Fewer residents aged 65 and over than 99% of compared French towns: 4.5%
In the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car is 11%; Régina has 59%. The 2023 Census counted 1,658 residents in 260 households. The share of households in social housing stands at 3.1%. At 2.2%, the share of empty homes is lower than in 98% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the French Guiana 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 Régina
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 57 second homes and occasional dwellings in Régina, 18% of its 320 homes: higher than in 92% of compared French towns. 82% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 1,100 immigrants in Régina (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 66% of residents, against – for the median compared commune in French Guiana. 66% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Growing fast
Régina had 934 residents at the 2012 census and 1,658 in 2023, up 78%: faster growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A young town
Half of Régina’s residents are under 36.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 13% are under 15 and 4.5% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A town of second homes: 18% of its 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
Of all households, 13% moved in during the last two years and 6.6% have stayed three decades or more. Régina has fewer flats than 78% of compared French towns, at 15%. Across the comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. One household in two has no car (median compared French town: 11%).
A +78% change since 2012: Régina grew faster than 99% 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 median French Guiana town changed ±0% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −6% and the next six +89%.
Younger than 92% of compared French towns: half of Régina is under 36.8
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Régina 36.8. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24; in Régina, 13%.
Women and men · all residents
31% women, 69% men
About 44 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: France 51.8%.
Régina: 19% of households are single parents, above 99% 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 French Guiana median and the France median
Living alone · share
One-person households: 31% here and 35% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Households here average 3 people each. Couples with children are more common here than in nearly four fifths of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a retired person than 99% of compared French towns: 12%
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
Households headed by a manual worker: 21% here and 14% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
66% of residents are immigrants, a share 99% of compared French towns don’t reach
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.
4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, against 66% in Régina. For immigrants, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
More single residents than 99% of compared French towns: 47%
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 the typical compared French town, 43% of residents 15 and over are married; in Régina, 32%. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Régina sits above 98% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (34%)
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
Where 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, Régina has 42%. In the typical compared French town, adults with no qualification come to 19%.
The youngest of 41 French towns of 1,658 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.
At the ends of the range sit Régina (36.8), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
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 Régina
What is the population of Régina?
1,658 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 78% more than in 2012 (934).
How old are Régina’s residents?
The median age is 36.8, younger than 92% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 4.5% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Régina?
57, with occasional dwellings: 18% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Régina?
INSEE counts 1,090 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 66% of residents, and 1,090 foreign nationals (66%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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).
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.