More couples with children than 99% of compared French towns: 50%
In the typical compared French town, the share of flats is 30%; Rothois has 5.3%. This Oise town is home to 227 residents in 83 households, by the 2023 Census. Put another way, about one in seven: 14% of residents are 15 to 24. At 6.4%, the share of second homes is higher than in just over four fifths of compared French towns.
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 Rothois
A town of families
50% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 24% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Rothois’ residents are under 37.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 24% are under 15 and 15% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +2% change since 2012: slower than 60% 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: +2% from 2012 to 2017, then ±0% to 2023.
Rothois is younger than 89% of compared French towns: a median age of 37.7
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Rothois 37.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 15% here and 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 112 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
Below 94% of compared French towns: 25% of households are one person living alone
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
Households here average 2.7 people each. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a reference point, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
2.4% of households have no car, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
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
Turnover: 3.6% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 21% have lived in their home 30 years or more. Against that, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. Rothois has fewer empty homes than 84% of compared French towns, at 4.3%.
Half above, half below €25,220 a year in 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 midpoint of living standards here is €25,220 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 58% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a manual worker than 93% of compared French towns: 6.2%
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
38% of households are headed by a retired person (typical compared French town: 32%). Still, households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 0.9% in Rothois, less than in 99% of compared French towns
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.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Rothois, 22% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 81% 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
Against a figure of 43% in the typical compared French town, the share of married residents in Rothois comes in at 41%. By way of comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A larger share of adults with no qualification than 71% of compared French towns: 23%
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
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, 26% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification here. In the typical compared French town, adults with no qualification come to 19%.
Of 41 French towns its size (227 to 2,582 people), the 2nd 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Rothois is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rothois | 37.7 | 15% | 6.4% | 0.9% |
| Crèvecœur-le-Grand 3,462 · 3.9 mi | 43.7 | 24% | 1.2% | 1.9% |
| Grandvilliers 2,786 · 5.3 mi | 51.1 | 31% | 2% | 2.6% |
| Beauvais 55,550 · 12.1 mi | 38.4 | 18% | 1.6% | 15% |
| Breteuil 4,222 · 13.6 mi | 42.7 | 23% | 1.3% | 2.8% |
| Gournay-en-Bray 5,723 · 14.7 mi | 51.9 | 31% | 1.4% | 4.4% |
| Auneuil 2,898 · 15.6 mi | 43.3 | 20% | 2.2% | 3.8% |
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 Rothois
What is the population of Rothois?
227 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (222).
How old are Rothois’ residents?
The median age is 37.7, younger than 89% of compared French towns. 28% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Rothois?
6, with occasional dwellings: 6.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Rothois?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.9% 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 Rothois?
€25,220 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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