Households in social housing: 0.7%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
With households headed by a retired person at 18%, Romain is behind 97% of compared French towns on that count. The 2023 Census counted 332 residents in 140 households. Here, 4.4% of households have no car. Residents aged 65 and over are rarer here than in just over three quarters of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Marne 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 Romain
A town of families
36% of households are couples with children and 3.6% single parents with children; 17% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Romain has changed by ±0%, slower than 71% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −5%, then +5% to 2023.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 9% in Romain, less than in 81% 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
■ Romain 43. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Romain’s residents are under 43, younger than in 58% of compared French towns. On average, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Marne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
Romain sits above 94% of compared French towns for couples with children (36%)
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 Marne median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 2.4 people in the average household. 3.6% of households are single parents, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for couples with children is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Fewer empty homes than 79% of compared French towns: 4.7%
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
Set against 2.1% in the typical compared French town, 4% of homes are second homes in Romain. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 3.7% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 33%.
€27,810 a year: the median standard of living
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 Romain is €27,810 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 69% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker: 21%, a higher share than 88% 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
Nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, against 11% in Romain. For households headed by a manual worker, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 97% of compared French towns, at 1.5%
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.
Where 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, Romain has 1.2%. The median compared commune in Marne has 4.9%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 97% 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.
Married residents: 51%, a higher share than 95% 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
22% of residents 15 and over are single (typical compared French town: 25%). In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
Graduates of higher education make up 45% in Romain, more than in 88% 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, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%; Romain has 17%. For graduates of higher education, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%.
The 12th youngest of 41 French towns of 332 to 2,582 people
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.
3 of 6 neighbors are older than Romain
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Romain | 43 | 18% | 4% | 1.5% |
| Fismes 5,850 · 4.2 mi | 43.6 | 23% | 1.5% | 3.1% |
| Saint-Brice-Courcelles 3,566 · 10.8 mi | 47.2 | 25% | 0.6% | 3.9% |
| Tinqueux 10,771 · 11.5 mi | 44.4 | 24% | 0.8% | 6.1% |
| Villeneuve-sur-Aisne 2,792 · 11.8 mi | 41.9 | 21% | 1.3% | 2.4% |
| Bezannes 5,039 · 12.6 mi | 31.7 | 15% | 2.6% | 7% |
| Reims 177,674 · 12.9 mi | 35.1 | 17% | 3.8% | 14% |
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 Romain
What is the population of Romain?
332 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (333).
How old are Romain’s residents?
The median age is 43, younger than 58% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Romain?
6, with occasional dwellings: 4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Romain?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.5% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (1.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Romain?
€27,810 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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