Rieux-de-Pelleport sits below 95% of compared French towns for flats (5.1%)
4.5% of households have no car; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%. On the census count, 26% of households are headed by a retired person. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Rieux-de-Pelleport counted 1,253 residents and 520 households at the 2023 Census.
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.
What stands out about the people of Rieux-de-Pelleport
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 6.9% single parents with children; 18% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 71% of compared French towns grew faster than Rieux-de-Pelleport: ±0%
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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Ariège town +2%. The first five years brought +4%; the six to 2023, −4%.
A lower share of residents aged 65 and over than 69% of compared French towns, at 19%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Rieux-de-Pelleport 42.9. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 42.9, Rieux-de-Pelleport is younger than 59% of compared French towns. Census figures put residents aged 15 to 24 at 11% locally. Measured more widely, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ariège 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Above 90% of compared French towns: 34% of households are couples with children
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
The share of one-person households is 25%, against 35% in the typical compared French town. Census figures put single-parent households at 6.9% in Rieux-de-Pelleport.
Second homes: 3.2%, a higher share than 64% 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
11% of households moved in less than two years ago; 17% have been in their home 30 years or more. For second homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. At 5.7%, the share of empty homes is lower than in 64% of compared French towns.
A median of €26,090 a year per consumption unit
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 €26,090 a year: higher than in 51% of compared French towns.
Below 78% of compared French towns: 9.9% of households are headed by a manual worker
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
Census figures put households headed by a manager or professional at 8.6% in Rieux-de-Pelleport. Measured more widely, 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).
Foreign nationals: 1.3%, a lower share than 89% of compared French towns
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.
Compared with 6.5% in the typical compared French town, 3.9% of residents are immigrants here. The median compared commune in Ariège has 9.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 74% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 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.
45% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 62% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 single residents is 24% in Rieux-de-Pelleport and 25% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
In Rieux-de-Pelleport, 25% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 67% 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
Nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, against 16% in Rieux-de-Pelleport. In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification.
41 French towns of 1,253 to 2,582 people: this is the 10th youngest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Nearby, 5 of 6 towns have older populations than Rieux-de-Pelleport
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rieux-de-Pelleport | 42.9 | 19% | 3.2% | 3.9% |
| Varilhes 3,487 · 1.2 mi | 46.7 | 26% | 3.7% | 4.1% |
| Saint-Jean-du-Falga 2,851 · 1.8 mi | 50 | 30% | 1.8% | 7.6% |
| La Tour-du-Crieu 3,230 · 3.6 mi | 44.8 | 23% | 1.3% | 6.3% |
| Pamiers 16,473 · 3.9 mi | 39.8 | 21% | 2.7% | 13% |
| Foix 9,934 · 6.8 mi | 46.8 | 27% | 7.6% | 15% |
| Saverdun 4,808 · 12.1 mi | 44 | 21% | 2.4% | 7.3% |
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 Rieux-de-Pelleport
What is the population of Rieux-de-Pelleport?
1,253 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (1,256).
How old are Rieux-de-Pelleport’s residents?
The median age is 42.9, younger than 59% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Rieux-de-Pelleport?
18, with occasional dwellings: 3.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Rieux-de-Pelleport?
INSEE counts 49 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.9% of residents, and 16 foreign nationals (1.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Rieux-de-Pelleport?
€26,090 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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