More single-parent households than 99% of compared French towns: 22%
4.6% of households are headed by a manager or professional (typical compared French town: 9.4%). Compared with other places, flats are scarce here: 12%, fewer than in 83% of compared French towns. Entre-Deux’s 2,950 households held 7,176 residents at the 2023 Census. Put another way, about one in 21: 4.8% of homes are second homes.
Throughout this page, the Réunion 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.
Entre-Deux’s population changed by +12% since 2012, more than in 75% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was +8%; from 2017 to 2023, +4%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Réunion town +6%.
Only 18% of residents are 65 or over in Entre-Deux
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Entre-Deux 42.2. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Entre-Deux is 42.2, lower than in 64% of compared French towns. Against that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. The census found that just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 locally.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Réunion 51.8%, France 51.8%.
28% of households are one person living alone, below 85% 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 Réunion median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households here average 2.4 people each. By way of comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. 26% of households are couples with children; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%.
Entre-Deux ranks above 77% of compared French towns on households without a car: 17%
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
Set against 12% in the typical compared French town, 7.3% of households rent social housing (HLM) in Entre-Deux. Across the comparison, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. The share of empty homes stands at 6.8%.
Median living standard: €20,380 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 midpoint of living standards here is €20,380 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 95% of compared French towns. Under the poverty line sit 31.0% of residents.
Households headed by a retired person: 25%, a lower share than 83% 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
About one in seven: that is how common households headed by a manual worker are in Entre-Deux (14%). Elsewhere, nearly a third 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).
Fewer immigrants than 96% of compared French towns: 1.5%
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 0.9% in Entre-Deux. As a reference point, 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.
Entre-Deux ranks below 84% of compared French towns on married residents: 37%
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
Against a figure of 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of single residents in Entre-Deux comes in at 31%. For comparison, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
A higher share of adults with no qualification than 88% of compared French towns, at 29%
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, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%; Entre-Deux has 24%. The share of adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town is 19%.
The 14th youngest of 41 French towns of 7,083 to 7,270 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.
The youngest is Égly (35.7), the oldest Trégunc (56.6).
Entre-Deux is younger than 1 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entre-Deux | 42.2 | 18% | 4.8% | 1.5% |
| Saint-Louis 54,941 · 3.5 mi | 35.8 | 13% | 3.6% | 1.5% |
| Le Tampon 82,579 · 3.5 mi | 37.2 | 14% | 3% | 1.6% |
| Saint-Pierre 85,038 · 5 mi | 38.1 | 14% | 4.4% | 2.6% |
| Cilaos 5,040 · 6.7 mi | 42.8 | 15% | 17% | 0.9% |
| L'Étang-Salé 14,464 · 7 mi | 41 | 14% | 5.4% | 1.6% |
| Les Avirons 11,536 · 8.5 mi | 40.6 | 14% | 3.6% | 1.7% |
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 Entre-Deux
What is the population of Entre-Deux?
7,176 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% more than in 2012 (6,405).
How old are Entre-Deux’s residents?
The median age is 42.2, younger than 64% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Entre-Deux?
160, with occasional dwellings: 4.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Entre-Deux?
INSEE counts 110 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.5% of residents, and 62 foreign nationals (0.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Entre-Deux?
€20,380 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 31.0% 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).
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