Only 1.1% of households rent social housing (HLM) in Rioux
7% of homes are second homes; in the typical compared French town the figure is 2.1%. At 4.7%, the share of flats is lower than in 96% of compared French towns. Rioux is home to 964 residents in 440 households, by the 2023 Census. Census figures put couples with children at 19% locally.
Throughout this page, the Charente-Maritime 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.
Slower growth than 56% of compared French towns: Rioux changed by +3% 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
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 95% of compared French towns: 7.4%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Rioux 46.1. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Rioux is 46.1, higher than in 64% of compared French towns. For comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of one-person households than 91% of compared French towns: 26%
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 Charente-Maritime median and the France median
Living alone · share
Here 13% of households are single parents, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 10%. On average, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Rioux sits below 89% of compared French towns for households without a car (4.9%)
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
9.3% of households moved in less than two years ago; 22% have been in their home 30 years or more. Typically, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. Few places have as many empty homes: 7% here, more than in 53% of compared French towns.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €24,760 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.
Half of Rioux’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €24,760 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 63% of compared French towns.
Rioux: 19% of households are headed by a manual worker, above 78% 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
Households headed by a retired person: 37% here and 32% in the typical compared French town. Rioux has fewer households headed by a manager or professional than 52% of compared French towns, at 9.1%. The wider picture: 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).
Rioux sits below 74% of compared French towns for immigrants (3.9%)
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.
Foreign nationals: 3.2% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 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.
Fewer single residents than 98% of compared French towns: 18%
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
Married residents: 44% of the total. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Graduates of higher education: 24%, a lower share than 73% 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
At 19%, the share of adults with no qualification is higher than in 53% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
19th highest median age among 41 French towns of 964 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Rioux is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Rioux
What is the population of Rioux?
964 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (933).
How old are Rioux’s residents?
The median age is 46.1, older than 64% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Rioux?
35, with occasional dwellings: 7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Rioux?
INSEE counts 38 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.9% of residents, and 31 foreign nationals (3.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Rioux?
€24,760 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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