Roquemaure sits above 90% of compared French towns for empty homes (12%)
Households headed by a retired person make up 28%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. Roquemaure has fewer households in social housing than nearly three quarters of compared French towns, at 7.5%. At the 2023 Census, 5,529 people lived here, in 2,480 households. The share of households without a car stands at 8.9%.
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 Roquemaure
Empty homes
The census found 360 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Roquemaure’s population moved +2% on 2012, less than in 61% 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 Gard town changed +7% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +1% and the next six +1%.
Only 10% of residents are 15 to 24 in Roquemaure
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Roquemaure 44. The median compared French town: 44.
Across Roquemaure, 22% of residents are 65 or over. With a median age of 44, Roquemaure is younger than 51% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gard 51.9%, France 51.8%.
12% of households are single parents, more than in 76% 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
Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, nearly a quarter of households are couples with children here. Each household has 2.2 people on average. One-person households are more common here than in 56% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
69% of homes are houses
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
Car-free households: one in 11, where the median compared French town has 11%. Households that moved in under two years ago: 14%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 17%. More second homes than in 58% of compared French towns: 2.7%.
Median living standard: €23,330 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.
At €23,330 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 79% of compared French towns. Residents below the poverty line make up 21.0%.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 17% in Roquemaure, more than in 67% 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
Here nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 9.4%. By way of comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Roquemaure: 9.2% of residents are immigrants, above 67% 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.
5.9% of residents are foreign nationals (typical compared French town: 4.3%). The share of immigrants in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
More married residents than 50% of compared French towns: 43%
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
25% of residents 15 and over are single.
22% of adults out of school have no qualification, a share 65% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, 27% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Roquemaure. The comparison figure for adults with no qualification is 19% in the typical compared French town.
18th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 5,455 to 5,596
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 36.5 in Ollainville to 60.8 in Penmarch.
A younger town than 2 of the 6 around it: Roquemaure
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roquemaure | 44 | 22% | 2.7% | 9.2% |
| Pujaut 3,982 · 2.9 mi | 49.7 | 25% | 3.6% | 4.5% |
| Saint-Laurent-des-Arbres 2,996 · 3.6 mi | 41 | 18% | 2% | 5.3% |
| Villeneuve-lès-Avignon 13,148 · 5.5 mi | 51.9 | 31% | 5.3% | 6% |
| Sorgues 19,006 · 5.6 mi | 41.1 | 19% | 0.8% | 13% |
| Bédarrides 5,671 · 6 mi | 43.1 | 23% | 1.3% | 3.9% |
| Courthézon 6,426 · 6.1 mi | 42.9 | 21% | 3.4% | 5.9% |
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 Roquemaure
What is the population of Roquemaure?
5,529 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (5,421).
How old are Roquemaure’s residents?
The median age is 44, younger than 51% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Roquemaure?
78, with occasional dwellings: 2.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Roquemaure?
INSEE counts 510 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 9.2% of residents, and 330 foreign nationals (5.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Roquemaure?
€23,330 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 21.0% 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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