Rivas: 55% of households are couples with children, above 99% of compared French towns
In Rivas, 3.4% of homes are flats, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. Lower than in 92% of compared French towns: 3.5% of homes stand empty. The 2023 Census counted 747 residents in 250 households. Census figures put households headed by a manager or professional at 22% here.
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.
What stands out about the people of Rivas
A town of families
55% of households are couples with children and 6.5% single parents with children; 26% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Rivas had 531 residents at the 2012 census and 747 in 2023, up 41%: faster growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A young town
Half of Rivas’ residents are under 36.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 26% are under 15 and 13% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Rivas grew +41% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 99% 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 +25% and the next six +13%.
Younger than 93% of compared French towns: half of Rivas is under 36.4
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Rivas 36.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Nothing unusual on residents aged 15 to 24: 11%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town. Fewer residents aged 65 and over than in 96% of compared French towns: 13%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Loire 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Fewer one-person households than 99% of compared French towns: 7.4%
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
In Rivas, 6.5% of households are single parents, beside 10% in the typical compared French town. The average household has 3 people. Set beside that, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
In Rivas, 1.6% of households have no car, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
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
Where just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town, Rivas has 2%. Add to that, 0.8% of homes are second homes, a lower share than in 88% of compared French towns. On average, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. Turnover: 4.9% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 20% have lived in their home 30 years or more.
€31,910 a year is the median standard of living here
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.
Living standards centre on €31,910 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 91% of compared French towns.
Below 82% of compared French towns: 25% of households are headed by a retired person
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
Households headed by a manual worker: 13% of the total. Just over a fifth of Rivas’ households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 25% by a retired person (32%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Rivas, 3.2% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 80% of compared French towns
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.
The median compared commune in Loire has 5.8%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 80% of compared French towns. 1.6% of residents are foreign nationals. Against that, 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.
More married residents than 99% of compared French towns: 57%
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 single residents (20%), Rivas is below 92% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
9.6% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 96% 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
With graduates of higher education at 44%, Rivas is ahead of 87% of compared French towns on that count. The comparison figure for adults with no qualification is 19% in the typical compared French town.
The youngest of 41 French towns of 747 to 2,582 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.
Rivas is the youngest (36.4); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Rivas is younger 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rivas | 36.4 | 13% | 0.8% | 3.2% |
| Veauche 8,975 · 1.9 mi | 47.5 | 27% | 1% | 3.7% |
| Saint-Galmier 5,829 · 2.9 mi | 47.7 | 26% | 1.8% | 3.9% |
| Andrézieux-Bouthéon 10,425 · 3.7 mi | 41.3 | 22% | 1.2% | 14% |
| Montrond-les-Bains 5,652 · 4 mi | 48.3 | 29% | 1.7% | 4.4% |
| Bonson 4,557 · 4.6 mi | 41.5 | 23% | 1% | 5.8% |
| Sury-le-Comtal 6,621 · 4.8 mi | 39.7 | 18% | 1.6% | 10% |
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 Rivas
What is the population of Rivas?
747 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 41% more than in 2012 (531).
How old are Rivas’ residents?
The median age is 36.4, younger than 93% of compared French towns. 32% are under 18 and 13% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Rivas?
2, with occasional dwellings: 0.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Rivas?
INSEE counts 24 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.2% of residents, and 12 foreign nationals (1.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Rivas?
€31,910 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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