In Rieucros, 1.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
Here 32% of households are couples with children, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%. At the 2023 Census Rieucros was home to 718 people in 310 households. About one in 18: that is how common flats are in Rieucros (5.6%). Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than in 85% of compared French towns: 8.8%.
Throughout this page, the Ariège 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.
A +11% change since 2012: Rieucros grew faster than 72% 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
The change was +8% from 2012 to 2017 and +2% from 2017 to 2023.
Younger than 65% of compared French towns: half of Rieucros is under 42.1
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Rieucros 42.1. The median compared French town: 44.
20% of residents are 65 or over (typical compared French town: 22%).
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ariège 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Rieucros ranks below 69% of compared French towns on one-person households: 31%
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 Ariège median and the France median
Living alone · share
Each household has 2.3 people on average. In the typical compared French town, just over a third of households are one person living alone. Rieucros has fewer single-parent households than 77% of compared French towns, at 8.2%.
Fewer households in social housing than 99% of compared French towns: 0.4%
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
Long tenure is the mark of 21% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 9.6% (under two years). Few places have as many second homes: 4.3% here, more than in 73% of compared French towns. On average, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. The figure for households without a car is 7.6% in Rieucros and 11% in the typical compared French town.
Median living standard: €23,970 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €23,970 a year: lower than in 72% of compared French towns.
22% of households are headed by a manual worker, a share 89% of compared French towns don’t reach
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: 31%, below three fifths of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of foreign nationals than 68% of compared French towns, at 2.8%
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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 60% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Ariège has 9.1%. The census found that 5.4% of residents are immigrants in Rieucros. Measured more widely, 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.
Below 86% of compared French towns: 21% of residents 15 and over are single
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
40% of residents 15 and over are married, against 43% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
Graduates of higher education: 17%, a lower share than 93% 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
Adults with no qualification make up 28%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
9th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 718 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).
A younger town than 5 of the 6 around it: Rieucros
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rieucros | 42.1 | 20% | 4.3% | 5.4% |
| Mirepoix 3,172 · 5.6 mi | 55.1 | 35% | 13% | 10% |
| La Tour-du-Crieu 3,230 · 5.8 mi | 44.8 | 23% | 1.3% | 6.3% |
| Saint-Jean-du-Falga 2,851 · 7 mi | 50 | 30% | 1.8% | 7.6% |
| Varilhes 3,487 · 7.1 mi | 46.7 | 26% | 3.7% | 4.1% |
| Pamiers 16,473 · 7.9 mi | 39.8 | 21% | 2.7% | 13% |
| Lavelanet 5,987 · 11.2 mi | 54.4 | 33% | 12% | 14% |
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 Rieucros
What is the population of Rieucros?
718 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% more than in 2012 (648).
How old are Rieucros’ residents?
The median age is 42.1, younger than 65% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Rieucros?
15, with occasional dwellings: 4.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Rieucros?
INSEE counts 39 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.4% of residents, and 20 foreign nationals (2.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Rieucros?
€23,970 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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