0.7% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
6.8% of residents are 15 to 24 (typical compared French town: 11%). At 2.1%, the share of empty homes is lower than in 98% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 605 residents and 260 households in Rovon. The census found that 4% of homes are flats locally.
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.
Slower growth than 66% of compared French towns: Rovon changed by +1% since 2012
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 Isère town changed +7% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +2% and the next six −1%.
Only 18% of residents are 65 or over in Rovon
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Rovon 44.1. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Rovon is 44.1, higher than in half of compared French towns. On average, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
29% of households are one person living alone, below 82% 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 Isère median and the France median
Living alone · share
Where 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town, Rovon has 8.2%. One-person households: 35% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Across Rovon, nearly a quarter of households are couples with children.
3.9% of households have no car, fewer than in 94% 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
Long tenure is the mark of 20% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 4.8% (under two years). The wider picture: 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. Few places have as many second homes: 7.9% here, more than in 85% of compared French towns.
The median resident lives on €27,980 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €27,980 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 71% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a manual worker than 67% of compared French towns: 11%
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
The share of households headed by a manager or professional tops 61% of compared French towns: 11%. Households headed by a manual worker make up 14% in the typical compared French town. Nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person, or about one in three.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Rovon sits below 64% of compared French towns for foreign nationals (3%)
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.
About one in 17: that is how common immigrants are in Rovon (5.8%). That is lower than in 56% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Isère has 8%. Across the comparison, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
Fewer single residents than 98% of compared French towns: 18%
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
Married residents make up 49%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single.
Above 57% of compared French towns: 32% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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 are rarer here than in 52% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for graduates of higher education is 30% in the typical compared French town.
16th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 605 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Every neighbor is older than Rovon
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rovon | 44.1 | 18% | 7.9% | 5.8% |
| Vinay 4,438 · 2.6 mi | 45.6 | 23% | 2.1% | 6.7% |
| Autrans-Méaudre en Vercors 2,936 · 4.6 mi | 46.7 | 25% | 53% | 2.6% |
| Tullins 7,624 · 7.1 mi | 47 | 23% | 1% | 9.9% |
| Saint-Marcellin 7,700 · 7.5 mi | 50.5 | 29% | 2% | 11% |
| Lans-en-Vercors 2,751 · 8.1 mi | 46.7 | 20% | 37% | 3.3% |
| Chatte 2,518 · 9.4 mi | 50.7 | 28% | 2.3% | 3.9% |
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 Rovon
What is the population of Rovon?
605 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% more than in 2012 (599).
How old are Rovon’s residents?
The median age is 44.1, older than 50% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Rovon?
23, with occasional dwellings: 7.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Rovon?
INSEE counts 35 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.8% of residents, and 18 foreign nationals (3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Rovon?
€27,980 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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