A lower share of flats than 99% of compared French towns, at 1%
Where 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town, Rouperroux has 4.1%. At the 2023 Census, 174 people lived locally, in 73 households. Census figures put residents aged 15 to 24 at 7.4% in the town. Just over a fifth of households are headed by a retired person, a lower share than in 93% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Orne 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 Rouperroux
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 12 second homes and occasional dwellings in Rouperroux, 11% of its 110 homes: higher than in 89% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
A town of families
36% of households are couples with children and 7.1% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Empty homes
The census found 21 homes empty (20%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
20% of homes stand empty, a share 99% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
In the last two years, one in ten households moved in; at the other end, 21% have stayed 30 years or more. On second homes, Rouperroux sits higher than 89% of compared French towns: 11%. Across the comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
A +11% change since 2012: Rouperroux grew faster than 72% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Orne town −5%. The first five years brought +20%; the six to 2023, −7%.
Younger than 82% of compared French towns: half of Rouperroux is under 39.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Rouperroux 39.5. The median compared French town: 44.
In Rouperroux, just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Orne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
Above 94% of compared French towns: 36% of households are couples with children
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 Orne median and the France median
Living alone · share
Each household has 2.4 people on average. In the typical compared French town, a quarter of households are couples with children. At 21%, the share of one-person households is lower than in 99% of compared French towns. What’s more, the share of single-parent households trails 88% of compared French towns: 7.1%.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €25,930 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 Rouperroux’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €25,930 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 51% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a manual worker than 99% of compared French towns: 36%
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
Set against 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 7.1% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Rouperroux. The share of households headed by a manual worker 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).
Fewer immigrants than 99% of compared French towns: 1.1%
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.
4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, against 0.6% in Rouperroux. The share of immigrants 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.
Fewer single residents than 89% of compared French towns: 20%
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: 40%, below 69% of compared French towns. Set beside that, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Only 12% of adults out of school have no qualification in Rouperroux
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, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in Rouperroux, 27%. The benchmark for adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town: 19%.
Among 41 French towns of 174 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.
No nearby town is as young as Rouperroux
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rouperroux | 39.5 | 22% | 11% | 1.1% |
| Saint-Germain-du-Corbéis 3,636 · 11.3 mi | 54 | 35% | 1.4% | 5% |
| Alençon 25,490 · 11.5 mi | 42.7 | 24% | 1.1% | 12% |
| Sées 4,168 · 12.4 mi | 51.8 | 33% | 2.9% | 1.9% |
| La Ferté Macé 5,071 · 13 mi | 53.8 | 32% | 3.2% | 6.1% |
| Argentan 13,527 · 13.8 mi | 46.3 | 27% | 2.3% | 8.2% |
| Bagnoles de l'Orne Normandie 2,699 · 15.5 mi | 61.9 | 45% | 54% | 7.1% |
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 Rouperroux
What is the population of Rouperroux?
174 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% more than in 2012 (157).
How old are Rouperroux’s residents?
The median age is 39.5, younger than 82% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Rouperroux?
12, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Rouperroux?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.1% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Rouperroux?
€25,930 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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