6.5% of residents are 15 to 24, below 98% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 386 residents in 180 households: that is Rousson at the 2023 Census. Across Rousson, 33% of households are couples with children. Set against 2.1% in the typical compared French town, 8.5% of homes are second homes locally.
Throughout this page, the Yonne 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 Rousson
Fewer residents than in 2012
Rousson had 417 residents at the 2012 census and 386 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 94% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A change of −7% since 2012 leaves Rousson behind 94% 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, −4% in Yonne.
Half of Rousson is over 47, older than 69% 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
■ Rousson 47. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 65 and over at 24%, Rousson is ahead of 61% of compared French towns on that count.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Yonne 52.2%, France 51.8%.
More single-parent households than 95% of compared French towns: 15%
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 Yonne median and the France median
Living alone · share
28% of households are one person living alone (typical compared French town: 35%). By way of comparison, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Households average 2.2 people.
Rousson ranks below 92% of compared French towns on households without a car: 4.3%
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 5.1% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 27%. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. Empty homes: 10%, above 81% of compared French towns.
€27,050 a year: the median 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €27,050 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 62% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person make up 21% in Rousson, less than in 93% 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
The figure for households headed by a manager or professional is 6.1% in Rousson and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a retired person come to 32%. About one in 11: that is how common households headed by a manual worker are in Rousson (8.7%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 2.7% of residents are foreign nationals in Rousson
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.
In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants; in Rousson, 5.1%. Immigrants make up a share lower than in 62% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Yonne has 9.2%. By way of comparison, 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.
Rousson sits below 86% of compared French towns for 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 tops 78% of compared French towns: 47%. Across the comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Below 87% of compared French towns: 19% of adults out of school hold a higher-education 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
By its share of adults with no qualification (23%), Rousson is above 68% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification.
15th highest median age among 41 French towns of 386 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).
Rousson sits below 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rousson | 47 | 24% | 8.5% | 5.1% |
| Villeneuve-sur-Yonne 5,135 · 1.9 mi | 49.9 | 29% | 7.5% | 6.3% |
| Paron 4,834 · 6.3 mi | 43.3 | 22% | 1.5% | 12% |
| Sens 27,106 · 7.2 mi | 42.1 | 23% | 2.6% | 20% |
| Saint-Clément 2,849 · 8.6 mi | 49.6 | 30% | 2.1% | 14% |
| Joigny 9,016 · 10.3 mi | 43.4 | 25% | 4.8% | 21% |
| Courtenay 3,772 · 10.5 mi | 53.7 | 35% | 6.8% | 5.1% |
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 Rousson
What is the population of Rousson?
386 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (417).
How old are Rousson’s residents?
The median age is 47, older than 69% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Rousson?
18, with occasional dwellings: 8.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Rousson?
INSEE counts 20 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.1% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (2.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Rousson?
€27,050 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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