La Ferrière-sur-Risle is older than 97% of compared French towns: a median age of 57.5
Empty homes: 13%, above 90% of compared French towns. La Ferrière-sur-Risle had 191 residents in 110 households at the 2023 census. 5.1% of homes are flats, or about one in 20. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Eure 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 Ferrière-sur-Risle
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 44 second homes and occasional dwellings in La Ferrière-sur-Risle, 25% of its 180 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 98% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
La Ferrière-sur-Risle had 244 residents at the 2012 census and 191 in 2023, down 22%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of La Ferrière-sur-Risle’s residents are under 57.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 36% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Many people living alone
50% of La Ferrière-sur-Risle’s households are one person: higher than in 94% of compared French towns; 44% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
25% of homes are second homes, more than in 94% 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
Where 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town, La Ferrière-sur-Risle has 14%. In the typical compared French town, second homes come to 2.1%.
From 2012 to 2023, 99% of compared French towns grew faster than La Ferrière-sur-Risle: −22%
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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −1% in Eure. Here the change came as −9% to 2017, then −14% to 2023.
Residents aged 65 and over: 36%, a higher share than 94% 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
■ La Ferrière-sur-Risle 57.5. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 11%; La Ferrière-sur-Risle has 8.4%. On average, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
56% women, 44% men
About 79 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Eure 52.5%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
A smaller share of couples with children than 99% of compared French towns: 9.1%
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 Eure median and the France median
Living alone · share
The share of one-person households tops 94% of compared French towns: 50%. Census figures put single-parent households at 4.5% in La Ferrière-sur-Risle. Couples with children make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Median standard of living: €23,890 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 residents live in households above €23,890 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 73% of compared French towns.
In La Ferrière-sur-Risle, 50% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 97% 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
Set against 14% in the typical compared French town, 18% of households are headed by a manual worker in La Ferrière-sur-Risle. Measured more widely, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manager or professional make up about one in 22 here (4.5%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
3.7% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 76% 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.
In La Ferrière-sur-Risle, 3.1% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 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.
La Ferrière-sur-Risle sits below 84% of compared French towns for single residents (21%)
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: 38% here and 43% in the typical compared French town. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
In La Ferrière-sur-Risle, 21% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 83% 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
Against a figure of 19% in the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification in La Ferrière-sur-Risle comes in at 24%. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
5th highest median age among 41 French towns of 191 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
La Ferrière-sur-Risle is older 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 Ferrière-sur-Risle | 57.5 | 36% | 25% | 3.7% |
| Mesnil-en-Ouche 4,414 · 5.3 mi | 48.5 | 25% | 19% | 2.3% |
| Beaumont-le-Roger 2,769 · 6.8 mi | 48 | 26% | 5% | 3.3% |
| Conches-en-Ouche 4,838 · 7.1 mi | 44.7 | 25% | 2.9% | 3% |
| Breteuil 4,282 · 11.6 mi | 49.6 | 29% | 9% | 3.2% |
| Bernay 9,765 · 11.7 mi | 49.2 | 29% | 4.3% | 4.5% |
| Le Neubourg 4,199 · 13 mi | 52.3 | 33% | 1.8% | 1.7% |
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 Ferrière-sur-Risle
What is the population of La Ferrière-sur-Risle?
191 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 22% fewer than in 2012 (244).
How old are La Ferrière-sur-Risle’s residents?
The median age is 57.5, older than 97% of compared French towns. 12% are under 18 and 36% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Ferrière-sur-Risle?
44, with occasional dwellings: 25% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Ferrière-sur-Risle?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.7% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (3.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in La Ferrière-sur-Risle?
€23,890 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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