Half of Arvieu is over 55.7, older than 95% of compared French towns
The figure for flats is 2.6% in Arvieu and 30% in the typical compared French town. The 2023 Census counted 774 residents in 380 households. Census figures put households in social housing at 2.3% in the town. Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 84% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Aveyron 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 Arvieu
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 250 second homes and occasional dwellings in Arvieu, 37% of its 690 homes: higher than in 96% of compared French towns. 99% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Arvieu’s residents are under 55.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 34% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.2% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Arvieu had 820 residents at the 2012 census and 774 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 90% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A larger share of second homes than 96% of compared French towns: 37%
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
One household in 15 has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town. As a reference point, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. The census found that 6.5% of households have no car in Arvieu. More empty homes than in 59% of compared French towns: 7.5%.
A change of −6% since 2012 leaves Arvieu behind 90% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +1% in Aveyron.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 97% of compared French towns, at 7%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Arvieu 55.7. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 65 and over at 34%, Arvieu is ahead of 93% of compared French towns on that count. In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Aveyron 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Only 18% of households are couples with children in Arvieu
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 Aveyron median and the France median
Living alone · share
A household here holds 2 people on average. On single-parent households, Arvieu sits lower than 84% of compared French towns: 7.7%. Set beside that, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. By its share of one-person households (36%), Arvieu is above 54% of compared French towns.
A typical living standard of €24,660 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.
Living standards centre on €24,660 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 64% of compared French towns.
45% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 93% 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
With households headed by a manual worker at 12%, Arvieu is behind 67% of compared French towns on that count. Households headed by a retired person: 32% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Arvieu sits below 99% of compared French towns for immigrants (0.8%)
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.
4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, against 0.5% in Arvieu. The wider picture: 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
In Arvieu, 20% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 90% 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 share of married residents is 47%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
35% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, more 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
For Arvieu, the census puts adults with no qualification at 20%. Typically, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 5th 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.
Arvieu 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arvieu | 55.7 | 34% | 37% | 0.8% |
| Luc-la-Primaube 6,046 · 9.2 mi | 49.5 | 28% | 2.8% | 3.5% |
| Olemps 3,559 · 11.4 mi | 51.6 | 30% | 2% | 3.6% |
| Rodez 23,981 · 12.1 mi | 41.7 | 24% | 4.3% | 11% |
| Baraqueville 3,173 · 12.5 mi | 45.3 | 22% | 4.3% | 3.4% |
| Onet-le-Château 12,080 · 13.1 mi | 42.6 | 23% | 2.9% | 14% |
| Druelle Balsac 3,187 · 14.7 mi | 43.4 | 18% | 4% | 3.5% |
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 Arvieu
What is the population of Arvieu?
774 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (820).
How old are Arvieu’s residents?
The median age is 55.7, older than 95% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 34% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Arvieu?
250, with occasional dwellings: 37% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Arvieu?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.8% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (0.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Arvieu?
€24,660 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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