15% of homes in Rignac are second homes
The median age in Rignac is 48.1, higher than in three quarters of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 2,000 people lived here, in 920 households. Here, 10% of homes stand empty. Against a figure of 12% in the typical compared French town, the share of households in social housing in Rignac comes in at 5.7%.
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 Rignac
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 180 second homes and occasional dwellings in Rignac, 15% of its 1,220 homes: higher than in 91% of compared French towns. 41% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
8.1% of households have no car, fewer than in 66% 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
One household in 12 has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town. Higher than in 53% of compared French towns: 32% of homes are flats.
+5% since 2012, a pace 51% of compared French towns didn’t match
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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +2%, then +3% to 2023. Over those years, the median Aveyron town changed +1% and the median compared French town +5%.
Rignac ranks above 80% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 28%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Rignac 48.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24 here. On average, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aveyron 52.1%, France 51.8%.
20% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 74% of compared French towns
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
Each household has 2 people on average. By way of comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, one-person households are common here: 39%, more than in two thirds of compared French towns. What’s more, the share of single-parent households tops 69% of compared French towns: 11%.
A median standard of living of €25,130 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 €25,130 a year: lower than in 59% of compared French towns.
In Rignac, 7.6% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 62% 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
In the typical compared French town, 32% of households are headed by a retired person; in Rignac, 34%. Across the comparison, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town. 15% of households are headed by a manual worker, or about one in seven.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 76% of compared French towns: 3.7%
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 median compared commune in Aveyron has 6.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in just over three quarters of compared French towns. Foreign nationals account for 2.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 39% of residents 15 and over are married in Rignac
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 census found that 24% of residents 15 and over are single in Rignac. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
Graduates of higher education: 33%, a higher share than 60% 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
17% of adults out of school have no qualification, against 19% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 2,000 to 2,582 people: this is the 15th oldest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Rignac and its 6 nearest towns: 4 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rignac | 48.1 | 28% | 15% | 3.7% |
| Aubin 3,444 · 9 mi | 56.5 | 35% | 5.7% | 5% |
| Druelle Balsac 3,187 · 10.3 mi | 43.4 | 18% | 4% | 3.5% |
| Decazeville 5,020 · 10.8 mi | 53.8 | 35% | 3.1% | 9.4% |
| Baraqueville 3,173 · 11.6 mi | 45.3 | 22% | 4.3% | 3.4% |
| Villefranche-de-Rouergue 11,271 · 13.4 mi | 52.7 | 33% | 5.4% | 11% |
| Olemps 3,559 · 13.9 mi | 51.6 | 30% | 2% | 3.6% |
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 Rignac
What is the population of Rignac?
2,000 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (1,901).
How old are Rignac’s residents?
The median age is 48.1, older than 75% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Rignac?
180, with occasional dwellings: 15% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Rignac?
INSEE counts 74 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.7% of residents, and 50 foreign nationals (2.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Rignac?
€25,130 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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