La Roque-sur-Pernes: 38% of homes are second homes, above 96% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Here, 2.6% of households have no car. The 2023 Census counted 437 residents in 200 households. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%; La Roque-sur-Pernes has 5.4%.
Throughout this page, the Vaucluse 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 La Roque-sur-Pernes
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 120 second homes and occasional dwellings in La Roque-sur-Pernes, 38% of its 320 homes: higher than in 96% of compared French towns. 83% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of La Roque-sur-Pernes’ residents are under 53 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 30% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5.5% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 1.3% of homes stand empty
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
Turnover: 5.8% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 29% have lived in their home 30 years or more. 3.2% of homes are flats, a lower share than in 98% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes is 6.7%.
Slower growth than 74% of compared French towns: La Roque-sur-Pernes changed by −1% since 2012
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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved −6%, and from 2017 to 2023 +5%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Vaucluse town +7%.
Half of La Roque-sur-Pernes is over 53, older than 91% 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
■ La Roque-sur-Pernes 53. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, 7.4% of residents are 15 to 24 in La Roque-sur-Pernes. Census figures put residents aged 65 and over at 30% here.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vaucluse 51.9%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
A higher share of single-parent households than 89% of compared French towns, at 14%
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 Vaucluse median and the France median
Living alone · share
Against a figure of 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children in La Roque-sur-Pernes comes in at 19%. Few places have so few one-person households: 30% here, fewer than in 78% of compared French towns. Single-parent households: 10% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. The average household has 2.2 people.
A typical living standard of €29,600 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.
The median standard of living in La Roque-sur-Pernes is €29,600 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 82% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person: 40%, a higher share than 85% 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
In the typical compared French town, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional; in La Roque-sur-Pernes, 11%. As a yardstick, 32% 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).
Immigrants make up 5.7% of La Roque-sur-Pernes’ 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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 56% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Vaucluse has 6.8%. Put another way, about one in 18: 5.7% of residents are immigrants. There is little gap on foreign nationals: 3.8%, about the same as 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.
La Roque-sur-Pernes ranks above 99% of compared French towns on married residents: 54%
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, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single; in La Roque-sur-Pernes, 18%. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Adults with no qualification make up 11% in La Roque-sur-Pernes, less than in 94% of compared French towns
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
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, two in five adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification here. On average, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
7th highest median age among 41 French towns of 437 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
No nearby town is as old as La Roque-sur-Pernes
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Roque-sur-Pernes | 53 | 30% | 38% | 5.7% |
| Pernes-les-Fontaines 10,504 · 3.2 mi | 48.8 | 25% | 5.1% | 4.8% |
| Velleron 3,168 · 4.2 mi | 49.5 | 26% | 7% | 4.9% |
| L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue 20,244 · 4.8 mi | 49.1 | 27% | 9.9% | 9% |
| Mazan 6,285 · 5.1 mi | 48.9 | 27% | 9.4% | 5.2% |
| Carpentras 31,619 · 6.1 mi | 43.5 | 23% | 2.6% | 18% |
| Le Thor 8,882 · 6.6 mi | 45.2 | 21% | 3.6% | 6.2% |
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 La Roque-sur-Pernes
What is the population of La Roque-sur-Pernes?
437 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (441).
How old are La Roque-sur-Pernes’ residents?
The median age is 53, older than 91% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Roque-sur-Pernes?
120, with occasional dwellings: 38% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Roque-sur-Pernes?
INSEE counts 25 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.7% of residents, and 17 foreign nationals (3.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in La Roque-sur-Pernes?
€29,600 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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