Ronssoy sits below 99% of compared French towns for flats (0.4%)
Set against 6.7% in the typical compared French town, 10% of homes stand empty in Ronssoy. On the census count, 27% of households are one person living alone. Lower than in nearly three quarters of compared French towns: 6.2% of households are headed by a manager or professional. At the 2023 Census Ronssoy was home to 577 people in 240 households.
Throughout this page, the Somme 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 Ronssoy
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 8.3% single parents with children; 18% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Ronssoy changed by ±0% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 71% 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 Somme town −3%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought +1%; 2017 to 2023, −2%.
Half of Ronssoy is over 44.7, older than 55% 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
■ Ronssoy 44.7. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 23%. 11% of residents are 15 to 24, more than in 55% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%.
35% of households are couples with children, a share 93% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 Somme median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households here average 2.4 people each. At 8.3%, the share of single-parent households is lower than in just over three quarters of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of households without a car than 70% of compared French towns, at 7.5%
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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. About one in 26: that is how common second homes are in Ronssoy (3.9%). Against that, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town.
At the median, €24,540 a year to live on
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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €24,540 a year: lower than in 66% of compared French towns.
Ronssoy sits above 94% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (46%)
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
Where 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, Ronssoy has 19%. Across the comparison, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 93% of compared French towns, at 1.9%
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.
The median compared commune in Somme has 2.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 93% of compared French towns. On average, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Foreign nationals account for 0.2%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 85% of compared French towns: 21% of residents 15 and over are single
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
44% of residents 15 and over are married. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
A larger share of adults with no qualification than 95% of compared French towns: 32%
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 Ronssoy, 20%. By way of comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
18th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 577 to 2,582
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).
Of the 6 towns nearest Ronssoy, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ronssoy | 44.7 | 23% | 3.9% | 1.9% |
| Masnières 2,689 · 9.2 mi | 40 | 19% | 0.7% | 2.1% |
| Péronne 7,090 · 10.7 mi | 48.6 | 28% | 1.4% | 4.3% |
| Saint-Quentin 52,813 · 10.9 mi | 41.3 | 23% | 1.6% | 9% |
| Fresnoy-le-Grand 2,890 · 11.7 mi | 44.1 | 23% | 1.2% | 2.7% |
| Gauchy 5,183 · 12.2 mi | 47.7 | 24% | 0.4% | 4% |
| Proville 3,206 · 12.4 mi | 49.7 | 28% | 0.5% | 2.7% |
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 Ronssoy
What is the population of Ronssoy?
577 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (579).
How old are Ronssoy’s residents?
The median age is 44.7, older than 55% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Ronssoy?
11, with occasional dwellings: 3.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Ronssoy?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.9% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Ronssoy?
€24,540 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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