Roquebrun is older than 98% of compared French towns: a median age of 60.1
Set against 12% in the typical compared French town, 2.2% of households rent social housing (HLM) in Roquebrun. Compared with other places, flats are scarce here: 5.5%, fewer than in 95% of compared French towns. This Hérault town counted 601 residents and 320 households at the 2023 Census. Across Roquebrun, half of households are headed by a retired person.
Throughout this page, the Hérault 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 Roquebrun
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 390 second homes and occasional dwellings in Roquebrun, 54% of its 730 homes: higher than in 98% of compared French towns. 97% 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 Roquebrun’s residents are under 60.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 40% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
54% of homes in Roquebrun 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
One household in 11 has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town. Empty homes are rarer here than in 98% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 10% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 20%.
Since 2012, Roquebrun has changed by +4%, slower than 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Hérault town +13%.
Roquebrun ranks above 98% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 40%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Roquebrun 60.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, 5.5% of residents are 15 to 24 in Roquebrun. Across the comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of couples with children than 99% of compared French towns, at 11%
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 Hérault median and the France median
Living alone · share
In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%; Roquebrun has 41%. Typically, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 1.9 people on average. On single-parent households, Roquebrun sits lower than nearly three fifths of compared French towns: 9.5%.
Median standard of living: €22,100 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €22,100 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 88% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 3.3% in Roquebrun, less than in 99% 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
In the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional; in Roquebrun, 4.7%. To put it in context, 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).
15% of residents are immigrants, more than in 84% 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.
Foreign nationals: 13%, above 89% of compared French towns. On average, 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.
Roquebrun sits below 84% of compared French towns for single residents (21%)
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
In the median compared French town 43% are married and 6.1% in a PACS; here it is 45% and 7.6%, and 8.9% are widowed. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 71% of compared French towns, at 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
The share of graduates of higher education is 33%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 601 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Roquebrun 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roquebrun | 60.1 | 40% | 54% | 15% |
| Murviel-lès-Béziers 3,000 · 7.6 mi | 47.7 | 25% | 7.6% | 6.4% |
| Cazouls-lès-Béziers 5,261 · 8.6 mi | 43.4 | 23% | 6% | 5% |
| Puisserguier 3,078 · 9.2 mi | 51.2 | 29% | 8.6% | 7.4% |
| Thézan-lès-Béziers 3,124 · 9.5 mi | 46.9 | 25% | 13% | 6.5% |
| Magalas 3,582 · 10.4 mi | 46.8 | 26% | 18% | 6.4% |
| Bédarieux 5,804 · 10.7 mi | 52.4 | 31% | 7.4% | 8.2% |
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 Roquebrun
What is the population of Roquebrun?
601 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (577).
How old are Roquebrun’s residents?
The median age is 60.1, older than 98% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 40% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Roquebrun?
390, with occasional dwellings: 54% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Roquebrun?
INSEE counts 88 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 15% of residents, and 77 foreign nationals (13%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Roquebrun?
€22,100 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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