Fewer households in social housing than 99% of compared French towns: 0.7%
In the typical compared French town, just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24; in Arveyres, 7.9%. Households without a car are rarer here than in 92% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Arveyres was home to 2,056 people in 880 households. 5.9% of homes are flats.
Throughout this page, the Gironde 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.
Arveyres grew +9% from 2012 to 2023, 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
The first five years brought +4%; the six to 2023, +5%.
Half of Arveyres is over 44.4, older than 52% 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
■ Arveyres 44.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Locally, 23% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Arveyres ranks below 88% of compared French towns on one-person households: 27%
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 Gironde median and the France median
Living alone · share
The typical household size is 2.3 people. The census found that 31% of households are couples with children in Arveyres. In the typical compared French town, one-person households come to 35%.
Second homes: 3.4%, a higher share than 66% 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
Newcomers of less than two years account for 12% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 23%. Measured more widely, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. There is little gap on empty homes: 6.3%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
At the median, €27,980 a year to live on
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.
Living standards centre on €27,980 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 71% of compared French towns. Residents below the poverty line make up 9.0%.
A lower share of households headed by a retired person than 65% of compared French towns, at 30%
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, or about one in 12. The share of households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town is 32%. Little separates the share of households headed by a manual worker here, 14%, from the figure in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Arveyres sits below 70% of compared French towns for immigrants (4.3%)
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 3% of residents are foreign nationals, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. Set beside that, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Gironde has 5.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 70% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
22% of residents 15 and over are single, below 82% 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
Where 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, Arveyres has 47%. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
A larger share of graduates of higher education than 70% of compared French towns: 36%
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
Compared with 19% in the typical compared French town, 16% of adults out of school have no qualification here. In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification.
16th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 2,056 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).
Nearby, 1 of 6 towns have older populations than Arveyres
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arveyres | 44.4 | 23% | 3.4% | 4.3% |
| Vayres 4,615 · 2.3 mi | 39.6 | 17% | 1.6% | 5.7% |
| Libourne 25,036 · 2.8 mi | 44 | 23% | 3% | 12% |
| Izon 6,374 · 4.4 mi | 40.7 | 16% | 0.8% | 4.5% |
| Saint-Quentin-de-Baron 2,713 · 4.6 mi | 35.3 | 9.5% | 1.2% | 4.5% |
| Beychac-et-Caillau 2,625 · 5.1 mi | 41 | 18% | 1.2% | 5.1% |
| Saint-Sulpice-et-Cameyrac 4,881 · 5.4 mi | 46.4 | 24% | 1.7% | 5.8% |
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 Arveyres
What is the population of Arveyres?
2,056 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (1,889).
How old are Arveyres’ residents?
The median age is 44.4, older than 52% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Arveyres?
33, with occasional dwellings: 3.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Arveyres?
INSEE counts 89 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.3% of residents, and 61 foreign nationals (3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Arveyres?
€27,980 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).
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.