Older than 90% of compared French towns: half of Roquecourbe is over 52.3
9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, against 3.9% in Roquecourbe. Locally, 5.6% of homes are second homes. Flats are rarer here than in nearly four fifths of compared French towns. This Tarn town had 2,172 residents in 1,020 households at the 2023 Census.
Throughout this page, the Tarn 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 Roquecourbe
An older town
Half of Roquecourbe’s residents are under 52.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 29% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.7% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Roquecourbe had 2,309 residents at the 2012 census and 2,172 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 91% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 160 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A −6% change since 2012: slower than 91% 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
Here the change came as −4% to 2017, then −2% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +7% in Tarn.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 82% of compared French towns: 29%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Roquecourbe 52.3. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 8.8% in Roquecourbe and 11% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Tarn 52.2%, France 51.8%.
More single-parent households than 81% of compared French towns: 12%
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 Tarn median and the France median
Living alone · share
On average, 2.1 people share a household. 22% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 64% of compared French towns. Typically, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Where just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, Roquecourbe has 34%.
In Roquecourbe, 13% of homes stand empty, more than in 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
One household in 14 has no car (median compared French town: 11%). For empty homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.7%. In Roquecourbe, 6.8% of households rent social housing (HLM). Fewer households without a car than in nearly three quarters of compared French towns: 6.9%.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €23,910 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €23,910 a year: lower than in 72% of compared French towns. The share living below the poverty line is 13.0%.
Roquecourbe ranks above 79% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 39%
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
The share of households headed by a manual worker tops 64% of compared French towns: 16%. For households headed by a retired person, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 4.1%, a lower share than 72% 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 trails 75% of compared French towns: 2.2%. 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.
21% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 84% 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
Where 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, Roquecourbe has 47%. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 88% of compared French towns: 19%
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 just over three quarters of compared French towns: 25%. Across the comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 8th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Roquecourbe is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roquecourbe | 52.3 | 29% | 5.6% | 4.1% |
| Castres 42,505 · 4.6 mi | 46.6 | 27% | 3% | 8.9% |
| Saïx 3,748 · 8.1 mi | 48.5 | 29% | 1.2% | 4.5% |
| Réalmont 3,561 · 8.9 mi | 47.7 | 29% | 3.5% | 5.5% |
| Labruguière 6,584 · 9.4 mi | 46 | 25% | 1.1% | 6.1% |
| Soual 2,637 · 11.3 mi | 45.3 | 25% | 1.7% | 4.2% |
| Aiguefonde 2,505 · 11.7 mi | 51 | 29% | 3.2% | 5.5% |
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 Roquecourbe
What is the population of Roquecourbe?
2,172 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (2,309).
How old are Roquecourbe’s residents?
The median age is 52.3, older than 90% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Roquecourbe?
70, with occasional dwellings: 5.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Roquecourbe?
INSEE counts 89 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.1% of residents, and 48 foreign nationals (2.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Roquecourbe?
€23,910 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 13.0% 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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