Older than 97% of compared French towns: half of Rosis is over 58
In the typical compared French town, the share of households in social housing is 12%; Rosis has 1.8%. Empty homes are rarer here than in 98% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Rosis was home to 279 people in 160 households. About one in two: that is how common one-person households are in Rosis (46%).
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 Rosis
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 160 second homes and occasional dwellings in Rosis, 49% of its 330 homes: higher than in 97% of compared French towns. 98% 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 Rosis’ residents are under 58 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 37% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.1% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Rosis had 304 residents at the 2012 census and 279 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 95% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Rosis, 49% of homes are second homes, more than in 97% 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
Nearly one in ten homes are flats, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Here, 16% of households have no car. As a yardstick, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Since 2012, Rosis has changed by −8%, slower than 95% 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
The median Hérault town changed +13% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −6% and the next six −3%.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of compared French towns: 3.8%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Rosis 58. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 22% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over in Rosis comes in at 37%. As a reference point, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Below 98% of compared French towns: 12% 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
There are 1.7 people in the average household. By way of comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. On single-parent households, Rosis sits higher than 78% of compared French towns: 12%.
Standard of living at the median: €21,570 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 €21,570 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 91% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person: 58%, a higher share than 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
Here 9.1% of households are headed by a manual worker, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 14%. Across the comparison, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
4.9% of residents are foreign nationals, more than in 56% 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.
The median compared commune in Hérault has 6.8%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 55% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals. Immigrants account for 6%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Rosis, 40% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 67% 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
The figure for single residents is 27% in Rosis and 25% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 43% of residents 15 and over are married.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 80% of compared French towns: 14%
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
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, 28% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification here. Across the comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (279 to 2,582 people), the 5th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Rosis 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rosis | 58 | 37% | 49% | 6% |
| Bédarieux 5,804 · 7.1 mi | 52.4 | 31% | 7.4% | 8.2% |
| Lodève 7,251 · 15.6 mi | 52.3 | 31% | 5.1% | 12% |
| Murviel-lès-Béziers 3,000 · 15.7 mi | 47.7 | 25% | 7.6% | 6.4% |
| Magalas 3,582 · 15.8 mi | 46.8 | 26% | 18% | 6.4% |
| Thézan-lès-Béziers 3,124 · 17.7 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 Rosis
What is the population of Rosis?
279 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (304).
How old are Rosis’ residents?
The median age is 58, older than 97% of compared French towns. 11% are under 18 and 37% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Rosis?
160, with occasional dwellings: 49% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Rosis?
INSEE counts 17 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6% of residents, and 14 foreign nationals (4.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Rosis?
€21,570 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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