Younger than 91% of compared French towns: half of La Rivière-Drugeon is under 37.1
Against a figure of 32% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person in La Rivière-Drugeon comes in at 19%. Census day 2023: 933 residents and 390 households here. Households in social housing: 2.7% of the total. Compared with other places, households without a car are scarce here: 3.7%, fewer than in 96% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Doubs 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 La Rivière-Drugeon
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 8.5% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of La Rivière-Drugeon’s residents are under 37.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 21% are under 15 and 15% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A growing town: +8% since 2012, faster than 64% 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
The years 2012 to 2017 brought +5%; 2017 to 2023, +3%.
Only 15% of residents are 65 or over in La Rivière-Drugeon
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ La Rivière-Drugeon 37.1. The median compared French town: 44.
In La Rivière-Drugeon, just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24. As a reference point, 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: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
In La Rivière-Drugeon, 35% of households are couples with children, more than in 92% 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 Doubs median and the France median
Living alone · share
In La Rivière-Drugeon, 30% of households are one person living alone, beside 35% in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in 12: 8.5% of households are single parents. To put it in context, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Only 25% of homes are flats in La Rivière-Drugeon
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
Turnover: 9.6% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 21% have lived in their home 30 years or more. On second homes, 2.7% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town.
A typical living standard of €31,850 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 €31,850 a year: higher than in 91% of compared French towns.
La Rivière-Drugeon: 29% of households are headed by a manual worker, above 99% 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 manager or professional at 14%, La Rivière-Drugeon is ahead of 72% of compared French towns on that count.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 3.3% in La Rivière-Drugeon, less than in 79% 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.
The share of foreign nationals stands at 3.9%. 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.
La Rivière-Drugeon ranks below 68% of compared French towns on single residents: 23%
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 stands at 42%. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 87% of compared French towns, at 12%
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
25% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. The benchmark for adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town: 19%.
The youngest of 41 French towns of 933 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 La Rivière-Drugeon (37.1), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
La Rivière-Drugeon is younger 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Rivière-Drugeon | 37.1 | 15% | 2.7% | 3.3% |
| Pontarlier 18,067 · 7 mi | 39.3 | 19% | 3.5% | 15% |
| Doubs 3,335 · 7.4 mi | 42.6 | 22% | 2.3% | 9.3% |
| Ornans 4,419 · 16.7 mi | 48.5 | 28% | 5.8% | 5.3% |
| Champagnole 8,036 · 16.9 mi | 50.7 | 31% | 1.5% | 7.9% |
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 La Rivière-Drugeon
What is the population of La Rivière-Drugeon?
933 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (862).
How old are La Rivière-Drugeon’s residents?
The median age is 37.1, younger than 91% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Rivière-Drugeon?
12, with occasional dwellings: 2.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Rivière-Drugeon?
INSEE counts 31 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.3% of residents, and 37 foreign nationals (3.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in La Rivière-Drugeon?
€31,850 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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