Roqueredonde: 38% of homes are second homes, above 96% of compared French towns
44% of households are headed by a retired person (typical compared French town: 32%). Roqueredonde had 211 residents in 76 households at the 2023 Census. Empty homes account for 0.9%. Few places have so few households in social housing: 1.3% here, fewer than in 98% of compared French towns.
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 Roqueredonde
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 46 second homes and occasional dwellings in Roqueredonde, 38% of its 120 homes: higher than in 96% 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 ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 100 immigrants in Roqueredonde (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 29% of residents, against 6.8% for the median compared commune in Hérault. 27% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Roqueredonde had 245 residents at the 2012 census and 211 in 2023, down 14%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Many people living alone
56% of Roqueredonde’s households are one person: higher than in 99% of compared French towns; 42% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
More households without a car than 76% of compared French towns: 17%
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
Here 16% of homes are flats, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. For comparison, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town.
Since 2012, Roqueredonde has changed by −14%, slower than 99% 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 those years, the median Hérault town changed +13% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −15%, then +1% to 2023.
In Roqueredonde, 5.2% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 99% 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
■ Roqueredonde 50.7. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 50.7, Roqueredonde is older than 85% of compared French towns. Put another way, about one in four: 23% of residents are 65 or over. The usual figure: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 56% in Roqueredonde, more than in 99% 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 Hérault median and the France median
Living alone · share
25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, against 19% in Roqueredonde. The average household has 1.9 people. On average, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
A median of €20,150 a year per consumption unit
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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €20,150 a year: lower than in 96% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 6.3% in Roqueredonde, less than in 93% 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 Roqueredonde, 6.2% of households are headed by a manager or professional, beside 9.4% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 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).
29% of residents are immigrants, more than in 98% 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.
In Roqueredonde, 27% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 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.
In Roqueredonde, 26% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 99% 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
25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, against 44% in Roqueredonde. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
A larger share of adults with no qualification than 98% of compared French towns: 35%
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
33% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification (typical compared French town: 30%). To put it in context, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 11th oldest 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Roqueredonde and its 4 nearest towns: 2 of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roqueredonde | 50.7 | 23% | 38% | 29% |
| Lodève 7,251 · 6.9 mi | 52.3 | 31% | 5.1% | 12% |
| Bédarieux 5,804 · 13 mi | 52.4 | 31% | 7.4% | 8.2% |
| Clermont-l'Hérault 9,461 · 16 mi | 44.3 | 24% | 3.9% | 8.3% |
| Saint-André-de-Sangonis 6,427 · 17.9 mi | 41.1 | 19% | 2.2% | 6.1% |
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 Roqueredonde
What is the population of Roqueredonde?
211 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% fewer than in 2012 (245).
How old are Roqueredonde’s residents?
The median age is 50.7, older than 85% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Roqueredonde?
46, with occasional dwellings: 38% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Roqueredonde?
INSEE counts 61 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 29% of residents, and 58 foreign nationals (27%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Roqueredonde?
€20,150 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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