Half of Rouet is under 37.8, younger than 89% of compared French towns
Households headed by a manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Rouet was home to 71 people in 30 households. In Rouet, 33% of households are couples with children. 3.2% of homes stand empty; in the typical compared French town the figure is 6.7%.
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 Rouet
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 7 second homes and occasional dwellings in Rouet, 19% of its 38 homes: higher than in 93% 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 ↓
Growing fast
Rouet had 52 residents at the 2012 census and 71 in 2023, up 37%: faster growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Many graduates
57% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 32% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
A young town
Half of Rouet’s residents are under 37.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 21% are under 15 and 14% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Rouet, 19% of homes are second homes, more than in 93% 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 in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Typically, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. The census found that 15% of homes are flats in Rouet. The share of households without a car is 6.7%, against 11% in the typical compared French town.
Rouet grew +37% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 98% 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%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought +25%; 2017 to 2023, +9%.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 97% of compared French towns, at 6.9%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Rouet 37.8. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 14%, against 22% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
44% women, 56% men
About 80 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Below 59% of compared French towns: 33% of households are one person living alone
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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. One-person households make up 35% in the typical compared French town. Households average 2.4 people.
Households headed by a manager or professional: 17%, a higher share than 81% 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
A third of households are headed by a retired person, or about one in three. In the typical compared French town, nearly 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).
More foreign nationals than 69% of compared French towns: 6.9%
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 higher than in 53% of compared French towns. Foreign nationals: 4.3% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Immigrants make up about one in 14 here (6.9%).
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 married residents than 99% of compared French towns: 25%
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
With single residents at 23%, Rouet is behind 73% of compared French towns on that count. Measured more widely, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Rouet ranks below 99% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 3.8%
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
Graduates of higher education: 57% here and 30% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town: 19%.
Among 41 French towns of 71 to 2,582 people, the 2nd youngest
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.
Every neighbor is older than Rouet
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rouet | 37.8 | 14% | 19% | 6.9% |
| Saint-Martin-de-Londres 2,696 · 4.4 mi | 45 | 21% | 5.4% | 4.2% |
| Saint-Mathieu-de-Tréviers 4,979 · 4.4 mi | 44.2 | 20% | 3.6% | 7% |
| Saint-Gély-du-Fesc 10,472 · 8.6 mi | 48.4 | 26% | 1.1% | 5.9% |
| Prades-le-Lez 6,184 · 8.9 mi | 41.3 | 18% | 1% | 6.2% |
| Saint-Clément-de-Rivière 5,218 · 9.4 mi | 50.6 | 34% | 4.4% | 5.8% |
| Ganges 3,724 · 9.7 mi | 52.8 | 35% | 3.5% | 9.8% |
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 Rouet
What is the population of Rouet?
71 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 37% more than in 2012 (52).
How old are Rouet’s residents?
The median age is 37.8, younger than 89% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 14% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Rouet?
7, with occasional dwellings: 19% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Rouet?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.9% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (6.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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