Flats: 0.4%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, 11% of households have no car; in Rivières, 3.8%. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 2,015, in 800 households. Here, 0.5% of households rent social housing (HLM). Households headed by a retired person are more common here than in 92% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Charente 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 Rivières
An older town
Half of Rivières’ residents are under 51.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 34% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 14% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Rivières’s population changed by +7% since 2012, more than in 59% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +6%, then +1% to 2023.
Rivières sits below 97% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (6.9%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Rivières 51.8. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 51.8, Rivières is older than 88% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. Locally, just over a third of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Rivières sits below 85% of compared French towns for one-person households (28%)
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 median and the France median
Living alone · share
In the typical compared French town, 10% of households are single parents; in Rivières, 12%. On couples with children, Rivières sits higher than 53% of compared French towns: 26%. The comparison figure for one-person households is 35% in the typical compared French town. Households average 2.3 people.
5% of homes in Rivières 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
Some 6.3% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 28% who have been there 30 years or more. Measured more widely, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Here, 4.4% of homes stand empty.
€25,990 a year: the median standard of living
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 €25,990 a year: higher than in 50% of compared French towns.
18% of households are headed by a manual worker, a share 75% 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
Nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional, a lower share than in 55% of compared French towns. On average, 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).
2.2% of residents are immigrants, below 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.
Here 1.3% of residents are foreign nationals, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. To put it in context, 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.
Single residents make up 18% in Rivières, less than in 97% 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
For Rivières, the census puts married residents at 44%. Against that, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
In Rivières, 24% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 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
In Rivières, nearly a quarter of adults out of school have no qualification, beside 19% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 9th oldest of 41 French towns of 2,015 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 2 are older than Rivières
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rivières | 51.8 | 34% | 5% | 2.2% |
| La Rochefoucauld-en-Angoumois 4,025 · 1.6 mi | 53.8 | 34% | 4.5% | 2.9% |
| Brie 4,125 · 5.4 mi | 42.4 | 19% | 1.2% | 1.6% |
| Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure 3,111 · 6 mi | 52 | 32% | 2.5% | 4.7% |
| Champniers 5,281 · 8.6 mi | 48.7 | 26% | 1.7% | 2.4% |
| Ruelle-sur-Touvre 7,408 · 8.8 mi | 48.7 | 27% | 1.1% | 4.2% |
| Magnac-sur-Touvre 3,255 · 9.1 mi | 47.8 | 26% | 2% | 3.3% |
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 Rivières
What is the population of Rivières?
2,015 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (1,882).
How old are Rivières’ residents?
The median age is 51.8, older than 88% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 34% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Rivières?
44, with occasional dwellings: 5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Rivières?
INSEE counts 45 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.2% of residents, and 26 foreign nationals (1.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Rivières?
€25,990 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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