A smaller share of flats than 99% of compared French towns: 1.7%
In the typical compared French town, 10% of households are single parents; in Saint-Samson-de-la-Roque, 5.4%. Few places have so few residents aged 15 to 24: 6.7% here, fewer than in 98% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 436, in 180 households. For Saint-Samson-de-la-Roque, the census puts households without a car at 4.5%.
Throughout this page, the Eure 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 Saint-Samson-de-la-Roque
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 47 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saint-Samson-de-la-Roque, 20% of its 240 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 91% 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.
A higher share of second homes than 93% of compared French towns, at 20%
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
Empty homes make up 4.3%, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. The share of second homes in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 8.4% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 23%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Saint-Samson-de-la-Roque’s population changed by +10% since 2012, more than in 69% 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 Eure town changed −1% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +10% and the next six ±0%.
Saint-Samson-de-la-Roque is younger than 73% of compared French towns: a median age of 41
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-Samson-de-la-Roque 41. The median compared French town: 44.
For Saint-Samson-de-la-Roque, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 21%.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Eure 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Saint-Samson-de-la-Roque ranks below 95% of compared French towns on one-person households: 25%
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 Eure median and the France median
Living alone · share
Average household size: 2.4 people. Set beside that, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Couples with children are more common here than in 84% of compared French towns.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €27,820 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.
Living standards centre on €27,820 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 69% of compared French towns.
Saint-Samson-de-la-Roque: 30% of households are headed by a manual worker, above 99% 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 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 11% of households are headed by a manager or professional here. Locally, 38% of households are headed by a retired person. The share of households headed by a manual worker 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).
Immigrants make up 0.9% in Saint-Samson-de-la-Roque, less than in 99% 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.
Foreign nationals make up 0.5%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The share of immigrants in the typical compared French town is 6.5%. The median compared commune in Eure has 4.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Saint-Samson-de-la-Roque ranks below 99% of compared French towns on single residents: 13%
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
The share of married residents is 51%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Above 83% of compared French towns: 27% of adults out of school have no qualification
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
Nearly a quarter of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. Adults with no qualification make up 19% in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 436 to 2,582 people, the 4th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Saint-Samson-de-la-Roque is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Samson-de-la-Roque | 41 | 21% | 20% | 0.9% |
| Pont-Audemer 10,023 · 5.6 mi | 48.1 | 27% | 3.1% | 3.3% |
| Beuzeville 4,704 · 6.7 mi | 43.4 | 25% | 8% | 2.4% |
| La Rivière-Saint-Sauveur 2,527 · 7.9 mi | 43.8 | 21% | 6.4% | 3.3% |
| Port-Jérôme-sur-Seine 10,617 · 8.4 mi | 41.6 | 21% | 0.7% | 6.2% |
| Saint-Romain-de-Colbosc 4,780 · 8.6 mi | 43.1 | 27% | 1.3% | 1.2% |
| Lillebonne 8,541 · 8.7 mi | 41.6 | 21% | 1.3% | 4.7% |
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 Saint-Samson-de-la-Roque
What is the population of Saint-Samson-de-la-Roque?
436 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (397).
How old are Saint-Samson-de-la-Roque’s residents?
The median age is 41, younger than 73% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Samson-de-la-Roque?
47, with occasional dwellings: 20% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Samson-de-la-Roque?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.9% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Samson-de-la-Roque?
€27,820 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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