A higher share of second homes than 94% of compared French towns, at 23%
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 121 residents in 50 households: that is Royon at the 2023 Census. The census found that 4% of households have no car in the town. The figure for single-parent households is 20% in Royon and 10% in the typical compared French town.
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 Royon
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 16 second homes and occasional dwellings in Royon, 23% of its 71 homes: higher than in 94% 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 ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Royon had 128 residents at the 2012 census and 121 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 89% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
One home in four in Royon is a second home
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
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Across Royon, 7% of homes stand empty.
Since 2012, Royon has changed by −5%, slower than 89% 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
Over those years, the median Pas-de-Calais town changed −1% and the median compared French town +5%.
Royon: 29% of residents are 65 or over, above 83% 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
■ Royon 44.9. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 44.9, Royon is older than 56% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. 11% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 112 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
In Royon, 30% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 77% 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
Couples with children: 20% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. On average, 2.4 people share a household. The wider picture: 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Standard of living at the median: €24,030 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 €24,030 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 71% of compared French towns.
20% of households are headed by a retired person, fewer than in 95% of compared French towns
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 14% in the typical compared French town, 20% of households are headed by a manual worker in Royon. The wider picture: 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Across Royon, one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 0% of Royon’s residents
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.
Immigrants are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A higher share of married residents than 98% of compared French towns, at 53%
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 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of single residents in Royon comes in at 20%. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
Royon ranks above 85% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 27%
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 Royon, 24%. As a yardstick, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 18th youngest of 41 French towns of 121 to 2,582 people
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).
Royon is younger than 3 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Royon | 44.9 | 29% | 23% | 0% |
| Hesdin-la-Forêt 4,480 · 7.1 mi | 52.1 | 33% | 3.5% | 2.4% |
| Desvres 4,829 · 15.3 mi | 41.9 | 23% | 1.5% | 0.9% |
| Samer 4,704 · 15.7 mi | 37.7 | 16% | 1% | 0.6% |
| Étaples 10,710 · 15.8 mi | 43.6 | 22% | 7% | 1.3% |
| Verton 2,571 · 16.1 mi | 47.1 | 23% | 13% | 1.5% |
| Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise 4,677 · 16.3 mi | 47.7 | 25% | 1.5% | 1.8% |
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 Royon
What is the population of Royon?
121 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (128).
How old are Royon’s residents?
The median age is 44.9, older than 56% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Royon?
16, with occasional dwellings: 23% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Royon?
INSEE counts 0 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0% 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 Royon?
€24,030 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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