Half of Roquefort is over 52, older than 89% of compared French towns
The share of households in social housing is 2.3%, against 12% in the typical compared French town. Roquefort is home to 1,990 residents in 960 households, by the 2023 Census. Across Roquefort, 4.2% of households are headed by a manager or professional. At 19%, the share of couples with children is lower than in 79% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Landes 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 Roquefort
An older town
Half of Roquefort’s residents are under 52 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 31% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 13% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
+6% since 2012, a pace 55% 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Landes town +9%.
Above 87% of compared French towns: 31% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Roquefort 52. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in Roquefort. The wider picture: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Landes 51.9%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
A higher share of one-person households than 68% of compared French towns, at 40%
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 Landes median and the France median
Living alone · share
A household here holds 2 people on average. As a reference point, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households are more common here than in 71% of compared French towns.
Roquefort sits above 79% of compared French towns for second homes (5.6%)
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
Flats make up 13%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Second homes make up 2.1% in the typical compared French town. In Roquefort, one in ten homes stand empty. Fewer households without a car than in just over two thirds of compared French towns: 7.7%.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €23,680 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 Roquefort is €23,680 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 75% of compared French towns.
In Roquefort, 39% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 79% 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
18% of households are headed by a manual worker; in the typical compared French town the figure is 14%. By way of 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).
5.5% of residents are foreign nationals, a share 60% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 Landes has 5.4%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 55% of compared French towns. Against that, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Locally, 7.2% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 22% of residents 15 and over are single in Roquefort
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 account for 43%. Across the comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
21% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 82% 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
In the typical compared French town, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification; in Roquefort, 23%. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 1,990 to 2,582 people: this is the 9th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Roquefort 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roquefort | 52 | 31% | 5.6% | 7.2% |
| Villeneuve-de-Marsan 2,508 · 10 mi | 48.9 | 29% | 2.7% | 4.2% |
| Mont-de-Marsan 31,592 · 13 mi | 42.8 | 22% | 2.9% | 9.3% |
| Saint-Pierre-du-Mont 10,092 · 14.3 mi | 44.5 | 22% | 2.2% | 10% |
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 Roquefort
What is the population of Roquefort?
1,990 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (1,876).
How old are Roquefort’s residents?
The median age is 52, older than 89% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Roquefort?
63, with occasional dwellings: 5.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Roquefort?
INSEE counts 140 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.2% of residents, and 110 foreign nationals (5.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Roquefort?
€23,680 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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