Rivière is older than 95% of compared French towns: a median age of 55.6
3.3% of homes are flats, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Rivière counted 699 residents and 340 households at the 2023 Census. Couples with children account for 14%. Few places have so few households without a car: 4.7% here, fewer than in 90% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Indre-et-Loire 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 Rivière
An older town
Half of Rivière’s residents are under 55.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 30% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.4% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Rivière had 746 residents at the 2012 census and 699 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 92% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Rivière’s population moved −6% on 2012, less than in 92% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Indre-et-Loire town +5%. The first five years brought −7%; the six to 2023, ±0%.
Only 7.6% of residents are 15 to 24 in Rivière
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Rivière 55.6. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over tops 86% of compared French towns: 30%. Typically, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Indre-et-Loire 51.8%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Single-parent households: 12%, a higher share than 73% 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 Indre-et-Loire median and the France median
Living alone · share
Average household size: 2 people. As a yardstick, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. At 35%, one-person households sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
A town of second homes: 5.9% 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
Against a figure of 12% in the typical compared French town, the share of households in social housing in Rivière comes in at 14%. As a yardstick, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. 7% of households arrived within the last two years, while 24% have stayed 30 years or more.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €25,940 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.
The median standard of living in Rivière is €25,940 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 50% of compared French towns.
Rivière: 43% of households are headed by a retired person, above 91% 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
Here 19% of households are headed by a manual worker, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 14%. Elsewhere, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. In Rivière, 5.8% of 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).
Rivière ranks below 74% of compared French towns on immigrants: 3.9%
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.
1.9% of residents are foreign nationals; in the typical compared French town the figure is 4.3%. The usual figure: 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.
51% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 94% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 Rivière, nearly a fifth of residents 15 and over are single, beside 25% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
22% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 81% 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
The figure for adults with no qualification is 16% in Rivière and 19% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, graduates of higher education come to 30%.
5th highest median age among 41 French towns of 699 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).
Rivière 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rivière | 55.6 | 30% | 5.9% | 3.9% |
| Chinon 8,144 · 2.3 mi | 49.2 | 29% | 5.6% | 5.1% |
| Beaumont-en-Véron 2,717 · 5.4 mi | 50.9 | 25% | 5.5% | 3.1% |
| Bourgueil 3,631 · 10.9 mi | 52 | 31% | 7.8% | 2.5% |
| Azay-le-Rideau 3,438 · 12.4 mi | 46 | 24% | 10% | 5% |
| Loudun 6,839 · 12.6 mi | 52.2 | 32% | 3.2% | 4.9% |
| Langeais 4,367 · 14.2 mi | 48.6 | 27% | 2.5% | 5.6% |
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 Rivière
What is the population of Rivière?
699 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (746).
How old are Rivière’s residents?
The median age is 55.6, older than 95% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Rivière?
23, with occasional dwellings: 5.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Rivière?
INSEE counts 27 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.9% of residents, and 13 foreign nationals (1.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Rivière?
€25,940 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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