Half of Laval-Saint-Roman is over 54.6, older than 93% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 50% of households are headed by a retired person. At the 2023 Census Laval-Saint-Roman was home to 213 people in 100 households. In the typical compared French town, 30% of homes are flats; here, 6.8%.
Throughout this page, the Gard 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 Laval-Saint-Roman
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 53 second homes and occasional dwellings in Laval-Saint-Roman, 33% of its 160 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 98% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Laval-Saint-Roman’s residents are under 54.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 31% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Laval-Saint-Roman had 230 residents at the 2012 census and 213 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 94% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
33% of homes are second homes, a share 95% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Set against 6.7% in the typical compared French town, 5% of homes stand empty in Laval-Saint-Roman. Across Laval-Saint-Roman, 4% of households have no car. In the typical compared French town, 2.1% of homes are second homes.
Slower than most: −7% since 2012, behind 94% 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 change was −6%; from 2017 to 2023, −2%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Gard town +7%.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 8% in Laval-Saint-Roman, less than in 93% 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
■ Laval-Saint-Roman 54.6. The median compared French town: 44.
31% of residents are 65 or over (typical compared French town: 22%). On average, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Gard 51.9%, France 51.8%.
5% of households are single parents, fewer than in 99% 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 Gard median and the France median
Living alone · share
Just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, against 30% in Laval-Saint-Roman. On top of that, this Gard town has fewer couples with children than nearly three quarters of compared French towns, at 20%. In the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households is 10%. Households average 2.1 people.
The median resident lives on €26,460 a year per consumption unit
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 Laval-Saint-Roman’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €26,460 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 55% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a manual worker than 77% of compared French towns, at 10%
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
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 95% of compared French towns: 0.9% of residents are foreign nationals
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.
Immigrants make up 2.8%, against 6.5% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Gard has 6.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 84% 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.
Laval-Saint-Roman sits above 99% of compared French towns for married residents (59%)
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, 15% of residents 15 and over are single in Laval-Saint-Roman. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 90% of compared French towns, at 18%
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
17% of adults out of school have no qualification, against 19% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
7th highest median age among 41 French towns of 213 to 2,582
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).
Laval-Saint-Roman is older 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laval-Saint-Roman | 54.6 | 31% | 33% | 2.8% |
| Pont-Saint-Esprit 10,958 · 7 mi | 48.4 | 28% | 2.6% | 11% |
| Bourg-Saint-Andéol 7,661 · 8.2 mi | 44.2 | 25% | 3.9% | 14% |
| Lapalud 3,853 · 8.8 mi | 41.5 | 19% | 3.7% | 6.6% |
| Pierrelatte 13,756 · 10.7 mi | 42.5 | 22% | 1.4% | 13% |
| Bagnols-sur-Cèze 18,112 · 10.9 mi | 45.8 | 26% | 2.5% | 14% |
| Mondragon 3,833 · 11.1 mi | 45.6 | 22% | 3.8% | 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 Laval-Saint-Roman
What is the population of Laval-Saint-Roman?
213 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (230).
How old are Laval-Saint-Roman’s residents?
The median age is 54.6, older than 93% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Laval-Saint-Roman?
53, with occasional dwellings: 33% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Laval-Saint-Roman?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.8% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Laval-Saint-Roman?
€26,460 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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