Rigaud ranks below 99% of compared French towns on couples with children: 5.9%
Where just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, Rigaud has 3.5%. One in ten homes stand empty, or about one in ten. Fewer households without a car than in 71% of compared French towns: 7.2%. The town counted 165 residents and 81 households at the 2023 Census.
Throughout this page, the Alpes-Maritimes 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 Rigaud
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 100 second homes and occasional dwellings in Rigaud, 50% of its 200 homes: higher than in 97% of compared French towns. 68% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Rigaud had 220 residents at the 2012 census and 165 in 2023, down 25%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Rigaud’s residents are under 54.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 33% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
More second homes than 97% of compared French towns: 50%
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 4.8% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 17%. For second homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Car-free households: one in 14, where the median compared French town has 11%.
Slower growth than 99% of compared French towns: Rigaud changed by −25% since 2012
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
The median Alpes-Maritimes town changed +6% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −4% and the next six −22%.
Rigaud is older than 93% of compared French towns: a median age of 54.2
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Rigaud 54.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 22% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over in Rigaud comes in at 33%.
Women and men · all residents
44% women, 56% men
About 79 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Alpes-Maritimes 52.2%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of single-parent households than 99% of compared French towns, at 18%
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 Alpes-Maritimes median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households here average 2.1 people each. Few places have as many one-person households: 41% here, more than in nearly three quarters of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
At the median, €22,880 a year to live on
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 Rigaud’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €22,880 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 82% of compared French towns.
18% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 73% 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
By its share of households headed by a retired person (35%), Rigaud is above nearly two thirds of compared French towns. The usual figure: 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manager or professional: 12% of the total.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Rigaud ranks below 99% of compared French towns on foreign nationals: 0.6%
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.
The share of immigrants is 5.3%, against 6.5% in the typical compared French town. That is lower than in 60% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Alpes-Maritimes has 11%. In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents: 17%, a lower share than 99% 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
The figure for married residents is 49% in Rigaud and 43% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 20%, a lower share than 86% of compared French towns
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
The share of adults with no qualification tops 71% of compared French towns: 23%. Set beside that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 7th oldest of 41 French towns this size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Rigaud is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rigaud | 54.2 | 33% | 50% | 5.3% |
| Levens 5,377 · 15.1 mi | 44.5 | 20% | 7.2% | 4.6% |
| Saint-Martin-du-Var 3,431 · 15.2 mi | 39.4 | 20% | 0.8% | 6.9% |
| Carros 13,803 · 17.3 mi | 40.1 | 17% | 3.3% | 11% |
| Gattières 4,358 · 17.9 mi | 46.5 | 24% | 6.8% | 6.8% |
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 Rigaud
What is the population of Rigaud?
165 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 25% fewer than in 2012 (220).
How old are Rigaud’s residents?
The median age is 54.2, older than 93% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 33% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Rigaud?
100, with occasional dwellings: 50% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Rigaud?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.3% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Rigaud?
€22,880 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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