A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 94% of compared French towns, at 7.8%
Where nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, Riorges has 42%. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 11,139, in 5,410 households. Couples with children come to 21% in the town, about two in ten. 8.2% of households have no car, fewer than in 66% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the 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.
Riorges changed by +4% from 2012 to 2023, behind 54% 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 Loire town changed +3% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought ±0% and the next six +3%.
Riorges is older than 78% of compared French towns: a median age of 48.7
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Riorges 48.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 29%, above just over four fifths of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 87 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loire 52.0%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
In Riorges, 42% of households are one person living alone, more than in 77% 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 Loire median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 2 people in the average household. As a reference point, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. 7.7% of households are single parents, a lower share than in 83% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households in social housing than 62% of compared French towns: 9.8%
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
There is little gap on second homes: 1.3%, about the same as in the typical compared French town. On average, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. In the last two years, 9.4% of households moved in; at the other end, 23% have stayed 30 years or more. Empty homes are rarer here than in 55% of compared French towns.
A median standard of living of €25,200 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.
At €25,200 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 58% of compared French towns. Under the poverty line sit 13.0% of residents.
A lower share of households headed by a manual worker than 56% of compared French towns, at 13%
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
On the census count, 8.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional. The wider picture: 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Riorges sits below 62% of compared French towns for immigrants (5.1%)
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.
Compared with other places, foreign nationals are scarce here: 3.6%, fewer than in 56% of compared French towns. 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.
Fewer single residents than 88% of compared French towns: 21%
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
By its share of married residents (45%), Riorges is above just over two thirds of compared French towns. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
In Riorges, 28% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 57% 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
More adults with no qualification than in 55% of compared French towns: 20%. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 10,893 to 11,392 people, the 9th oldest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Vétraz-Monthoux is the youngest (36.7); Arcachon the oldest (67.4).
Older than Riorges: 4 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Riorges
What is the population of Riorges?
11,139 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (10,725).
How old are Riorges’ residents?
The median age is 48.7, older than 78% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Riorges?
74, with occasional dwellings: 1.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Riorges?
INSEE counts 570 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.1% of residents, and 410 foreign nationals (3.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Riorges?
€25,200 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 13.0% 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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