A lower share of flats than 98% of compared French towns, at 3.4%
In Rouillon, a quarter of households are one person living alone, beside 35% in the typical compared French town. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 2,382, in 980 households. For Rouillon, the census puts empty homes at 2.8%. 29% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 83% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Sarthe 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.
Since 2012, Rouillon has grown +5%, faster than 51% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved ±0%, and from 2017 to 2023 +5%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Sarthe town ±0%.
Older than 83% of compared French towns: half of Rouillon is over 49.9
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Rouillon 49.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Here one in ten residents are 15 to 24, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Sarthe 51.6%, France 51.8%.
5.6% of households are single parents, fewer than in 97% 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 Sarthe median and the France median
Living alone · share
Couples with children make up 28%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. Households here average 2.3 people each. As a yardstick, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
Households without a car make up 5.6% in Rouillon, less than in 83% 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
One household in 18 has no car (median compared French town: 11%). Households in social housing are rarer here than in 79% of compared French towns. Turnover: 7.1% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 25% have lived in their home 30 years or more.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €32,460 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 Rouillon’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €32,460 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 92% of compared French towns. Below the poverty line: 5.0% of residents.
A higher share of households headed by a manager or professional than 91% of compared French towns, at 22%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%; Rouillon has 7.6%. For households headed by a manager or professional, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 9.4%. Households headed by a retired person account for 39%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 83% of compared French towns: 2.9%
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.
Here 1.4% of residents are foreign nationals, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. As a reference point, 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.
Above 99% of compared French towns: 60% of residents 15 and over are married
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
With single residents at 18%, Rouillon is behind 98% of compared French towns on that count. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
Rouillon: 44% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, above 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
14% of adults out of school have no qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 19%. Elsewhere, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 2,382 to 2,582 people: this is the 14th oldest
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).
Rouillon sits below 1 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rouillon | 49.9 | 29% | 1.6% | 2.9% |
| Allonnes 10,739 · 2.9 mi | 44.7 | 26% | 1.2% | 12% |
| Le Mans 146,249 · 3 mi | 40.4 | 22% | 3.4% | 12% |
| Coulaines 8,121 · 3.3 mi | 40.1 | 21% | 0.7% | 12% |
| La Milesse 2,617 · 3.9 mi | 44.2 | 20% | 1.1% | 2.4% |
| Saint-Saturnin 2,774 · 3.9 mi | 47.8 | 25% | 1.3% | 3.7% |
| Sargé-lès-le-Mans 3,851 · 5.2 mi | 50.7 | 28% | 1% | 3% |
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 Rouillon
What is the population of Rouillon?
2,382 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (2,266).
How old are Rouillon’s residents?
The median age is 49.9, older than 83% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Rouillon?
16, with occasional dwellings: 1.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Rouillon?
INSEE counts 68 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.9% of residents, and 33 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Rouillon?
€32,460 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 5.0% 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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