Photo: Ottaviani · CC BY 4.0Households in social housing make up 43% in Rouvroy, more than in 99% of compared French towns
Where 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town, Rouvroy has 21%. Across Rouvroy, 3.2% of households are headed by a manager or professional. With a median age of 40.4, Rouvroy is younger than 77% of compared French towns. The town is home to 8,552 residents in 3,630 households, by the 2023 Census.
Throughout this page, the Pas-de-Calais 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 Rouvroy
Social housing
43% of households rent from a social landlord (HLM), 16% rent privately and 41% own their home. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−1% since 2012: slower than 73% 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 Pas-de-Calais town −1%.
Residents aged 65 and over: 18%, a lower share than 77% 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
■ Rouvroy 40.4. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 11%; Rouvroy has 12%. To put it in context, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
30% of households are couples with children, more than in 74% 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 Pas-de-Calais median and the France median
Living alone · share
The figure for single-parent households is 12% in Rouvroy and 10% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 2.3 people on average. Few places have so few one-person households: 35% here, fewer than in 53% of compared French towns.
In Rouvroy, 11% of homes are flats, fewer than in 84% 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
In the typical compared French town, 2.1% of homes are second homes; in Rouvroy, 0.5%. The benchmark for flats in the typical compared French town: 30%. About one in 15: that is how common empty homes are in Rouvroy (6.7%).
A median standard of living of €20,430 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.
At €20,430 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 95% of compared French towns. One measure of hardship: 27.0% of residents are below the poverty line.
More households headed by a manual worker than 96% of compared French towns: 25%
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
Put another way, about one in three: 32% of households are headed by a retired person. As a yardstick, 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).
Only 2.2% of residents are immigrants in Rouvroy
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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Rouvroy comes in at 1.3%. The median compared commune in Pas-de-Calais has 1.7%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 90% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 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.
Rouvroy ranks below 77% of compared French towns on married residents: 39%
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
In the typical compared French town, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single; in Rouvroy, 28%. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Rouvroy sits below 95% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (16%)
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
Adults with no qualification make up 27%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 8,464 to 8,649 people: this is the 5th 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 35.8 in Varces-Allières-et-Risset to 62.3 in Le Grau-du-Roi.
Of the 6 towns nearest Rouvroy, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rouvroy | 40.4 | 18% | 0.5% | 2.2% |
| Drocourt 2,939 · 1.1 mi | 40.9 | 22% | 0.2% | 1.4% |
| Billy-Montigny 7,937 · 1.2 mi | 36.8 | 15% | 0.6% | 4.3% |
| Méricourt 11,619 · 1.5 mi | 40.6 | 20% | 0.4% | 5.3% |
| Fouquières-lès-Lens 6,087 · 1.9 mi | 39.2 | 20% | 0.4% | 3.6% |
| Noyelles-sous-Lens 6,854 · 2.2 mi | 40 | 20% | 0.3% | 4.7% |
| Hénin-Beaumont 25,688 · 2.3 mi | 39.9 | 18% | 0.6% | 4% |
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 Rouvroy
What is the population of Rouvroy?
8,552 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (8,617).
How old are Rouvroy’s residents?
The median age is 40.4, younger than 77% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Rouvroy?
19, with occasional dwellings: 0.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Rouvroy?
INSEE counts 190 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.2% of residents, and 110 foreign nationals (1.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Rouvroy?
€20,430 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 27.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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