Photo: B. Navez · CC BY-SA 3.0Only 14% of residents are 65 or over in Les Avirons
In Les Avirons, just over a fifth of households are headed by a retired person, beside 32% in the typical compared French town. About one in five: that is how common single-parent households are in Les Avirons (20%). On empty homes, Les Avirons sits higher than 76% of compared French towns: 9.6%. This Réunion town had 11,536 residents in 4,740 households at the 2023 Census.
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.
+3% since 2012, a pace below 57% 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 Réunion town +6%. The first five years brought +1%; the six to 2023, +2%.
Half of Les Avirons is under 40.6, younger than 76% 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
■ Les Avirons 40.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 11%.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Réunion 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Only 30% of households are one person living alone in Les Avirons
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
There are 2.4 people in the average household. Les Avirons has more couples with children than 72% of compared French towns, at 29%. In the typical compared French town, one-person households come to 35%.
17% of households have no car, a share 75% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
3.6% of homes are second homes (typical compared French town: 2.1%). For Les Avirons, the census puts flats at 21%. The usual figure: 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town.
Standard of living at the median: €21,880 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.
Half of residents live in households above €21,880 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 89% of compared French towns. As for poverty, 28.0% of residents are below the line.
A higher share of households headed by a manager or professional than 61% of compared French towns, at 11%
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 stands at 14%. The usual figure: 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Les Avirons sits below 94% of compared French towns for immigrants (1.7%)
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.
1.1% of residents are foreign nationals (typical compared French town: 4.3%). The median compared commune in Réunion has 1.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 94% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, immigrants come to 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Les Avirons, 35% of residents 15 and over are single, more than in 92% of compared French towns
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
37% of residents 15 and over are married; in the typical compared French town the figure is 43%. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
A larger share of adults with no qualification than 89% of compared French towns: 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
The share of graduates of higher education stands at 30%. Elsewhere, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 11,342 to 11,739 people: this is the 12th youngest
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 Dugny (31.9), the youngest, and Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer (55.2), the oldest.
Of the 6 towns nearest Les Avirons, 4 are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Avirons | 40.6 | 14% | 3.6% | 1.7% |
| L'Étang-Salé 14,464 · 2.2 mi | 41 | 14% | 5.4% | 1.6% |
| Saint-Leu 36,163 · 4 mi | 39.6 | 14% | 5.8% | 1.6% |
| Saint-Louis 54,941 · 5.9 mi | 35.8 | 13% | 3.6% | 1.5% |
| Entre-Deux 7,176 · 8.5 mi | 42.2 | 18% | 4.8% | 1.5% |
| Les Trois-Bassins 7,221 · 9.3 mi | 41.4 | 15% | 2.7% | 1.1% |
| Cilaos 5,040 · 10.4 mi | 42.8 | 15% | 17% | 0.9% |
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 Les Avirons
What is the population of Les Avirons?
11,536 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (11,181).
How old are Les Avirons’ residents?
The median age is 40.6, younger than 76% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 14% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Les Avirons?
190, with occasional dwellings: 3.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Les Avirons?
INSEE counts 200 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.7% of residents, and 130 foreign nationals (1.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Les Avirons?
€21,880 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 28.0% 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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