Second homes make up 31% in Roquessels, more than in 95% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Roquessels had 119 residents in 57 households at the 2023 Census. For Roquessels, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 5%. In the typical compared French town, 30% of homes are flats; locally, 2.2%.
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 Roquessels
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 28 second homes and occasional dwellings in Roquessels, 31% of its 90 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 ↓
A town of families
33% of households are couples with children and 8.3% single parents with children; 13% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
An older town
Half of Roquessels’ residents are under 51.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 29% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Below 73% of compared French towns: 7% of households have no car
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
The share of empty homes trails nearly two thirds of compared French towns: 5.6%. Elsewhere, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. In the last two years, 16% of households moved in; at the other end, 25% have stayed 30 years or more.
A +6% change since 2012: faster than 56% 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 −7%, then +14% to 2023.
Older than 88% of compared French towns: half of Roquessels is over 51.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Roquessels 51.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 22% in the typical compared French town, 29% of residents are 65 or over in Roquessels.
Women and men · all residents
42% women, 58% men
About 72 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Above 88% of compared French towns: 33% of households are couples with children
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
Against a figure of 35% in the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households in Roquessels comes in at 42%. Census figures put single-parent households at 8.3% locally. By way of comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
A typical living standard of €22,380 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 median standard of living in Roquessels is €22,380 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 86% of compared French towns.
In Roquessels, 25% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 96% 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, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4%; Roquessels has 17%. Higher than in 55% of compared French towns: 33% of households are headed by a retired person. Measured more widely, 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).
Roquessels ranks above 77% of compared French towns on immigrants: 12%
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: 8.4%, above just over three quarters of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants. The median compared commune in Hérault has 6.8%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 77% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A smaller share of single residents than 76% of compared French towns: 22%
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 is 45%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
37% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, more than in 71% of compared French towns
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
Adults with no qualification make up 17%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
41 French towns of 119 to 2,582 people: this is the 10th 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).
Roquessels is younger than 2 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roquessels | 51.5 | 29% | 31% | 12% |
| Magalas 3,582 · 5.4 mi | 46.8 | 26% | 18% | 6.4% |
| Bédarieux 5,804 · 5.6 mi | 52.4 | 31% | 7.4% | 8.2% |
| Caux 2,718 · 7.7 mi | 52 | 28% | 18% | 8% |
| Murviel-lès-Béziers 3,000 · 8.5 mi | 47.7 | 25% | 7.6% | 6.4% |
| Servian 5,517 · 9.5 mi | 43.5 | 21% | 5.9% | 6.5% |
| Thézan-lès-Béziers 3,124 · 9.5 mi | 46.9 | 25% | 13% | 6.5% |
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 Roquessels
What is the population of Roquessels?
119 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (112).
How old are Roquessels’ residents?
The median age is 51.5, older than 88% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Roquessels?
28, with occasional dwellings: 31% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Roquessels?
INSEE counts 14 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 12% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (8.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Roquessels?
€22,380 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).
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.