Half of Roilly is under 36.7, younger than 92% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Locally, 6.5% of homes are flats. Census day 2023: 52 residents and 24 households in Roilly. 4.2% of households have no car, against 11% in the typical compared French town.
Throughout this page, the Côte-d'Or 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 Roilly
A young town
Half of Roilly’s residents are under 36.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 19% are under 15 and 17% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Growing fast
Roilly had 41 residents at the 2012 census and 52 in 2023, up 27%: faster growth than in 95% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 6 homes empty (19%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +27% change since 2012: Roilly grew faster than 95% 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 change was +20% from 2012 to 2017 and +6% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Côte-d'Or town −2%.
Residents aged 65 and over: 17%, a lower share than 81% 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
■ Roilly 36.7. The median compared French town: 44.
11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, against 12% in Roilly. Elsewhere, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 117 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Côte-d'Or 52.8%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of couples with children than 74% of compared French towns, at 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 Côte-d'Or median and the France median
Living alone · share
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Here, two in five households are one person living alone. For comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Empty homes make up 19% in Roilly, more 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
In the last two years, nearly one in ten households moved in; at the other end, 17% have stayed 30 years or more. Elsewhere, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. More second homes than in 64% of compared French towns: 3.2%.
Roilly: 20% of households are headed by a manager or professional, above 88% 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
Compared with 14% in the typical compared French town, a fifth of households are headed by a manual worker here. Households headed by a retired person account for 40%. As a yardstick, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
3.8% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 75% 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.
Foreign nationals are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, immigrants come to 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents: 14%, a lower share than 99% 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
In the typical compared French town, 43% of residents 15 and over are married; in Roilly, 38%. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
5.1% of adults out of school have no qualification, below 99% 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
The figure for graduates of higher education is 28% in Roilly and 30% in the typical compared French town. Against that, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The youngest of 41 French towns of 52 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.
Roilly is the youngest (36.7); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Every neighbor is older than Roilly
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roilly | 36.7 | 17% | 3.2% | 3.8% |
| Semur-en-Auxois 3,986 · 5.1 mi | 50.9 | 29% | 9.3% | 5.6% |
| Venarey-les-Laumes 2,747 · 10 mi | 49.2 | 27% | 3.1% | 5.4% |
| Montbard 4,639 · 14.5 mi | 52.9 | 33% | 3.8% | 7.3% |
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 Roilly
What is the population of Roilly?
52 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 27% more than in 2012 (41).
How old are Roilly’s residents?
The median age is 36.7, younger than 92% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Roilly?
1, with occasional dwellings: 3.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Roilly?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.8% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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