Half of Rivedoux-Plage is over 56.6, older than 96% of compared French towns
Households in social housing: 1.2% here and 12% in the typical compared French town. Rivedoux-Plage counted 2,483 residents and 1,200 households at the 2023 Census. For Rivedoux-Plage, the census puts single-parent households at 6.7%. On households headed by a manual worker, Rivedoux-Plage sits lower than 97% of compared French towns: 4.6%.
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.
What stands out about the people of Rivedoux-Plage
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 860 second homes and occasional dwellings in Rivedoux-Plage, 40% of its 2,150 homes: higher than in 96% of compared French towns. 95% 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 Rivedoux-Plage’s residents are under 56.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 37% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 10% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
40% of homes in Rivedoux-Plage are second homes
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
4.8% of households have no car (typical compared French town: 11%). What’s more, on empty homes, Rivedoux-Plage sits lower than 84% of compared French towns: 4.3%. The comparison figure for second homes is 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Flats make up about one in 17 here (5.8%).
Since 2012, Rivedoux-Plage has grown +9%, faster than 66% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved ±0%, and from 2017 to 2023 +9%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Charente-Maritime town +8%.
In Rivedoux-Plage, 37% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 96% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Rivedoux-Plage 56.6. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 7.6%, Rivedoux-Plage is behind 95% of compared French towns on that count. To put it in context, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of couples with children than 74% of compared French towns, at 20%
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
Each household has 2.1 people on average. Fewer one-person households than in just over two thirds of compared French towns: 32%. By way of comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
A median standard of living of €32,750 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 €32,750 a year: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. Below the poverty threshold: 9.0% of the population.
49% of households are headed by a retired person, a share 97% 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
Census figures put households headed by a manager or professional at 10% in Rivedoux-Plage. The comparison figure for households headed by a retired person is 32% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
3.5% of residents are immigrants, below 78% 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.
2.8% of residents are foreign nationals (typical compared French town: 4.3%). Immigrants make up 6.5% 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.
A lower share of single residents than 99% of compared French towns, at 16%
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 52%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
12% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 90% 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
The share of graduates of higher education is 39%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 5th oldest of 41 French towns of 2,483 to 2,582 people
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.
Rivedoux-Plage is younger than 2 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rivedoux-Plage | 56.6 | 37% | 40% | 3.5% |
| Sainte-Marie-de-Ré 3,412 · 2.2 mi | 58.5 | 39% | 52% | 3.1% |
| La Flotte 3,150 · 3.1 mi | 58.4 | 39% | 54% | 2.8% |
| L'Houmeau 3,000 · 4.8 mi | 52.2 | 35% | 14% | 4.1% |
| La Rochelle 79,851 · 5.6 mi | 43.3 | 25% | 14% | 9.1% |
| Lagord 7,802 · 6 mi | 51.4 | 32% | 9.3% | 4.4% |
| Nieul-sur-Mer 5,811 · 6.1 mi | 55.8 | 34% | 4.1% | 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 Rivedoux-Plage
What is the population of Rivedoux-Plage?
2,483 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (2,282).
How old are Rivedoux-Plage’s residents?
The median age is 56.6, older than 96% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 37% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Rivedoux-Plage?
860, with occasional dwellings: 40% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Rivedoux-Plage?
INSEE counts 86 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.5% of residents, and 69 foreign nationals (2.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Rivedoux-Plage?
€32,750 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 9.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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