A higher share of couples with children than 92% of compared French towns, at 35%
With second homes at 0.4%, Rieux is behind 97% of compared French towns on that count. The 2023 Census counted 1,559 residents in 650 households. Across Rieux, 7.4% of households have no car. Fewer flats than in just over three quarters of compared French towns: 16%.
Throughout this page, the Oise 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 Rieux
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 6.2% single parents with children; 18% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Rieux’s population moved −1% on 2012, less than in 72% 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Oise town +2%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought ±0%; 2017 to 2023, −1%.
In Rieux, 20% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 61% 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
■ Rieux 44.3. The median compared French town: 44.
In Rieux, 10% of residents are 15 to 24, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. The median age locally is 44.3, higher than in 52% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
Rieux ranks below 91% of compared French towns on one-person households: 26%
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 Oise median and the France median
Living alone · share
A household here holds 2.4 people on average. In the typical compared French town, 35% of households are one person living alone. Fewer single-parent households than in 95% of compared French towns: 6.2%.
More households in social housing than 55% of compared French towns: 13%
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
Nearly one in ten households arrived within the last two years, while 28% have stayed 30 years or more. Higher than in 57% of compared French towns: 7.3% of homes stand empty. For comparison, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town.
Median living standard: €28,040 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 €28,040 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 71% of compared French towns.
12% of households are headed by a manager or professional, more than in 65% 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
Compared with other places, households headed by a retired person are scarce here: 32%, fewer than in 56% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town. About one in seven: that is how common households headed by a manual worker are in Rieux (14%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
4.2% of residents are foreign nationals, fewer than in 50% 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.
Immigrants account for 7.4%. Measured more widely, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
Below 77% of compared French towns: 22% of residents 15 and over are single
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
With married residents at 47%, Rieux is ahead of 77% of compared French towns on that count. The wider picture: 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A higher share of adults with no qualification than 56% of compared French towns, at 20%
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
Compared with other places, graduates of higher education are scarce here: 29%, fewer than in 53% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
16th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 1,559 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).
Median age: 1 of the 6 towns around Rieux 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rieux | 44.3 | 20% | 0.4% | 7.4% |
| Villers-Saint-Paul 6,480 · 1.4 mi | 36.9 | 15% | 0.9% | 18% |
| Verneuil-en-Halatte 4,775 · 1.5 mi | 44.4 | 19% | 0.6% | 5.8% |
| Nogent-sur-Oise 21,907 · 2.7 mi | 34.8 | 14% | 0.7% | 27% |
| Liancourt 6,785 · 3 mi | 38.4 | 17% | 0.9% | 12% |
| Laigneville 4,926 · 3.1 mi | 37.3 | 16% | 0.6% | 11% |
| Creil 36,301 · 3.4 mi | 31.8 | 11% | 0.6% | 34% |
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 Rieux
What is the population of Rieux?
1,559 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (1,567).
How old are Rieux’s residents?
The median age is 44.3, older than 52% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Rieux?
3, with occasional dwellings: 0.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Rieux?
INSEE counts 120 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.4% of residents, and 66 foreign nationals (4.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Rieux?
€28,040 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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