Roisey has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (D): 46% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €2,154/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes du Pilat Rhodanien. Its strongest is health (A+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 34% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Roisey with other French towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far its rank is from the middle. American and UK towns are graded separately.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Roisey.
HealthHealth A+
Deaths in Roisey run below what its ages would predict: 66 per 100 expected, fewer than Loire’s towns or compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Roisey is Clinique des Cotes du Rhone, 6.7 mi away. 52 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 79: 34% below. Women in Loire live to 85.6 on average and men to 80.8 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
−34%deaths against expected, after care homesA+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw66
Adjusted66
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Roisey · 2.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
6.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Clinique des Cotes du Rhone
9.7 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopital du Gier Mco
85.6 · 80.8
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Loire, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Fewer people in Roisey are out of work than in Loire’s towns or across compared French towns: 5.0%
The median disposable income is €28,190 a year per consumption unit. Jobs located in Roisey: 150, for 500 residents in work (0.3 each). The census found 5.8% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport.
6%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving88%
Public transport4%
On foot1%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
150
jobs based in Roisey, 0.3 per working resident
5.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€28,190
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D
Walkability: better than 12% of compared French towns
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Degrees are more common in Roisey than in Loire’s towns or across compared French towns: 38% of adults
Nearly a fifth of residents are children under 15. Young adults of 15 to 24 are nearly one in ten residents, below Loire’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Retirement age and beyond: 20% of residents are 65 or older.
43.6median age
RoiseyLoire medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
20%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma12%
CAP or BEP26%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education38%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Loire 52.0%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
HousingCost of living B−
Renting in Roisey costs an estimated advertised €12.56/m² a month, against €10.17/m² in Loire’s towns and €12.41/m² in compared French towns
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
31 sales of houses and apartments in Roisey, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,154/m². Houses made up just over four fifths of the homes sold; apartments the rest. From July 2023 to June 2026, 31 homes were sold here.
€2,154/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Roisey€2,154/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Loire median€2,075/m²
€12.56/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.77 to €16.16/m² a month)
5.4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.98/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€28,090
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Pilat Rhodanien
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Roisey
Is Roisey safe?
Roisey has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.5 recorded violent incidents and 7.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Roisey good?
They grade A−, better than 83% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Roisey expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,154/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Roisey grades B− for cost of living.
About Roisey
Commune in Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Roisey is a commune of 1,014 people in the Communauté de communes du Pilat Rhodanien. TownRatings compares communes, France’s local unit: each has its own mayor and its own statistics. Its area takes in the town and the countryside around it.
Built from INSEE’s 2026 official geography (COG) and IGN Admin Express boundaries
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.