Rions sits below 91% of compared French towns for flats (7.8%)
Residents aged 15 to 24: 8.3% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. For Rions, the census puts households in social housing at 4.8%. On couples with children, Rions sits lower than 72% of compared French towns: 21%. There were 700 households in the town at the 2023 Census, home to 1,470 residents.
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.
What stands out about the people of Rions
Fewer residents than in 2012
Rions had 1,589 residents at the 2012 census and 1,470 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 94% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower growth than 94% of compared French towns: Rions changed by −7% since 2012
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 median Gironde town changed +16% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −2% and the next six −6%.
Rions is older than 75% of compared French towns: a median age of 48.2
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Rions 48.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: nearly a quarter of the total.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
More one-person households than 53% of compared French towns: 36%
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
There are 2.1 people in the average household. To put it in context, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. One in ten households are single parents, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
Rions sits below 61% of compared French towns for households without a car (8.8%)
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
Second homes: 3.2% here and 2.1% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 11% of households have no car. Census figures put empty homes at 7.9% in Rions.
Half above, half below €24,950 a year in 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €24,950 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 61% of compared French towns.
7.1% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 67% 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
The share of households headed by a manual worker is 16%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manager or professional: 9.4% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. In Rions, just over a third of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
6.5% of Rions’ residents are immigrants
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.
That is lower than in half of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Gironde has 5.1%. Foreign nationals make up about one in 25 here (4%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Rions ranks below 81% of compared French towns on single residents: 22%
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
In Rions, 43% of residents 15 and over are married. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Rions ranks below 59% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 27%
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 the typical compared French town, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification; in Rions, 21%. Elsewhere, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 1,470 to 2,582 people: this is the 15th oldest
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).
Rions 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rions | 48.2 | 23% | 3.2% | 6.5% |
| Podensac 3,269 · 1.4 mi | 45.2 | 25% | 2.1% | 7.7% |
| Cadillac-sur-Garonne 2,670 · 2.5 mi | 44.4 | 19% | 2.6% | 7.3% |
| Portets 2,618 · 4.3 mi | 45 | 21% | 0.9% | 4.5% |
| Castres-Gironde 2,695 · 5.5 mi | 37 | 13% | 0.8% | 5.2% |
| Saint-Selve 3,746 · 6.7 mi | 36.8 | 10% | 1.1% | 2.8% |
| Créon 4,950 · 7.2 mi | 44.9 | 23% | 1.1% | 4.3% |
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 Rions
What is the population of Rions?
1,470 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (1,589).
How old are Rions’ residents?
The median age is 48.2, older than 75% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Rions?
25, with occasional dwellings: 3.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Rions?
INSEE counts 95 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.5% of residents, and 58 foreign nationals (4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Rions?
€24,950 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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