5.3% of households are headed by a manager or professional, below 83% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, 6.7% of homes stand empty; in Roussillon, 9.9%. Flats are more common here than in 62% of compared French towns. This Isère town had 8,595 residents in 3,720 households at the 2023 Census. 28% of households are couples with children, or about one in four.
Throughout this page, the Isère 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.
+7% since 2012, a pace 60% of compared French towns didn’t match
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 first five years brought +6%; the six to 2023, +2%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Isère town +7%.
A median age of 42.8: Roussillon is younger than 60% 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
■ Roussillon 42.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Where 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, Roussillon has 12%. On the census count, 21% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of one-person households than 54% of compared French towns: 34%
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 Isère median and the France median
Living alone · share
Average household size: 2.3 people. Set beside that, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Few places have as many single-parent households: 10% here, more than in 52% of compared French towns.
15% of households rent social housing (HLM), more than in 62% 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
In the last two years, 12% of households moved in; at the other end, 20% have stayed 30 years or more. On households without a car, Roussillon sits higher than 52% of compared French towns: 11%. At 2%, second homes sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Median standard of living: €23,690 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 Roussillon is €23,690 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 75% of compared French towns. 22.0% of residents live below the poverty line INSEE uses.
21% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 85% 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
Just over a third of households are headed by a retired person; in the typical compared French town the figure is 32%. Across the comparison, 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).
Above 84% of compared French towns: 15% of residents are immigrants
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: 11% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 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.
48% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 84% 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
Against a figure of 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of single residents in Roussillon comes in at 23%. On average, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
More adults with no qualification than 89% of compared French towns: 29%
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
20% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, against 30% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 8,508 to 8,678 people: this is the 16th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Saint-Jory (34.3), the youngest, and Le Grau-du-Roi (62.3), the oldest.
Median age: 3 of the 6 towns around Roussillon 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roussillon | 42.8 | 21% | 2% | 15% |
| Le Péage-de-Roussillon 6,718 · 0.8 mi | 41.8 | 24% | 0.9% | 25% |
| Salaise-sur-Sanne 4,606 · 1.6 mi | 43.3 | 22% | 0.7% | 11% |
| Saint-Maurice-l'Exil 6,889 · 2 mi | 38.9 | 17% | 1.2% | 13% |
| Chanas 2,706 · 3.9 mi | 40.6 | 18% | 3% | 11% |
| Saint-Clair-du-Rhône 3,778 · 5.1 mi | 45.7 | 22% | 1.3% | 6.9% |
| Chavanay 2,884 · 5.1 mi | 44.4 | 20% | 3.5% | 4.5% |
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 Roussillon
What is the population of Roussillon?
8,595 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (8,012).
How old are Roussillon’s residents?
The median age is 42.8, younger than 60% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Roussillon?
84, with occasional dwellings: 2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Roussillon?
INSEE counts 1,250 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 15% of residents, and 980 foreign nationals (11%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Roussillon?
€23,690 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 22.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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