A lower share of households in social housing than 98% of compared French towns, at 1.6%
Households headed by a manager or professional: 3% here and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. La Roche-Chalais had 3,060 residents in 1,450 households at the 2023 census. Flats: 13% of the total. Second homes are more common here than in 83% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Dordogne 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-Chalais
An older town
Half of La Roche-Chalais’ residents are under 51.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 32% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.5% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 210 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, La Roche-Chalais outgrew 51% of compared French towns: +5%
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
Older than 88% of compared French towns: half of La Roche-Chalais is over 51.6
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-Chalais 51.6. The median compared French town: 44.
8.8% of residents are 15 to 24, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in three: 32% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Dordogne 52.7%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
18% of households are couples with children, below 81% of compared French towns
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 Dordogne median and the France median
Living alone · share
The figure for one-person households is 39% in La Roche-Chalais and 35% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for couples with children is 25% in the typical compared French town. Across La Roche-Chalais, 12% of households are single parents.
La Roche-Chalais sits above 87% of compared French towns for empty homes (12%)
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 nearly one in ten households, residents of 30 years or more for 21%. Elsewhere, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Car-free households: one in 10, where the median compared French town has 11%.
At the median, €22,320 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.
Living standards centre on €22,320 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 87% of compared French towns. Below the poverty line: 21.0% of residents.
La Roche-Chalais sits above 96% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (48%)
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
15% of households are headed by a manual worker (typical compared French town: 14%). For households headed by a retired person, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 6.4% of La Roche-Chalais’ residents
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 census found that 5.1% of residents are foreign nationals in La Roche-Chalais. That is lower than in 51% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Dordogne has 5.4%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 40% of residents 15 and over are married in La Roche-Chalais
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
Across La Roche-Chalais, 25% of residents 15 and over are single. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
16% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 96% 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 share of adults with no qualification is 26%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 3,032 to 3,088 people: this is the 8th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Pont-à-Vendin (35.9), the youngest, and Breuillet (62.5), the oldest.
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 3 are older than La Roche-Chalais
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Roche-Chalais | 51.6 | 32% | 7.2% | 6.4% |
| Saint-Seurin-sur-l'Isle 3,167 · 9.2 mi | 52.3 | 32% | 1.5% | 5.1% |
| Coutras 8,678 · 9.6 mi | 49.5 | 27% | 2.2% | 4.4% |
| Montpon-Ménestérol 5,866 · 11.6 mi | 56.2 | 35% | 3.5% | 4.1% |
| Saint-Denis-de-Pile 5,955 · 14.9 mi | 45.1 | 23% | 1.4% | 5.4% |
| Ribérac 3,734 · 17.3 mi | 56.6 | 37% | 6.2% | 5.8% |
| Laruscade 2,811 · 17.6 mi | 39.5 | 15% | 1.6% | 3.2% |
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-Chalais
What is the population of La Roche-Chalais?
3,060 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (2,913).
How old are La Roche-Chalais’ residents?
The median age is 51.6, older than 88% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 32% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Roche-Chalais?
130, with occasional dwellings: 7.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Roche-Chalais?
INSEE counts 190 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.4% of residents, and 160 foreign nationals (5.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in La Roche-Chalais?
€22,320 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 21.0% 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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