Roquebrune-sur-Argens: 47% of homes are second homes, above 97% of compared French towns
Here nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. The 2023 Census counted 15,442 residents in 7,330 households. Households without a car account for 4.5%. On households headed by a manual worker, Roquebrune-sur-Argens sits lower than 85% of compared French towns: 8.5%.
Throughout this page, the Var 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 Roquebrune-sur-Argens
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 7,160 second homes and occasional dwellings in Roquebrune-sur-Argens, 47% of its 15,230 homes: higher than in 97% of compared French towns. 59% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Growing fast
Roquebrune-sur-Argens had 12,155 residents at the 2012 census and 15,442 in 2023, up 27%: faster growth than in 95% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Roquebrune-sur-Argens’ residents are under 51.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 30% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.7% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Below 94% of compared French towns: 3% of households rent social housing (HLM)
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
4.8% of homes stand empty (typical compared French town: 6.7%). In the typical compared French town, the share of households in social housing is 12%. Flats make up about one in three here (34%).
+27% since 2012, a pace 95% of compared French towns didn’t match
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 +17% to 2017, then +8% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +10% in Var.
A median age of 51.4: Roquebrune-sur-Argens is older than 87% 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
■ Roquebrune-sur-Argens 51.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Where just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, Roquebrune-sur-Argens has 30%.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Var 51.4%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
21% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 69% 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 Var median and the France median
Living alone · share
Average household size: 2.1 people. 8.2% of households are single parents, fewer than in 77% of compared French towns. The share of couples with children in the typical compared French town is 25%. By its share of one-person households (33%), Roquebrune-sur-Argens is below just over three fifths of compared French towns.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €27,790 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 Roquebrune-sur-Argens’ residents live in households with a standard of living below €27,790 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 69% of compared French towns. Living below the poverty line: 12.0% of residents.
In Roquebrune-sur-Argens, 39% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 80% of compared French towns
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
On households headed by a manager or professional, Roquebrune-sur-Argens sits higher than 56% of compared French towns: 10%. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 6.8% of Roquebrune-sur-Argens’ residents
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 Var has 6.5%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 53% of compared French towns. Put another way, about one in 15: 6.8% of residents are immigrants. Foreign nationals are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 4.2%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Roquebrune-sur-Argens ranks below 95% of compared French towns on single residents: 19%
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 Roquebrune-sur-Argens, 47% of residents 15 and over are married, beside 43% in the typical compared French town. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Below 74% of compared French towns: 15% of adults out of school have no qualification
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
Graduates of higher education make up 32%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 15,023 to 15,898 people: this is the 2nd 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.
Montévrain is the youngest (32.8); Biscarrosse the oldest (53.2).
Roquebrune-sur-Argens 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roquebrune-sur-Argens | 51.4 | 30% | 47% | 6.8% |
| Puget-sur-Argens 8,602 · 2.1 mi | 43.5 | 22% | 6.3% | 7.7% |
| Fréjus 59,719 · 4.6 mi | 49.5 | 30% | 35% | 12% |
| Le Muy 10,118 · 5.3 mi | 45 | 24% | 15% | 15% |
| La Motte 3,071 · 6.7 mi | 49.7 | 27% | 21% | 6.4% |
| Saint-Raphaël 37,113 · 6.9 mi | 58.9 | 41% | 43% | 8.7% |
| Bagnols-en-Forêt 3,194 · 7.3 mi | 48.3 | 26% | 24% | 7.1% |
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 Roquebrune-sur-Argens
What is the population of Roquebrune-sur-Argens?
15,442 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 27% more than in 2012 (12,155).
How old are Roquebrune-sur-Argens’ residents?
The median age is 51.4, older than 87% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Roquebrune-sur-Argens?
7,160, with occasional dwellings: 47% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Roquebrune-sur-Argens?
INSEE counts 1,060 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.8% of residents, and 650 foreign nationals (4.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Roquebrune-sur-Argens?
€27,790 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 12.0% 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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