Roaix ranks above 94% of compared French towns on second homes: 26%
In Roaix, 3.2% of homes stand empty, beside 6.7% in the typical compared French town. The town had 626 residents in 300 households at the 2023 Census. For Roaix, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 7.8%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
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 Roaix
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 110 second homes and occasional dwellings in Roaix, 26% of its 420 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 68% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Roaix sits below 76% of compared French towns for households without a car (6.5%)
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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 8.6% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 19%. Against that, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. Roaix has fewer flats than 71% of compared French towns, at 18%.
Roaix changed by −3% from 2012 to 2023, behind 82% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +7% in Vaucluse. Here the change came as ±0% to 2017, then −3% to 2023.
A median age of 49.3: Roaix is older than 80% 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
■ Roaix 49.3. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 65 and over at 29%, Roaix is ahead of 83% of compared French towns on that count.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 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.
Only 8.2% of households are single parents in Roaix
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
Households average 2.1 people. Across the comparison, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Roaix has more one-person households than just over half of compared French towns, at 35%. At 25%, couples with children sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
The median resident lives on €23,570 a year per consumption unit
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 €23,570 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 76% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a manual worker than 77% of compared French towns: 9.9%
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, 32% of households are headed by a retired person; in Roaix, 36%. Census figures put households headed by a manager or professional at 6.5% here. On average, 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).
10% of residents are immigrants, more than in 70% 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.
6.8% of residents are foreign nationals, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 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.
Fewer single residents than 65% of compared French towns: 24%
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
With married residents at 44%, Roaix is ahead of 60% of compared French towns on that count. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
33% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, a share 59% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
For Roaix, the census puts adults with no qualification at 19%. Against that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (626 to 2,582 people), the 14th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
3 of 6 neighbors are older than Roaix
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roaix | 49.3 | 29% | 26% | 10% |
| Vaison-la-Romaine 6,058 · 2.6 mi | 56.6 | 38% | 15% | 12% |
| Sainte-Cécile-les-Vignes 2,656 · 6.4 mi | 45.1 | 23% | 7.8% | 6% |
| Malaucène 2,758 · 7.5 mi | 51.5 | 30% | 34% | 7.3% |
| Camaret-sur-Aigues 4,533 · 9.2 mi | 44.7 | 19% | 1.9% | 6.7% |
| Sérignan-du-Comtat 2,939 · 9.4 mi | 44.3 | 22% | 3.6% | 5% |
| Valréas 9,224 · 9.4 mi | 49.4 | 30% | 4.6% | 14% |
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 Roaix
What is the population of Roaix?
626 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (646).
How old are Roaix’s residents?
The median age is 49.3, older than 80% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Roaix?
110, with occasional dwellings: 26% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Roaix?
INSEE counts 63 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 10% of residents, and 43 foreign nationals (6.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Roaix?
€23,570 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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