Rodès: 17% of homes are second homes, above 92% of compared French towns
In Rodès, 5.1% of homes are flats, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. About one in 28: that is how common households in social housing are in Rodès (3.6%). The town has more single-parent households than 94% of compared French towns, at 15%. At the 2023 Census Rodès was home to 758 people in 340 households.
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 Rodès
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 78 second homes and occasional dwellings in Rodès, 17% of its 450 homes: higher than in 92% of compared French towns. 99% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Growing fast
Rodès had 626 residents at the 2012 census and 758 in 2023, up 21%: faster growth than in 91% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Households without a car: 4.7%, a lower share than 90% 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
Just over one in ten households moved in less than two years ago; 15% have been in their home 30 years or more. Elsewhere, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. Empty homes: 6.9%, near enough the figure in the typical compared French town.
Faster growth than 91% of compared French towns: Rodès changed by +21% since 2012
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
The first five years brought −1%; the six to 2023, +22%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Pyrénées-Orientales town +10%.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 85% of compared French towns, at 8.7%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Rodès 45. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 22% in the typical compared French town, a fifth of residents are 65 or over in Rodès. With a median age of 45, Rodès is older than 57% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Orientales 52.6%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of couples with children than 57% of compared French towns: 26%
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
The average household has 2.2 people. The comparison figure for couples with children is 25% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, just over a third of households are one person living alone; in Rodès, 34%.
A typical living standard of €23,350 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €23,350 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 78% of compared French towns.
In Rodès, 16% of households are headed by a manager or professional, more than in 80% 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
Households headed by a retired person: 34% here and 32% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in seven: 15% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
6.3% of Rodès’ residents are immigrants
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 make up a share lower than in just over half of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Pyrénées-Orientales has 7.9%. The census found that 3.7% of residents are foreign nationals in Rodès.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Fewer married residents than 69% of compared French towns: 40%
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
Just over a quarter of residents 15 and over are single. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
Adults with no qualification: 12%, a lower share than 87% of compared French towns
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
Graduates of higher education come to 29% in Rodès, about three in ten. By way of comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 758 to 2,582 people: this is the 20th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Median age: 4 of the 6 towns around Rodès 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rodès | 45 | 20% | 17% | 6.3% |
| Ille-sur-Têt 5,556 · 3.2 mi | 49.6 | 28% | 5.1% | 14% |
| Millas 4,417 · 7.2 mi | 45.1 | 24% | 7.7% | 7.7% |
| Prades 6,148 · 7.4 mi | 53.9 | 34% | 11% | 11% |
| Saint-Féliu-d'Avall 2,950 · 9.4 mi | 43.1 | 20% | 2.5% | 13% |
| Thuir 8,243 · 10 mi | 49.8 | 27% | 2.1% | 9% |
| Pézilla-la-Rivière 4,129 · 10.9 mi | 41.6 | 20% | 2.6% | 6% |
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 Rodès
What is the population of Rodès?
758 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 21% more than in 2012 (626).
How old are Rodès’ residents?
The median age is 45, older than 57% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Rodès?
78, with occasional dwellings: 17% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Rodès?
INSEE counts 48 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.3% of residents, and 28 foreign nationals (3.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Rodès?
€23,350 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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