0.8% of homes are flats, below 99% of compared French towns
By its share of households without a car (3.9%), Rom is below 95% of compared French towns. On the census count, 7.7% of residents are 15 to 24. Few places have as many empty homes: 11% here, more than in 85% of compared French towns. This Deux-Sèvres town had 802 residents in 360 households at the 2023 census.
Throughout this page, the Deux-Sèvres 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 Rom
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 65 second homes and occasional dwellings in Rom, 14% of its 480 homes: higher than in 90% 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
Rom had 896 residents at the 2012 census and 802 in 2023, down 10%: slower growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Rom’s residents are under 51 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 27% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5.8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A higher share of second homes than 90% of compared French towns, at 14%
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 8% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 27%. The share of second homes in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
A change of −10% since 2012 leaves Rom behind 97% 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 −7% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +1% in Deux-Sèvres.
Rom is older than 86% of compared French towns: a median age of 51
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Rom 51. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 27% in Rom and 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Deux-Sèvres 51.4%, France 51.8%.
Above 69% of compared French towns: 29% 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 Deux-Sèvres median and the France median
Living alone · share
32% of households are one person living alone, against 35% in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For couples with children, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%. Households average 2.2 people.
The median resident lives on €23,510 a year per consumption unit
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.
Half of Rom’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €23,510 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 77% of compared French towns.
Above 86% of compared French towns: 41% of households are headed by a retired person
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
Households headed by a manual worker make up 12%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. What’s more, at 5.5%, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is lower than in 81% of compared French towns. On average, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A higher share of foreign nationals than 59% of compared French towns, at 5.4%
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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in just over half of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Deux-Sèvres has 3.7%. The usual figure: 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Census figures put immigrants at 6.4% in Rom.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
More married residents than 80% of compared French towns: 47%
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
Single residents: 23%, below 73% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
16% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 94% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%; Rom has 25%. As a yardstick, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 802 to 2,582 people, the 11th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Of the 6 towns nearest Rom, 3 are older
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 Rom
What is the population of Rom?
802 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% fewer than in 2012 (896).
How old are Rom’s residents?
The median age is 51, older than 86% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Rom?
65, with occasional dwellings: 14% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Rom?
INSEE counts 51 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.4% of residents, and 43 foreign nationals (5.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Rom?
€23,510 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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