A lower share of households in social housing than 99% of compared French towns, at 0.6%
One-person households: 28% here and 35% in the typical compared French town. The 2023 Census counted 448 residents in 190 households. The share of households headed by a manager or professional stands at 2.8%. 17% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 83% 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 Roye-sur-Matz
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 5.2% single parents with children; 18% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 83% of compared French towns grew faster than Roye-sur-Matz: −3%
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 ±0%, then −4% to 2023. Over those years, the median Oise town changed +2% and the median compared French town +5%.
Roye-sur-Matz is younger than 75% of compared French towns: a median age of 40.7
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Roye-sur-Matz 40.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Roye-sur-Matz comes in at 12%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
Roye-sur-Matz: 35% of households are couples with children, above 93% 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 Oise median and the France median
Living alone · share
Average household size: 2.4 people. On single-parent households, Roye-sur-Matz sits lower than 98% of compared French towns: 5.2%. The comparison figure for couples with children is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Roye-sur-Matz sits below 95% of compared French towns for flats (5.5%)
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
Just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town, against 4.9% in Roye-sur-Matz. Across the comparison, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. Locally, 3.2% of homes are second homes. Empty homes are more common here than in 83% of compared French towns.
Median living standard: €26,850 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.
Half of residents live in households above €26,850 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 60% of compared French towns.
23% of households are headed by a manual worker, a share 93% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
With households headed by a retired person at 27%, Roye-sur-Matz is behind 77% of compared French towns on that count. 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).
1.5% of residents are immigrants, below 96% 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.
The share of foreign nationals is 2.2%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. For immigrants, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
More married residents than 86% of compared French towns: 49%
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
Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, 22% of residents 15 and over are single here. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
Below 86% of compared French towns: 20% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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
Roye-sur-Matz has more adults with no qualification than 55% of compared French towns, at 20%. To put it in context, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (448 to 2,582 people), the 4th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Roye-sur-Matz and its 6 nearest towns: 5 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roye-sur-Matz | 40.7 | 17% | 3.2% | 1.5% |
| Roye 5,833 · 7.5 mi | 42.8 | 22% | 2.1% | 3.7% |
| Ribécourt-Dreslincourt 3,871 · 8.6 mi | 40.5 | 18% | 1.2% | 7.3% |
| Thourotte 4,463 · 9.1 mi | 47.2 | 27% | 0.8% | 6.8% |
| Longueil-Annel 2,586 · 9.6 mi | 42 | 20% | 1% | 6.6% |
| Montdidier 5,935 · 9.7 mi | 46.3 | 25% | 1.8% | 2.3% |
| Noyon 12,971 · 10.5 mi | 41.8 | 22% | 1.4% | 18% |
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 Roye-sur-Matz
What is the population of Roye-sur-Matz?
448 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (464).
How old are Roye-sur-Matz’s residents?
The median age is 40.7, younger than 75% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Roye-sur-Matz?
7, with occasional dwellings: 3.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Roye-sur-Matz?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.5% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (2.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Roye-sur-Matz?
€26,850 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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