Half of Le Roc is over 55.7, older than 95% of compared French towns
The figure for households without a car is 5.3% in Le Roc and 11% in the typical compared French town. In 2023, the Census found 207 residents in the town, living in 94 households. Flats: 1.1% of the total. On couples with children, Le Roc sits lower than 88% of compared French towns: 16%.
Throughout this page, the Lot 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 Le Roc
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 82 second homes and occasional dwellings in Le Roc, 45% of its 180 homes: higher than in 97% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Le Roc had 233 residents at the 2012 census and 207 in 2023, down 11%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Le Roc’s residents are under 55.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 36% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Le Roc ranks above 97% of compared French towns on second homes: 45%
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
Empty homes: 3.3%, below 94% of compared French towns. Turnover: nearly one in ten households moved in less than two years ago, and 28% have lived in their home 30 years or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of second homes is 2.1%.
A change of −11% since 2012 leaves Le Roc behind 98% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −1% in Lot. Here the change came as −6% to 2017, then −6% to 2023.
36% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 94% 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
■ Le Roc 55.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up about one in nine here (11%). Against that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 114 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Lot 53.3%, France 51.8%.
In Le Roc, 16% of households are single parents, more than in 97% 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 Lot median and the France median
Living alone · share
26% of households are one person living alone (typical compared French town: 35%). The usual figure: 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. There are 2.2 people in the average household.
At the median, €25,240 a year to live on
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.
At €25,240 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 57% of compared French towns.
Above 99% of compared French towns: 32% of households are headed by a manual worker
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
Households headed by a retired person make up 37%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. Census figures put households headed by a manager or professional at 5.3% in Le Roc. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Le Roc: 5.8% 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.
The median compared commune in Lot has 9.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 56% of compared French towns. Put another way, about one in 17: 5.8% of residents are immigrants. Little separates the share of foreign nationals here, 3.8%, from the figure 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.
In Le Roc, 52% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 96% 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
Single residents make up 21%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
19% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 89% 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
The share of adults with no qualification is 22%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (207 to 2,582 people), the 5th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
1 of 4 neighbors are older than Le Roc
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Roc | 55.7 | 36% | 45% | 5.8% |
| Souillac 3,192 · 2.7 mi | 52.6 | 35% | 12% | 13% |
| Gourdon 4,206 · 9.4 mi | 59.4 | 40% | 13% | 9.5% |
| Sarlat-la-Canéda 8,763 · 10.9 mi | 55 | 34% | 19% | 9.1% |
| Gramat 3,512 · 15.3 mi | 55.1 | 36% | 9.4% | 9.5% |
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 Le Roc
What is the population of Le Roc?
207 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% fewer than in 2012 (233).
How old are Le Roc’s residents?
The median age is 55.7, older than 95% of compared French towns. 12% are under 18 and 36% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Le Roc?
82, with occasional dwellings: 45% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Le Roc?
INSEE counts 12 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.8% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (3.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Le Roc?
€25,240 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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