Fewer flats than 99% of compared French towns: 0.2%
The share of couples with children is 32%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. Census day 2023: 951 residents and 410 households in Royères. About one in 100: that is how common households in social housing are in Royères (1%). Empty homes are rarer here than in 95% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Haute-Vienne 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: Royères grew faster than 83% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Haute-Vienne town +1%. The first five years brought +12%; the six to 2023, +4%.
Half of Royères is over 46.1, older than 64% 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
■ Royères 46.1. The median compared French town: 44.
In Royères, nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24, beside 11% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Vienne 52.5%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of single-parent households than 99% of compared French towns, at 3.7%
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 Haute-Vienne median and the France median
Living alone · share
A household here holds 2.3 people on average. Set beside that, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. At 26%, the share of one-person households is lower than in 91% of compared French towns.
Households without a car: 2%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
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
Households that moved in under two years ago: 6.9%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 31%. More second homes than in just over four fifths of compared French towns: 6.5%. The wider picture: 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town.
A median standard of living of €27,000 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.
Living standards centre on €27,000 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 61% of compared French towns.
Royères sits above 86% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (41%)
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
Compared with 14% in the typical compared French town, 12% of households are headed by a manual worker here. The wider picture: 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Across Royères, one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Royères sits below 91% of compared French towns for immigrants (2%)
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.
1.2% of residents are foreign nationals; in the typical compared French town the figure is 4.3%. The median compared commune in Haute-Vienne has 4.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 91% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 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.
Only 19% of residents 15 and over are single in Royères
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 share of married residents tops nearly four fifths of compared French towns: 47%. Across the comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Only 16% of adults out of school have no qualification in Royères
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 Royères. On average, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 951 to 2,582 people: this is the 19th 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.
Median age: 5 of the 6 towns around Royères are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Royères | 46.1 | 24% | 6.5% | 2% |
| Saint-Just-le-Martel 2,606 · 2.1 mi | 46.3 | 20% | 3.8% | 2.7% |
| Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat 4,366 · 3.2 mi | 53.7 | 34% | 4.5% | 5.3% |
| Saint-Priest-Taurion 2,901 · 3.5 mi | 45.6 | 24% | 4.3% | 4.2% |
| Le Palais-sur-Vienne 5,775 · 5.3 mi | 49.3 | 29% | 1.1% | 7.9% |
| Feytiat 6,176 · 5.8 mi | 49.4 | 27% | 1.4% | 4.2% |
| Panazol 11,342 · 6.1 mi | 51.3 | 31% | 0.9% | 7.1% |
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 Royères
What is the population of Royères?
951 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 16% more than in 2012 (820).
How old are Royères’ residents?
The median age is 46.1, older than 64% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Royères?
29, with occasional dwellings: 6.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Royères?
INSEE counts 19 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2% of residents, and 11 foreign nationals (1.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Royères?
€27,000 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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