Older than 90% of compared French towns: half of Rosières is over 52.5
Against a figure of 9.4% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional in Rosières comes in at 3.1%. Census day 2023: 716 residents and 330 households here. The share of households without a car stands at 3.2%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
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 Rosières
An older town
Half of Rosières’ residents are under 52.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 29% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.1% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Rosières had 764 residents at the 2012 census and 716 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 91% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Rosières changed by −6% from 2012 to 2023, 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Tarn town +7%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought −3%; 2017 to 2023, −4%.
Above 83% of compared French towns: 29% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Rosières 52.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: a tenth of the total. Measured more widely, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Tarn 52.2%, France 51.8%.
4.5% of households are single parents, fewer than in 99% 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 Tarn median and the France median
Living alone · share
27% of households are couples with children, against 25% in the median compared French town; 4.5% are single parents with their children (10%). Households average 2.2 people. Couples with children are more common here than in three fifths of compared French towns.
5.5% of homes in Rosières are second homes
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
Here nearly one in ten homes stand empty, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 6.7%. In the typical compared French town, 2.1% of homes are second homes. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Half above, half below €26,040 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.
Half of residents live in households above €26,040 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 51% of compared French towns.
Rosières ranks above 73% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 18%
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 retired person tops 59% of compared French towns: 34%. As a reference point, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker 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 96% of compared French towns, at 1.5%
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.
By its share of foreign nationals (0.8%), Rosières is below 96% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 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.
Rosières: 56% of residents 15 and over are married, above 99% 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 Rosières, 17% of residents 15 and over are single, beside 25% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
Rosières sits below 83% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (21%)
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
More adults with no qualification than in 55% of compared French towns: 20%. For graduates of higher education, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%.
The 8th oldest of 41 French towns of 716 to 2,582 people
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).
Every neighbor is younger than Rosières
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rosières | 52.5 | 29% | 5.5% | 1.5% |
| Carmaux 9,872 · 1.3 mi | 52.4 | 32% | 2.8% | 8.4% |
| Blaye-les-Mines 2,902 · 2 mi | 51 | 29% | 1.9% | 6.2% |
| Cagnac-les-Mines 2,621 · 5.2 mi | 46.5 | 24% | 2.8% | 3.3% |
| Lescure-d'Albigeois 4,590 · 6 mi | 49.1 | 27% | 1.7% | 4.3% |
| Arthès 2,528 · 6.1 mi | 49.2 | 25% | 0.9% | 3.9% |
| Saint-Juéry 6,564 · 7.2 mi | 49.7 | 29% | 1.5% | 5.8% |
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 Rosières
What is the population of Rosières?
716 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (764).
How old are Rosières’ residents?
The median age is 52.5, older than 90% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Rosières?
21, with occasional dwellings: 5.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Rosières?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.5% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (0.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Rosières?
€26,040 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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