More second homes than 90% of compared French towns: 13%
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, 14% of residents are 15 to 24 in La Roche-Jaudy. Here, one in ten homes are flats. The town has fewer single-parent households than 94% of compared French towns, at 6.3%. There were 1,270 households here at the 2023 Census, home to 2,629 residents.
Throughout this page, the Côtes-d'Armor 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 Roche-Jaudy
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 210 second homes and occasional dwellings in La Roche-Jaudy, 13% of its 1,560 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 98% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Households in social housing: 4.1%, a lower share than 90% 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
With empty homes at 5.2%, La Roche-Jaudy is behind 72% of compared French towns on that count. Census figures put households without a car at 7.9% in the town. By way of comparison, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town.
A +2% change since 2012: slower than 62% 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
In two steps, +4% to 2017 and −2% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +3% in Côtes-d'Armor.
Half of La Roche-Jaudy is over 49, older than 79% 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 Roche-Jaudy 49. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over is 22%; La Roche-Jaudy has 26%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Côtes-d'Armor 52.9%, France 51.8%.
Below 81% of compared French towns: 18% 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 Côtes-d'Armor median and the France median
Living alone · share
Against a figure of 35% in the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households in La Roche-Jaudy comes in at 42%. Elsewhere, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Each household has 2 people on average.
At the median, €24,210 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 €24,210 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 69% of compared French towns. The poverty rate is 14.0%.
Households headed by a manual worker: 21%, a higher share than 86% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%; La Roche-Jaudy has 35%. The wider picture: 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 6.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In La Roche-Jaudy, 3.4% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 79% 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.
With foreign nationals at 2.6%, La Roche-Jaudy is behind 70% of compared French towns on that count. Across the comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
Below 75% of compared French towns: 39% of residents 15 and over are married
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
Where 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, La Roche-Jaudy has 27%. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 25%, a lower share than 69% 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
Set against 19% in the typical compared French town, 16% of adults out of school have no qualification in La Roche-Jaudy. In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification.
Of 41 French towns its size (2,600 to 2,658 people), the 13th 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.
The youngest is Bourguébus (34.6), the oldest Longeville-sur-Mer (62.9).
3 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than La Roche-Jaudy
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Roche-Jaudy
What is the population of La Roche-Jaudy?
2,629 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (2,579).
How old are La Roche-Jaudy’s residents?
The median age is 49, older than 79% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Roche-Jaudy?
210, with occasional dwellings: 13% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Roche-Jaudy?
INSEE counts 89 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.4% of residents, and 69 foreign nationals (2.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in La Roche-Jaudy?
€24,210 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 14.0% 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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