Rocé ranks above 97% of compared French towns on couples with children: 38%
2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town, against 7.5% in Rocé. The town counted 218 residents and 85 households at the 2023 Census. Empty homes come to 11% locally, about one in ten. Few places have so few households without a car: 4.7% here, fewer than in 90% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Loir-et-Cher 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 Rocé
A town of families
38% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Rocé grew +6% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 55% 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 Loir-et-Cher town changed −3% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +6% and the next six ±0%.
A smaller share of residents aged 65 and over than 68% of compared French towns: 19%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Rocé 43.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 10%, below just over three fifths of compared French towns. For comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. With a median age of 43.8, Rocé is younger than 51% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 113 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loir-et-Cher 52.4%, France 51.8%.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 19% 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 Loir-et-Cher median and the France median
Living alone · share
The average household has 2.6 people. One-person households: 35% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
98% of homes are houses
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 households moved in less than two years ago; 21% have been in their home 30 years or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Standard of living at the median: €25,050 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.
Half of Rocé’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €25,050 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 60% of compared French towns.
Rocé sits below 96% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (19%)
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 25% of households are headed by a manual worker, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 14%. Higher than in 86% of compared French towns: 19% of households are headed by a manager or professional. In the typical compared French town, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer foreign nationals than 99% of compared French towns: 0.5%
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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 89% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Loir-et-Cher has 6%. As a yardstick, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 2.3% 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.
A lower share of single residents than 85% of compared French towns, at 21%
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
By its share of married residents (47%), Rocé is above 77% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 89% of compared French towns, at 19%
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 nearly three fifths of compared French towns. The benchmark for graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town: 30%.
16th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 218 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Every neighbor is older than Rocé
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rocé | 43.8 | 19% | 7.5% | 2.3% |
| Saint-Ouen 3,041 · 3.5 mi | 54.9 | 34% | 1.6% | 7.1% |
| Vendôme 15,758 · 4.1 mi | 51.1 | 31% | 3% | 11% |
| Montoire-sur-le-Loir 3,646 · 13.7 mi | 58.8 | 40% | 6.6% | 3% |
| Cloyes-les-Trois-Rivières 5,607 · 14.1 mi | 52.7 | 31% | 9.1% | 3.1% |
| Villebarou 2,584 · 15 mi | 44.6 | 20% | 1.3% | 9.3% |
| La Chaussée-Saint-Victor 4,471 · 16.7 mi | 49.9 | 29% | 1.7% | 6.3% |
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 Rocé
What is the population of Rocé?
218 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (206).
How old are Rocé’s residents?
The median age is 43.8, younger than 51% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Rocé?
8, with occasional dwellings: 7.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Rocé?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.3% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Rocé?
€25,050 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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