Below 95% of compared French towns: 2.7% of households rent social housing (HLM)
The share of households without a car is 4%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Rochegude counted 1,678 residents and 750 households at the 2023 Census. Across Rochegude, 6.7% of households are single parents. Residents aged 15 to 24 are rarer here than in 89% of compared French towns.
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 Rochegude
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 100 second homes and occasional dwellings in Rochegude, 11% of its 930 homes: higher than in 89% of compared French towns. 92% 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.
Above 89% of compared French towns: 11% of homes are second homes
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
The figure for empty homes is 8.5% in Rochegude and 6.7% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Flats are rarer here than in 85% of compared French towns.
Rochegude grew +10% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 70% 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 median Drôme town changed +8% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +4% and the next six +6%.
Rochegude is older than 70% of compared French towns: a median age of 47.1
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Rochegude 47.1. The median compared French town: 44.
21% of Rochegude’s residents are 65 or older, against 23% in the median Drôme town and 22% in the median compared French town; 20% are under 18.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%.
In Rochegude, 26% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 91% 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
Each household has 2.3 people on average. For comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, couples with children are common here: 25%, more than in half of compared French towns.
Median standard of living: €28,200 a year
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 Rochegude’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €28,200 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 72% of compared French towns.
15% of households are headed by a manager or professional, more than in 77% 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, one in ten households are headed by a manual worker here. As a reference point, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town. 28% of households are headed by a retired person, or about one in four.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 5% of residents are immigrants in Rochegude
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.
Here 3.1% of residents are foreign nationals, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. That is lower than in 63% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Drôme has 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Rochegude sits below 98% of compared French towns for single residents (18%)
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 Rochegude, 53% of residents 15 and over are married, beside 43% in the typical compared French town. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Rochegude ranks below 69% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 16%
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
32% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification (typical compared French town: 30%). Against that, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 1,678 to 2,582 people: this is the 15th 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).
1 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Rochegude
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rochegude | 47.1 | 21% | 11% | 5% |
| Sainte-Cécile-les-Vignes 2,656 · 3 mi | 45.1 | 23% | 7.8% | 6% |
| Sérignan-du-Comtat 2,939 · 4.2 mi | 44.3 | 22% | 3.6% | 5% |
| Bollène 14,024 · 4.7 mi | 48.3 | 27% | 2.6% | 14% |
| Mornas 2,569 · 5.3 mi | 43.5 | 21% | 4.1% | 5% |
| Mondragon 3,833 · 5.3 mi | 45.6 | 22% | 3.8% | 7.2% |
| Piolenc 5,718 · 5.6 mi | 43.2 | 21% | 3.9% | 4.9% |
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 Rochegude
What is the population of Rochegude?
1,678 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (1,525).
How old are Rochegude’s residents?
The median age is 47.1, older than 70% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Rochegude?
100, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Rochegude?
INSEE counts 84 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5% of residents, and 53 foreign nationals (3.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Rochegude?
€28,200 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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