Fewer households without a car than 98% of compared French towns: 3.1%
Households in social housing make up 1.5%, against 12% in the typical compared French town. One-person households account for 25%. Rousson has fewer households headed by a manager or professional than three quarters of compared French towns, at 6.1%. 4,456 residents in 1,880 households: that is Rousson at the 2023 Census.
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.
A +16% change since 2012: faster than 84% 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 population moved +7%, and from 2017 to 2023 +9%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Gard town +7%.
Rousson sits below 84% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (8.8%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Rousson 46.3. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 46.3, Rousson is older than nearly two thirds of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Gard 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Rousson ranks below 88% of compared French towns on single-parent households: 7.2%
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
The typical household size is 2.3 people. On couples with children, Rousson sits higher than 76% of compared French towns: 30%. The share of single-parent households in the typical compared French town is 10%.
Only 7.3% of homes are flats in Rousson
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
Long tenure is the mark of 27% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 12% (under two years). Compared with other places, empty homes are common here: 8.9%, more than in 71% of compared French towns. 1.8% of homes are second homes, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
The median resident lives on €24,950 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.
At €24,950 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 61% of compared French towns. 12.0% of residents live below the poverty line INSEE uses.
More households headed by a retired person than 76% of compared French towns: 38%
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 18% of households are headed by a manual worker, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 14%. By way of comparison, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
1.9% of residents are foreign nationals, below 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.
The median compared commune in Gard has 6.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 72% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Locally, 4.1% 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.
Married residents: 51%, a higher share than 95% of compared French towns
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
A quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, against 19% in Rousson. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
Rousson ranks below 69% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 25%
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
Across Rousson, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification. Against that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
18th highest median age among 41 French towns of 4,417 to 4,496
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Guignes is the youngest (35.7); Valras-Plage the oldest (67).
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 4 are older than Rousson
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rousson | 46.3 | 24% | 1.8% | 4.1% |
| Salindres 3,648 · 1.2 mi | 44.6 | 23% | 2.2% | 4% |
| Saint-Julien-les-Rosiers 3,533 · 2.1 mi | 47.4 | 25% | 2.1% | 4.3% |
| Saint-Privat-des-Vieux 5,703 · 3 mi | 49.9 | 28% | 1.7% | 4.2% |
| Saint-Martin-de-Valgalgues 4,840 · 3.5 mi | 46.3 | 27% | 0.9% | 9.3% |
| Alès 46,125 · 4.9 mi | 46.3 | 27% | 1.1% | 9.8% |
| Saint-Ambroix 3,445 · 5.5 mi | 56.1 | 37% | 7.8% | 5% |
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 Rousson
What is the population of Rousson?
4,456 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 16% more than in 2012 (3,829).
How old are Rousson’s residents?
The median age is 46.3, older than 65% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Rousson?
37, with occasional dwellings: 1.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Rousson?
INSEE counts 180 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.1% of residents, and 85 foreign nationals (1.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Rousson?
€24,950 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 12.0% 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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