Residents aged 65 and over: 10%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
15% of households are headed by a retired person (typical compared French town: 32%). Few places have so few flats: 9% here, fewer than in 89% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 3,449 residents in 1,010 households. In Roura, 28% of households are one person living alone.
Throughout this page, the French Guiana 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 Roura
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 290 second homes and occasional dwellings in Roura, 21% of its 1,380 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 88% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 1,000 immigrants in Roura (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 30% of residents, against – for the median compared commune in French Guiana. 22% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
A young town
Half of Roura’s residents are under 37.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 22% are under 15 and 10% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 16% single parents with children; 22% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
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
15% of households arrived within the last two years, while 10% have stayed 30 years or more. Across the comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. At 22%, the share of households without a car is higher than in 87% of compared French towns. Where just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town, Roura has 6.3%.
Growth of +13% since 2012 puts Roura ahead of 78% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, ±0% in French Guiana. Here the change came as +24% to 2017, then −9% to 2023.
Roura is younger than 91% of compared French towns: a median age of 37.1
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Roura 37.1. The median compared French town: 44.
At 11%, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is higher than in 58% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
44% women, 56% men
About 77 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: France 51.8%.
A higher share of couples with children than 91% of compared French towns, at 34%
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 French Guiana median and the France median
Living alone · share
The share of single-parent households tops 97% of compared French towns: 16%. There are 3 people in the average household. The wider picture: 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of households headed by a manual worker than 85% of compared French towns, at 8.4%
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 manager or professional make up about one in 11 here (8.9%). Against that, 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).
Roura sits above 99% of compared French towns for immigrants (30%)
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 22%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Immigrants make up 6.5% 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.
Roura ranks above 97% of compared French towns on single residents: 39%
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
Married residents: 32%, below 96% of compared French towns. Typically, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A higher share of adults with no qualification than 99% of compared French towns, at 41%
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
19% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, against 30% in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 2nd youngest of 41 French towns this size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Moult-Chicheboville is the youngest (35.9); Saint-Sulpice-de-Royan the oldest (58.7).
No nearby town is as old as Roura
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roura | 37.1 | 10% | 21% | 30% |
| Matoury 36,512 · 8.4 mi | 28.8 | 8.6% | 3% | 34% |
| Remire-Montjoly 27,723 · 12.6 mi | 34.8 | 9.6% | 2.8% | 23% |
| Cayenne 62,675 · 14.5 mi | 30 | 9.7% | 4.4% | 36% |
| Montsinéry-Tonnegrande 3,626 · 16.3 mi | 32.2 | 8.2% | 6.9% | 23% |
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 Roura
What is the population of Roura?
3,449 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% more than in 2012 (3,050).
How old are Roura’s residents?
The median age is 37.1, younger than 91% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 10% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Roura?
290, with occasional dwellings: 21% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Roura?
INSEE counts 1,030 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 30% of residents, and 760 foreign nationals (22%). 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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