Photo: Vi..Cult... · CC BY-SA 3.0In Rochefort-du-Gard, 3.6% of households have no car, fewer than in 97% of compared French towns
Empty homes: 4.5% here and 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Rochefort-du-Gard’s 3,420 households held 8,117 residents at the 2023 Census. Census figures put one-person households at 24% here. Fewer flats than in 85% of compared French towns: 11%.
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.
Growth of +8% since 2012 puts Rochefort-du-Gard ahead of 64% 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 years 2012 to 2017 brought ±0%; 2017 to 2023, +8%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Gard town +7%.
In Rochefort-du-Gard, 9.4% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 75% 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
■ Rochefort-du-Gard 45.3. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over; in Rochefort-du-Gard, 20%. By contrast, half of the town’s residents are over 45.3, older than in 58% of compared French towns. For comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gard 51.9%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of couples with children than 82% of compared French towns, at 32%
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
Households here average 2.4 people each. Typically, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Rochefort-du-Gard sits close to the norm on single-parent households: 9.6%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of households in social housing than 75% of compared French towns, at 7.2%
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
One in ten households arrived within the last two years, while 17% have stayed 30 years or more. In the typical compared French town, the share of households in social housing is 12%. Second homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 2.3%.
€28,710 a year: the median standard of living
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 €28,710 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 76% of compared French towns. Some 10.0% of residents fall below the poverty line.
Rochefort-du-Gard sits below 73% of compared French towns for 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
In Rochefort-du-Gard, 13% of households are headed by a manager or professional, beside 9.4% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a retired person: 31% of the total.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer foreign nationals than 78% of compared French towns: 2.1%
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 a share lower than in 63% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Gard has 6.6%. Measured more widely, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Across Rochefort-du-Gard, 5.1% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A larger share of married residents than 90% of compared French towns: 50%
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
Where 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, Rochefort-du-Gard has 21%. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
Rochefort-du-Gard ranks below 86% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 13%
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
Against a figure of 30% in the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education in Rochefort-du-Gard comes in at 40%. As a yardstick, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 8,014 to 8,227 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.
Mazingarbe is the youngest (35.8); Cavalaire-sur-Mer the oldest (57.1).
Nearby, 5 of 6 towns have older populations than Rochefort-du-Gard
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rochefort-du-Gard | 45.3 | 20% | 2.3% | 5.1% |
| Les Angles 8,908 · 3.6 mi | 52.4 | 33% | 2.7% | 6.7% |
| Villeneuve-lès-Avignon 13,148 · 4.3 mi | 51.9 | 31% | 5.3% | 6% |
| Pujaut 3,982 · 4.7 mi | 49.7 | 25% | 3.6% | 4.5% |
| Aramon 4,081 · 5.1 mi | 47 | 25% | 4.5% | 7.7% |
| Barbentane 4,266 · 5.5 mi | 48.5 | 26% | 4.5% | 4.4% |
| Saint-Laurent-des-Arbres 2,996 · 5.9 mi | 41 | 18% | 2% | 5.3% |
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 Rochefort-du-Gard
What is the population of Rochefort-du-Gard?
8,117 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (7,499).
How old are Rochefort-du-Gard’s residents?
The median age is 45.3, older than 58% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Rochefort-du-Gard?
83, with occasional dwellings: 2.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Rochefort-du-Gard?
INSEE counts 410 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.1% of residents, and 170 foreign nationals (2.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Rochefort-du-Gard?
€28,710 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 10.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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