Roques is older than 98% of compared French towns: a median age of 60.5
The share of households headed by a retired person is 73%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 18% of households are couples with children. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 103 residents in Roques, living in 52 households.
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 Roques
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 28 second homes and occasional dwellings in Roques, 33% of its 84 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 100% 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 Roques’ residents are under 60.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 42% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
More second homes than 95% of compared French towns: 33%
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 household in 13 has no car (median compared French town: 11%). Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 2.1% of homes are second homes. Across Roques, 4.8% of homes stand empty.
+4% since 2012, a pace below 53% 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 +5%, and from 2017 to 2023 −1%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Gers town ±0%.
In Roques, 42% 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
■ Roques 60.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Roques comes in at 4.9%. Set beside that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
57% women, 43% men
About 75 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.
A smaller share of one-person households than 88% of compared French towns: 27%
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
9.1% of households are single parents, about the same as in the typical compared French town. The share of one-person households in the typical compared French town is 35%. Average household size: 2 people.
18% of households are headed by a manager or professional, more than in 85% 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
Households headed by a manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The wider picture: nearly one in ten 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).
Immigrants make up 14% in Roques, more than in 82% 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 share of foreign nationals is 12%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
18% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 98% 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
The figure for married residents is 48% in Roques and 43% in the typical compared French town. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 73% of compared French towns: 15%
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
28% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. The share of adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town is 19%.
Among 41 French towns of 103 to 2,582 people, the 4th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Roques 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roques | 60.5 | 42% | 33% | 14% |
| Vic-Fezensac 3,577 · 6.1 mi | 53.7 | 34% | 4.6% | 6.1% |
| Condom 6,473 · 8.6 mi | 53.9 | 34% | 5% | 17% |
| Eauze 4,108 · 9.6 mi | 54.2 | 33% | 8.4% | 20% |
| Lectoure 3,670 · 17.9 mi | 55.4 | 36% | 16% | 8.4% |
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 Roques
What is the population of Roques?
103 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (99).
How old are Roques’ residents?
The median age is 60.5, older than 98% of compared French towns. 8.7% are under 18 and 42% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Roques?
28, with occasional dwellings: 33% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Roques?
INSEE counts 14 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 14% of residents, and 12 foreign nationals (12%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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