Below 94% of compared French towns: 3.8% of households are headed by a manager or professional
By its share of one-person households (42%), Roye is above three quarters of compared French towns. This Somme town had 5,833 residents in 2,710 households at the 2023 Census. Across Roye, 21% of households have no car. Higher than in 74% of compared French towns: 9.2% of homes stand empty.
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 Roye
Social housing
31% of households rent from a social landlord (HLM), 26% rent privately and 40% own their home. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Roye had 6,158 residents at the 2012 census and 5,833 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.
A change of −5% since 2012 leaves Roye behind 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
The first five years brought −6%; the six to 2023, +1%.
Half of Roye is under 42.8, younger than 60% 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
■ Roye 42.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 12%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. About one in five: that is how common residents aged 65 and over are in Roye (22%).
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%.
In Roye, 21% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 71% 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 Somme median and the France median
Living alone · share
The average household has 2.1 people. In the typical compared French town, couples with children come to 25%. On single-parent households, Roye sits higher than 83% of compared French towns: 12%.
Households in social housing: 31%, a higher share than 93% 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
13% of households arrived within the last two years, while 20% have stayed 30 years or more. Roye has more flats than 57% of compared French towns, at 34%. Typically, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Car-free households: one in five, where the median compared French town has 11%.
Half above, half below €20,760 a year in standard of living
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.
Living standards centre on €20,760 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 94% of compared French towns. As for poverty, 27.0% of residents are below the line.
Roye ranks above 98% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 27%
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: 31%, below 60% of compared French towns. For households headed by a manual worker, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 3.7% in Roye, less than in 76% 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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Roye comes in at 2.8%. For immigrants, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.5%. The median compared commune in Somme has 2.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 76% 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.
Married residents: 32%, a lower share than 95% of compared French towns
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%; Roye has 32%. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
Roye ranks below 98% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 14%
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
The share of adults with no qualification tops 97% of compared French towns: 34%. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 5,798 to 5,873 people: this is the 15th 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.
Ages run from 35.9 in Viry to 57.4 in Montmorillon.
Nearby, 4 of 6 towns have older populations than Roye
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roye | 42.8 | 22% | 2.1% | 3.7% |
| Rosières-en-Santerre 2,894 · 8.8 mi | 46.9 | 27% | 0.9% | 2.3% |
| Montdidier 5,935 · 10.1 mi | 46.3 | 25% | 1.8% | 2.3% |
| Noyon 12,971 · 12.8 mi | 41.8 | 22% | 1.4% | 18% |
| Ham 4,378 · 13.4 mi | 45.8 | 25% | 1% | 2.8% |
| Ribécourt-Dreslincourt 3,871 · 14.1 mi | 40.5 | 18% | 1.2% | 7.3% |
| Moreuil 3,936 · 14.6 mi | 43.9 | 23% | 3% | 1.1% |
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 Roye
What is the population of Roye?
5,833 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (6,158).
How old are Roye’s residents?
The median age is 42.8, younger than 60% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Roye?
65, with occasional dwellings: 2.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Roye?
INSEE counts 210 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.7% of residents, and 160 foreign nationals (2.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Roye?
€20,760 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 27.0% 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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