Roussas: 18% of homes are second homes, above 92% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 409 people lived in Roussas, in 190 households. Across Roussas, 10% of homes are flats. The share of households headed by a manager or professional tops 86% of compared French towns: 19%.
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 Roussas
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 42 second homes and occasional dwellings in Roussas, 18% of its 240 homes: higher than in 92% of compared French towns. 83% 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 without a car: 3.8%, a lower share than 95% 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
The figure for empty homes is 4.6% in Roussas and 6.7% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for households without a car in the typical compared French town: 11%. Recent arrivals (under two years) make up one in ten households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 24%.
A +14% change since 2012: Roussas grew faster than 79% 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 +1% and the next six +12%.
Roussas is older than 85% of compared French towns: a median age of 50.6
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Roussas 50.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 8.6%, below 87% of compared French towns. Still, a quarter of residents are 65 or over, a higher share than in 68% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Roussas sits below 78% of compared French towns for one-person households (30%)
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
Households here average 2.2 people each. In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%. Fewer single-parent households than in nearly four fifths of compared French towns: 8.1%. Meanwhile, 27% of households are couples with children (typical compared French town: 25%).
A typical living standard of €31,250 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €31,250 a year: higher than in 89% of compared French towns.
Roussas ranks below 72% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 11%
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
Here 35% of households are headed by a retired person, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 32%. For households headed by a manual worker, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Roussas, 3.2% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 80% 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.
2.7% of residents are foreign nationals (typical compared French town: 4.3%). To put it in context, 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.
Only 16% of residents 15 and over are single in Roussas
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
56% of residents 15 and over are married; in the typical compared French town the figure is 43%. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
37% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, more than in 72% 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
Adults with no qualification: 16%, below 69% of compared French towns. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (409 to 2,582 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 Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
No nearby town is as old as Roussas
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roussas | 50.6 | 25% | 18% | 3.2% |
| Donzère 6,008 · 4.3 mi | 39.5 | 17% | 1.1% | 7.5% |
| Châteauneuf-du-Rhône 2,917 · 5.7 mi | 41.9 | 19% | 3.7% | 6.4% |
| Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux 8,981 · 6 mi | 45.4 | 25% | 6.6% | 8.8% |
| Pierrelatte 13,756 · 6.3 mi | 42.5 | 22% | 1.4% | 13% |
| Viviers 3,633 · 6.9 mi | 49.6 | 27% | 4.5% | 5.9% |
| Montboucher-sur-Jabron 2,592 · 8.3 mi | 45.1 | 22% | 3.7% | 5.2% |
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 Roussas
What is the population of Roussas?
409 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% more than in 2012 (360).
How old are Roussas’ residents?
The median age is 50.6, older than 85% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Roussas?
42, with occasional dwellings: 18% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Roussas?
INSEE counts 13 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.2% of residents, and 11 foreign nationals (2.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Roussas?
€31,250 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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