A town of second homes: 35% of its homes
In Le Rozel, 3.1% of households have no car, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. 258 residents in 130 households: that is Le Rozel at the 2023 Census. Put another way, about one in 45: 2.2% of homes are flats. Residents aged 15 to 24 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Manche 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 Rozel
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 77 second homes and occasional dwellings in Le Rozel, 35% of its 220 homes: higher than in 96% of compared French towns. 96% 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 Rozel had 279 residents at the 2012 census and 258 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 94% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
One home in three in Le Rozel is a second home
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
Of all households, 18% moved in during the last two years and 19% have stayed three decades or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At 6.5%, the share of empty homes is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town.
A change of −8% since 2012 leaves Le Rozel behind 94% 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 Manche town changed ±0% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −10% and the next six +2%.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 73% of compared French towns, at 26%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Le Rozel 43.8. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Le Rozel is 43.8, lower than in 52% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 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: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Only 22% of households are couples with children in Le Rozel
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 Manche median and the France median
Living alone · share
Set against 35% in the typical compared French town, nearly two in five households are one person living alone in Le Rozel. More single-parent households than in just over three fifths of compared French towns: 11%. The share of couples with children in the typical compared French town is 25%. Average household size: 2 people.
Median standard of living: €26,350 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 midpoint of living standards here is €26,350 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 54% of compared French towns.
Above 73% of compared French towns: 14% of households are headed by a manager or professional
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
In the typical compared French town, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person; in Le Rozel, 30%. As a reference point, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town. On households headed by a manual worker, Le Rozel sits higher than 53% of compared French towns: 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Le Rozel sits below 99% of compared French towns for immigrants (0.4%)
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 Manche has 2.4%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
Below 93% of compared French towns: 20% of residents 15 and over are single
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
The figure for married residents is 39% in Le Rozel and 43% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Only 9% of adults out of school have no qualification in Le Rozel
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
Graduates of higher education: 35%, above 66% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
16th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 258 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Older than Le Rozel: 5 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Rozel | 43.8 | 26% | 35% | 0.4% |
| Les Pieux 3,249 · 2 mi | 44.3 | 20% | 15% | 2.7% |
| Bricquebec-en-Cotentin 5,893 · 8.4 mi | 47 | 25% | 4.6% | 1.3% |
| La Hague 11,484 · 11.7 mi | 45.5 | 19% | 14% | 1.1% |
| Port-Bail-sur-Mer 2,520 · 12.3 mi | 59.5 | 40% | 52% | 2.4% |
| Cherbourg-en-Cotentin 78,258 · 13.9 mi | 43.6 | 22% | 3.6% | 4.9% |
| Valognes 6,969 · 16.2 mi | 51 | 29% | 2.4% | 1.6% |
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 Rozel
What is the population of Le Rozel?
258 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (279).
How old are Le Rozel’s residents?
The median age is 43.8, younger than 52% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Le Rozel?
77, with occasional dwellings: 35% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Le Rozel?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.4% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Le Rozel?
€26,350 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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