A resist composition including a resin component having a structural unit derived from a compound represented by formula (a0-1), in which W represents a polymerizable group-containing group; Ra01 represents an alkyl group or an aromatic heterocyclic group containing an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom; in the case where Ra01 is an aromatic heterocyclic group containing an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom, Ra02 is a group which forms an aliphatic cyclic group containing an electron-withdrawing group, together with the tertiary carbon atom (*C) to which Ra01 is bonded; and when Ra01 is an alkyl group, Ra02 is a group in which an aliphatic cyclic group containing an electron-withdrawing group forms a condensed ring together with an aromatic heterocyclic group containing an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom.