The town: Roquemaure
What is the portrait of the inhabitants of Roquemaure?
The territory of Roquemaure covers 26.04 km². In 2018, the municipality had 5,520 inhabitants, its density then reached 212 inhabitants/square kilometer. In the Gard department, this locality therefore occupied 51st position in terms of population density.
What are the characteristics of Roquemaure’s accommodation?
Roquemaure has 2,783 housing units and nearly 5,500 inhabitants, spread over an area of 26.04 km². The locality has a housing density of 1.1 log/ha and a population density of 212 inhabitants per km². They are both higher than the national averages (0.6 log/ha and 106 inhabitants/km²).
Characteristics and practical information on the distribution of housing in the municipality
There are currently many more owners than tenants in the locality. Around 62.7% of main residences are occupied by owners and 37.2% occupied by tenants (including 3.6% free of charge). Among the homes in Roquemaure, 3.1% are second homes, 13.4% are vacant homes and 83.5% are primary residences. Social housing makes up 5.6% of homes. Most of the 2,324 households settled in the city between 10 and 19 years ago.
What are the characteristics of the rooms in city housing
Across the city, the majority of housing is houses (70.4%). Family houses (4 rooms) are the most numerous. They alone represent 32.2% of the latter and their surface area is mainly between 80 and 100 m². There are also many houses with 5 rooms (25.7%). As for apartments, there are 788 (or 28.3%); they are mainly composed of 3 pieces. Most often, their surface area is between 60 and 80 m². Finally, we can see that the housing in Roquemaure was mainly built between 1971 and 1990.
What are the characteristics of Roquemaure’s taxes?
Roquemaure has a total of 3,155 tax households. Nearly 56.5% of these are not taxable. This figure is slightly higher than that of the department which stands at 56%. Tax households have a median annual income of €19,840, or €400 less than that of Gard. Per tax household, the inhabitants of Roquemaure pay on average an income tax of €1,058. The latter is therefore lower than that of the department which amounts to €1,325. On the other hand, 1,189 households reported receiving a retirement or pension.
Around 32.9% of the total amount of income tax in this locality is paid by tax households declaring a reference tax income below 50,000 euros. Households with an annual income above 100,000 euros contribute 33% of the total net tax.
Characteristics and practical information about employment in Roquemaure
In Roquemaure, the activity rate stood at 74.06% as of December 31, 2018: there were in fact 2,495 active people out of 3,369 inhabitants of working age. The share of active workers was then comparable to that of France, where the activity rate reached 71.9%.
Among all active workers in the locality, 425 were unemployed, the unemployment rate was therefore 17.03%. There was then a very strong gap with the statistics for the entire national territory, which recorded an unemployment rate of 9.1%.
Unemployment rate by CSP in Roquemaure
In Roquemaure, in 2018, the socio-professional category of workers was the most affected by unemployment, 27.16% of workers were unemployed. There were 21.22% of unemployed employees, 14.73% of intermediate professions, 7.35% of traders, artisans and business leaders and 6.07% of executives. Out of 20 farmers, all were busy.
