Older than 98% of compared French towns: half of La Romieu is over 59.2
By its share of households headed by a retired person (44%), La Romieu is above 91% of compared French towns. The town had 540 residents in 280 households at the 2023 census. Locally, 0.4% of households rent social housing (HLM). 18% of households are couples with children, a lower share than in 83% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Gers 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 La Romieu
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 83 second homes and occasional dwellings in La Romieu, 21% of its 390 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 94% 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 La Romieu’s residents are under 59.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 41% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
La Romieu had 573 residents at the 2012 census and 540 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 90% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Above 93% of compared French towns: 21% of homes are second homes
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
10% of households moved in less than two years ago; 23% have been in their home 30 years or more. Lower than in 85% of compared French towns: 11% of homes are flats. In the typical compared French town, the share of second homes is 2.1%. Empty homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 6.9%.
La Romieu changed by −6% from 2012 to 2023, behind 90% 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Gers town ±0%.
In La Romieu, 41% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 98% 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
■ La Romieu 59.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, 6.7% of residents are 15 to 24 in La Romieu. As a reference point, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gers 52.4%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
La Romieu: 11% of households are single parents, above 58% 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 Gers median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 1.9 people in the average household. Compared with other places, one-person households are scarce here: 35%, fewer than in 50% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for single-parent households is 10% in the typical compared French town.
Half above, half below €24,480 a year in 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.
Living standards centre on €24,480 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 66% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional: 3.5%, a lower share than 95% 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 5.3% of households are headed by a manual worker, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 14%. Against that, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
5.9% of residents are foreign nationals, a share 64% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 higher than in 56% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Gers has 7.9%. The benchmark for foreign nationals in the typical compared French town: 4.3%. The share of immigrants stands at 7.4%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents make up 51% in La Romieu, more than in 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
Against a figure of 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of single residents in La Romieu comes in at 21%. In the typical compared French town, 43% of residents 15 and over are married.
Adults with no qualification: 18%, a lower share than 56% of compared French towns
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
Higher than in just over half of compared French towns: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. By way of comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
4th highest median age among 41 French towns of 540 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Every neighbor is younger than La Romieu
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 La Romieu
What is the population of La Romieu?
540 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (573).
How old are La Romieu’s residents?
The median age is 59.2, older than 98% of compared French towns. 12% are under 18 and 41% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Romieu?
83, with occasional dwellings: 21% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Romieu?
INSEE counts 40 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.4% of residents, and 32 foreign nationals (5.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in La Romieu?
€24,480 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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