Households without a car: 4.9%, a lower share than 89% of compared French towns
Second homes make up 5.9%, against 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Here, 6.2% of households rent social housing (HLM). At 30%, the share of one-person households is lower than in three quarters of compared French towns. Robion had 4,816 residents in 2,130 households at the 2023 Census.
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 Robion
Growing fast
Robion had 4,129 residents at the 2012 census and 4,816 in 2023, up 17%: faster growth than in 85% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +17% change since 2012: Robion grew faster than 85% 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
In two steps, +10% to 2017 and +6% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +7% in Vaucluse.
8.4% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 89% 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
■ Robion 48.1. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 25%, against 22% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. With a median age of 48.1, Robion is older than 75% of compared French towns.
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%.
2,130 households; 30% are one person
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
A household here holds 2.2 people on average. Higher than in 55% of compared French towns: 10% of households are single parents. Robion sits close to the norm on couples with children: 25%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of flats than 77% of compared French towns, at 15%
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
11% of households moved in less than two years ago; 22% have been in their home 30 years or more. Robion has more empty homes than 51% of compared French towns, at 6.8%.
A typical living standard of €26,620 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 Robion’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €26,620 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 57% of compared French towns. Living below the poverty line: 12.0% of residents.
Households headed by a manager or professional: 13%, a higher share than 67% 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
Locally, 32% of households are headed by a retired person. On households headed by a manual worker, Robion sits higher than 52% of compared French towns: 14%. Households headed by a manager or professional: 9.4% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Robion sits below 77% of compared French towns for foreign nationals (2.1%)
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 70% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Vaucluse has 6.8%. Elsewhere, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
Robion ranks below 87% of compared French towns on single residents: 21%
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
The share of married residents is 45%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
35% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, a share 66% 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
In the typical compared French town, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification; in Robion, 17%. Elsewhere, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
12th highest median age among 41 French towns of 4,779 to 4,854
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Rosières-près-Troyes (32.7), the youngest, and La Turballe (60.2), the oldest.
Older than Robion: 2 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robion | 48.1 | 25% | 5.9% | 4.3% |
| Cavaillon 25,636 · 3.3 mi | 44.2 | 24% | 3.1% | 20% |
| Cheval-Blanc 4,362 · 3.9 mi | 48.8 | 24% | 4.8% | 5% |
| L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue 20,244 · 5.4 mi | 49.1 | 27% | 9.9% | 9% |
| Orgon 2,762 · 5.5 mi | 46.8 | 23% | 4.6% | 13% |
| Plan-d'Orgon 3,573 · 5.9 mi | 43.3 | 20% | 3.8% | 6.7% |
| Sénas 6,925 · 7.6 mi | 45.2 | 24% | 1.3% | 6.7% |
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 Robion
What is the population of Robion?
4,816 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 17% more than in 2012 (4,129).
How old are Robion’s residents?
The median age is 48.1, older than 75% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Robion?
140, with occasional dwellings: 5.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Robion?
INSEE counts 210 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.3% of residents, and 100 foreign nationals (2.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Robion?
€26,620 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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