Fewer households without a car than 97% of compared French towns: 3.6%
Second homes: 8.1%, above 86% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 1,087 residents and 480 households in La Bâtie-Rolland. Here, 11% of homes are flats. Fewer households headed by a retired person than in 76% of compared French towns: 27%.
Throughout this page, the Drôme 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 Bâtie-Rolland
Growing fast
La Bâtie-Rolland had 900 residents at the 2012 census and 1,087 in 2023, up 21%: faster growth than in 91% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
La Bâtie-Rolland’s population changed by +21% since 2012, more than in 91% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +14%, and from 2017 to 2023 +6%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Drôme town +8%.
A median age of 43: La Bâtie-Rolland is younger than 58% 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 Bâtie-Rolland 43. The median compared French town: 44.
In La Bâtie-Rolland, 10% of residents are 15 to 24, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. Here, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%.
31% of households are one person living alone, below 74% 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 Drôme median and the France median
Living alone · share
12% of households are single parents; in the typical compared French town the figure is 10%. The benchmark for one-person households in the typical compared French town: 35%. Couples with children make up about one in four here (27%).
Households in social housing make up 7.5% in La Bâtie-Rolland, less than in 74% 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
Long tenure is the mark of 21% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 16% (under two years). The benchmark for households in social housing in the typical compared French town: 12%. Empty homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 7.6%.
€26,010 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €26,010 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 50% of compared French towns.
16% of households are headed by a manual worker, a share 62% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
The census found that nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in La Bâtie-Rolland. Measured more widely, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 73% of compared French towns: 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.
The share of foreign nationals is 2.3%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 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.
Married residents make up 46% in La Bâtie-Rolland, more than in 70% 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
Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, 23% of residents 15 and over are single in La Bâtie-Rolland. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
15% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 71% 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
Just over a third of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification (typical compared French town: 30%). In the typical compared French town, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification.
Of 41 French towns its size (1,087 to 2,582 people), the 12th youngest
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 Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
La Bâtie-Rolland and its 6 nearest towns: 3 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Bâtie-Rolland | 43 | 22% | 8.1% | 4% |
| Montboucher-sur-Jabron 2,592 · 2.8 mi | 45.1 | 22% | 3.7% | 5.2% |
| Montélimar 40,595 · 5.7 mi | 43.2 | 23% | 2.7% | 13% |
| Châteauneuf-du-Rhône 2,917 · 8 mi | 41.9 | 19% | 3.7% | 6.4% |
| Cruas 2,898 · 8.5 mi | 42.9 | 20% | 4.8% | 6.1% |
| Le Teil 8,726 · 9 mi | 43 | 22% | 2.9% | 13% |
| Dieulefit 3,289 · 10 mi | 58 | 39% | 18% | 7.2% |
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 Bâtie-Rolland
What is the population of La Bâtie-Rolland?
1,087 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 21% more than in 2012 (900).
How old are La Bâtie-Rolland’s residents?
The median age is 43, younger than 58% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Bâtie-Rolland?
46, with occasional dwellings: 8.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Bâtie-Rolland?
INSEE counts 44 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4% of residents, and 25 foreign nationals (2.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in La Bâtie-Rolland?
€26,010 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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