parent households come to 10%.
Second homes make up 5.8% in La Rochette, more than in 80% 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
Newcomers of less than two years account for 5.2% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 30%. 7.3% of homes stand empty, a higher share than in 57% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
€24,310 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €24,310 a year: lower than in 68% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 18% in La Rochette, more than in 76% 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
Locally, a third of households are headed by a retired person. Households headed by a manual worker make up 14% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
La Rochette sits below 83% of compared French towns for immigrants (2.9%)
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 La Rochette comes in at 1.7%. 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.
La Rochette sits below 74% of compared French towns for single residents (23%)
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
In the typical compared French town, 43% of residents 15 and over are married; in La Rochette, 41%. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 85% of compared French towns: 13%
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
Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, 22% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in La Rochette. In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%.
Of 41 French towns its size (523 to 2,582 people), the 15th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Nearby, 4 of 6 towns have older populations than La Rochette
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Rochette | 48.4 | 24% | 5.8% | 2.9% |
| La Rochefoucauld-en-Angoumois 4,025 · 5.2 mi | 53.8 | 34% | 4.5% | 2.9% |
| Brie 4,125 · 5.6 mi | 42.4 | 19% | 1.2% | 1.6% |
| Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure 3,111 · 6.5 mi | 52 | 32% | 2.5% | 4.7% |
| Champniers 5,281 · 8.2 mi | 48.7 | 26% | 1.7% | 2.4% |
| Ruelle-sur-Touvre 7,408 · 9.4 mi | 48.7 | 27% | 1.1% | 4.2% |
| La Boixe 2,841 · 9.5 mi | 45.7 | 25% | 3.8% | 1.7% |
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 La Rochette
What is the population of La Rochette?
523 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (547).
How old are La Rochette’s residents?
The median age is 48.4, older than 76% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Rochette?
16, with occasional dwellings: 5.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Rochette?
INSEE counts 15 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.9% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (1.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in La Rochette?
€24,310 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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