2% of households have no car, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
Where 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, Roberval has 19%. At 6.9%, the share of second homes is higher than in 83% of compared French towns. The town had 350 residents in 130 households at the 2023 census. About one in eight: that is how common residents aged 15 to 24 are in Roberval (13%).
Throughout this page, the Oise 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 Roberval
A town of families
36% of households are couples with children and 11% single parents with children; 17% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Roberval had 386 residents at the 2012 census and 350 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Roberval has changed by −9%, slower than 96% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +2% for the median Oise town, the change came in two steps: −5% from 2012 to 2017, then −5% to 2023.
Fewer residents aged 65 and over than 85% of compared French towns: 17%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Roberval 43.6. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Roberval is 43.6, lower than in 53% 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
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
Roberval ranks below 99% of compared French towns on one-person households: 17%
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 Oise median and the France median
Living alone · share
Couples with children make up 36%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. On top of that, on single-parent households, Roberval sits higher than 64% of compared French towns: 11%. The share of one-person households in the typical compared French town is 35%.
A lower share of empty homes than 69% of compared French towns, at 5.4%
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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The benchmark for empty homes in the typical compared French town: 6.7%. Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 1.5% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 28%.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €27,640 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 median standard of living in Roberval is €27,640 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 67% of compared French towns.
Only 28% of households are headed by a retired person in Roberval
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 12% of households are headed by a manager or professional, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 9.4%. The share of households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 68% of compared French towns: 4.6%
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.
Compared with other places, foreign nationals are common here: 5%, more than in 56% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 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.
Roberval ranks below 65% of compared French towns on single residents: 24%
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
Married residents are rarer here than in 52% of compared French towns. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Only 25% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Roberval
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, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification; in Roberval, 16%. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (350 to 2,582 people), the 15th youngest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 1 are older than Roberval
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roberval | 43.6 | 17% | 6.9% | 4.6% |
| Pontpoint 3,275 · 1.8 mi | 43.5 | 19% | 1.5% | 4.1% |
| Verberie 3,898 · 2.2 mi | 40.1 | 18% | 1.4% | 5.2% |
| Pont-Sainte-Maxence 12,361 · 3.7 mi | 38.8 | 17% | 1.1% | 12% |
| Béthisy-Saint-Pierre 3,111 · 5.2 mi | 41 | 19% | 1.1% | 3.5% |
| Lacroix-Saint-Ouen 5,415 · 6.1 mi | 41.8 | 20% | 1.4% | 6.5% |
| Verneuil-en-Halatte 4,775 · 7.5 mi | 44.4 | 19% | 0.6% | 5.8% |
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 Roberval
What is the population of Roberval?
350 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (386).
How old are Roberval’s residents?
The median age is 43.6, younger than 53% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Roberval?
11, with occasional dwellings: 6.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Roberval?
INSEE counts 16 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.6% of residents, and 17 foreign nationals (5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Roberval?
€27,640 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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