Rieussec is older than 97% of compared French towns: a median age of 58
In the typical compared French town, the share of flats is 30%; Rieussec has 1.9%. Across Rieussec, 4.7% of households have no car. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. This Hérault town had 82 residents in 43 households at the 2023 census.
Throughout this page, the Hérault 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 Rieussec
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 52 second homes and occasional dwellings in Rieussec, 50% of its 100 homes: higher than in 97% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Rieussec’s residents are under 58 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 41% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 13% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Rieussec had 91 residents at the 2012 census and 82 in 2023, down 10%: slower growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Above 97% of compared French towns: 50% of homes are second 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes is 6.7%; Rieussec has 7.9%. The usual figure: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Households that moved in under two years ago: 9.3%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 21%.
Since 2012, Rieussec has changed by −10%, slower than 97% 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 Hérault town changed +13% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −27% and the next six +24%.
In Rieussec, 41% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 98% 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
■ Rieussec 58. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 4.9%, below 99% of compared French towns. Against that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 110 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children: 22%, a lower share than 64% 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 Hérault median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 1.9 people in the average household. Set beside that, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. One-person households are rarer here than in nearly three fifths of compared French towns. Meanwhile, in the typical compared French town, one in ten households are single parents; in Rieussec, 11%.
A larger share of households headed by a retired person than 92% of compared French towns: 44%
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
Where 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, Rieussec has 22%. Elsewhere, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. In Rieussec, just over one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Above 71% of compared French towns: 7.3% of residents are foreign nationals
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.
Immigrants make up a share higher than in 56% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Hérault has 6.8%. The share of foreign nationals in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. About one in 14: that is how common immigrants are in Rieussec (7.3%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A smaller share of single residents than 82% of compared French towns: 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
Married residents: 38% here and 43% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single.
20% of adults out of school have no qualification, a share 54% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Census figures put graduates of higher education at 31% in Rieussec. Typically, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 5th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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 Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Every neighbor is younger than Rieussec
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rieussec | 58 | 41% | 50% | 7.3% |
| Ouveillan 2,713 · 14.7 mi | 44.5 | 25% | 7.3% | 5.8% |
| Sallèles-d'Aude 3,179 · 15 mi | 45.8 | 23% | 9.3% | 6.1% |
| Lézignan-Corbières 10,343 · 15.2 mi | 48.3 | 30% | 3% | 7.8% |
| Puisserguier 3,078 · 15.6 mi | 51.2 | 29% | 8.6% | 7.4% |
| Capestang 3,514 · 16.7 mi | 48.4 | 26% | 8.6% | 9% |
| Cuxac-d'Aude 4,079 · 17.6 mi | 50.3 | 28% | 4% | 5.2% |
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 Rieussec
What is the population of Rieussec?
82 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% fewer than in 2012 (91).
How old are Rieussec’s residents?
The median age is 58, older than 97% of compared French towns. 12% are under 18 and 41% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Rieussec?
52, with occasional dwellings: 50% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Rieussec?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.3% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (7.3%). 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).
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