Rabouillet is older than 99% of compared French towns: a median age of 61.2
11% of households are couples with children; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%. Households headed by a retired person are more common here than in 92% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 85 residents in Rabouillet, living in 46 households. The census found that 2.2% of households have no car here.
Throughout this page, the Pyrénées-Orientales 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 Rabouillet
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 75 second homes and occasional dwellings in Rabouillet, 56% of its 130 homes: higher than in 98% 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 ↓
An older town
Half of Rabouillet’s residents are under 61.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 42% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 17% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Rabouillet had 111 residents at the 2012 census and 85 in 2023, down 23%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
More second homes than 98% of compared French towns: 56%
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
Of all households, 8.9% moved in during the last two years and 16% have stayed three decades or more. Elsewhere, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Rabouillet has fewer flats than 99% of compared French towns, at 2.3%. With empty homes at 10%, Rabouillet is ahead of 79% of compared French towns on that count.
Since 2012, Rabouillet has changed by −23%, slower than 99% 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 the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Pyrénées-Orientales town +10%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought −7%; 2017 to 2023, −17%.
Rabouillet: 42% of residents are 65 or over, above 98% 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
■ Rabouillet 61.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 3.6%, below 99% of compared French towns. Typically, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
39% women, 61% men
About 63 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Orientales 52.6%, France 51.8%.
Rabouillet sits above 82% of compared French towns for one-person households (44%)
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 Pyrénées-Orientales median and the France median
Living alone · share
Compared with 10% in the typical compared French town, 11% of households are single parents here. Across the comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Households here average 1.8 people each.
Below 70% of compared French towns: 11% of households are headed by a manual worker
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
9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, against 11% in Rabouillet. The usual figure: 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 13% in Rabouillet, more than in 82% 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 tops 76% of compared French towns: 8.4%. Immigrants make up 6.5% 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.
A larger share of married residents than 99% of compared French towns: 57%
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
Single residents: 19%, below 96% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
A higher share of graduates of higher education than 61% of compared French towns, at 33%
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 Rabouillet, 17% of adults out of school have no qualification, beside 19% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 2nd oldest of 41 French towns this size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
No nearby town is as old as Rabouillet
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rabouillet | 61.2 | 42% | 56% | 13% |
| Prades 6,148 · 8 mi | 53.9 | 34% | 11% | 11% |
| Ille-sur-Têt 5,556 · 12.5 mi | 49.6 | 28% | 5.1% | 14% |
| Quillan 2,978 · 14.7 mi | 59.1 | 38% | 19% | 14% |
| Millas 4,417 · 15.8 mi | 45.1 | 24% | 7.7% | 7.7% |
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 Rabouillet
What is the population of Rabouillet?
85 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 23% fewer than in 2012 (111).
How old are Rabouillet’s residents?
The median age is 61.2, older than 99% of compared French towns. 12% are under 18 and 42% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Rabouillet?
75, with occasional dwellings: 56% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Rabouillet?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 13% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (8.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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