Rouvray sits below 99% of compared French towns for households without a car (2.5%)
In the typical compared French town, just over a third of households are one person living alone; in Rouvray, 28%. Few places have as many second homes: 5.2% here, more than in 78% of compared French towns. This Yonne town is home to 368 residents in 160 households, by the 2023 Census. Households in social housing account for 0.6%.
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 Rouvray
Fewer residents than in 2012
Rouvray had 403 residents at the 2012 census and 368 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Rouvray has changed by −9%, slower than 96% 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
Over those years, the median Yonne town changed −4% and the median compared French town +5%.
Rouvray ranks below 89% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 8.4%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Rouvray 45.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Rouvray’s residents are over 45.3, older than in nearly three fifths of compared French towns. For comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. Residents aged 65 and over: 20% of the total.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Yonne 52.2%, France 51.8%.
28% of households are couples with children, a share 66% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Rouvray sits close to the norm on single-parent households: 9.4%, about the same as in the typical compared French town. Households here average 2.3 people each. Measured more widely, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
1.1% of homes stand empty, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
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
Newcomers of less than two years account for nearly one in ten households, residents of 30 years or more for 23%. Against that, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Few places have so few flats: 2.3% here, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns.
A median standard of living of €27,250 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.
At €27,250 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 63% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a manual worker than 80% of compared French towns, at 9.4%
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
Households headed by a retired person: 37% here and 32% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a manual worker come to 14%. 6.2% of households are headed by a manager or professional, or about one in 16.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 99% of compared French towns: 1.1%
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.
Foreign nationals make up 0.3%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 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.
In Rouvray, 18% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 98% of compared French towns
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
47% of residents 15 and over are married, against 43% in the typical compared French town. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 96% of compared French towns: 9.6%
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
With graduates of higher education at 32%, Rouvray is ahead of 58% of compared French towns on that count. Adults with no qualification make up 19% in the typical compared French town.
21st highest median age among 41 French towns of 368 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).
Rouvray sits below 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rouvray | 45.3 | 20% | 5.2% | 1.1% |
| Monéteau 4,114 · 5.4 mi | 52.1 | 32% | 2% | 6.2% |
| Appoigny 3,114 · 6.9 mi | 50.2 | 28% | 2.7% | 6.2% |
| Brienon-sur-Armançon 3,032 · 7.2 mi | 47 | 25% | 7.3% | 6.1% |
| Saint-Florentin 4,164 · 7.7 mi | 47.7 | 28% | 3.5% | 18% |
| Auxerre 35,097 · 8.3 mi | 44.1 | 24% | 3.1% | 13% |
| Migennes 6,688 · 8.6 mi | 45.1 | 25% | 1.8% | 17% |
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 Rouvray
What is the population of Rouvray?
368 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (403).
How old are Rouvray’s residents?
The median age is 45.3, older than 59% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Rouvray?
9, with occasional dwellings: 5.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Rouvray?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.1% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Rouvray?
€27,250 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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