40.2median age

Who lives here · INSEE, census 2023

A lower share of flats than 99% of compared French towns, at 2.1%

23% of households are one person living alone, against 35% in the typical compared French town. The median age in Rety is 40.2, lower than in 78% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Rety was home to 2,032 people in 790 households. Households headed by a manager or professional account for 5.7%.

−2%residents since 2012 16%aged 65 or older 0.7%immigrants 790households

Throughout this page, the Pas-de-Calais 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 · In brief

What stands out about the people of Rety

33%of households are couples with children (France median 25%)

A town of families

33% of households are couples with children and 11% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓

Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.

Population

A −2% change since 2012: slower than 79% 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.

Census 2012

2,082

residents

Census 2017

2,096

residents

Census 2023

2,032

residents

in today’s commune boundaries

2012 to 2023

Rety−2%

Pas-de-Calais median−1%

France median+5%

2017 to 2023

Rety−3%

Pas-de-Calais median−1%

France median+2%

Here the change came as +1% to 2017, then −3% to 2023.

Ages

Below 85% of compared French towns: 16% of residents are 65 or over

Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.

Age groups · share of residents

RetyPas-de-Calais medianFrance median

Under 1521%

15 to 2411%

25 to 4424%

45 to 6427%

65 and over16%

of whom 80 and over3.3%

0%15%30%

Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns

2535455565

■ Rety 40.2. The median compared French town: 44.

At 11%, residents aged 15 to 24 sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

Rety

Pas-de-Calais median

France median

WomenMen

About an even split. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.

Households

A larger share of couples with children than 88% of compared French towns: 33%

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.

One person 23%Couple, no children 33%Couple with children 33%Single parent 11%Several people, not a family 0.6%

Against the Pas-de-Calais median and the France median

Rety

Pas-de-Calais median

France median

One personCouple, no childrenCouple with childrenSingle parentSeveral people, not a family

Living alone · share

RetyPas-de-Calais medianFrance median

One-person households23%

Residents 65+ living alone25%

0%20%40%

Households average 2.6 people. To put it in context, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. 11% of households are single parents, a higher share than in 60% of compared French towns.

Homes & cars

6.7% of households have no car, below 75% 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

RetyPas-de-Calais medianFrance median

Main residences91%

Second homes3.8%

Empty5.5%

0%50%100%

Type of home

Rety

Pas-de-Calais median

France median

HousesFlats

Cars per household · share of households

RetyPas-de-Calais medianFrance median

No car6.7%

One car42%

Two or more51%

0%30%60%

The figure for second homes is 3.8% in Rety and 2.1% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. Empty homes make up about one in 18 here (5.5%).

Income

Half of residents have a standard of living above €23,080 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.

Median standard of living

€23,080

a year, per consumption unit (2023)

Medians: Pas-de-Calais €22,665 · France €25,970

Poverty rate

15.0%

of residents below 60% of France’s median standard of living

Medians: Pas-de-Calais 19.0% · France 13.0%

Medians of compared communes. Source: INSEE, Filosofi 2023.

Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €23,080 a year: lower than in 81% of compared French towns. Some 15.0% of residents fall below the poverty line.

Households by occupation

Rety: 23% of households are headed by a manual worker, above 91% 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

RetyPas-de-Calais medianFrance median

Retired27%

Managers and professionals5.7%

Intermediate occupations13%

Clerical and service workers18%

Manual workers23%

Craftspeople, shopkeepers, business owners8.8%

Farmers1.9%

Others not working3.1%

0%20%40%

Unemployment rate

11.4%

of economically active residents 15 to 64 (census 2023)

Median of compared communes: 10.1%

Working residents

830

aged 15 or older

Work & commute →

Here 27% of households are headed by a retired person, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 32%. Across the comparison, 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).

Immigrants and foreign nationals

0.7% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns

INSEE publishes two measures, which overlap but aren’t the same. Neither is the UK’s “born abroad”.

Immigrants

0.7% of residents

Median of compared communes: 6.5%

Foreign nationals

0.4% of residents

Median of compared communes: 4.3%

Share of residents · census 2023

RetyPas-de-Calais medianFrance median

Immigrants0.7%

Foreign nationals0.4%

0%5%10%

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 figure for foreign nationals is 0.4% in Rety and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Immigrants make up 6.5% in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Pas-de-Calais has 1.7%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns.

INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.

Couples

A higher share of married residents than 68% of compared French towns, at 45%

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

RetyPas-de-Calais medianFrance median

Married45%

In a civil partnership (PACS)7.6%

Living together, unmarried13%

Single23%

Divorced4.4%

Widowed5.8%

0%30%60%

Here nearly a quarter of residents 15 and over are single, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.

Qualifications

A lower share of graduates of higher education than 77% of compared French towns, at 23%

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

RetyPas-de-Calais medianFrance median

No diploma (or primary certificate)22%

Brevet5.5%

CAP or BEP (vocational)29%

Baccalauréat21%

Bac+211%

Bac+3 or bac+46.5%

Bac+5 or more4.8%

0%20%40%

Compared with 19% in the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification here. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.

Towns its size

Ranked by age, 4th youngest of 41 French towns this size

The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.

Rety 40.2

VillejustPrayssacLa Croix-en-Touraine

365064

Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).

Neighbors

Every neighbor is older than Rety

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.

RinxentMarquiseGuînesWimilleWimereuxSaint-Martin-BoulogneRety

Under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	Median age	65+	Second homes	Immigrants
Rety	40.2	16%	3.8%	0.7%
Rinxent 2,987 · 1.8 mi	41.2	19%	1.4%	0.9%
Marquise 5,217 · 3.3 mi	41	20%	1.7%	1.8%
Guînes 5,479 · 6.2 mi	40.4	18%	0.9%	0.7%
Wimille 3,866 · 7.5 mi	47.8	23%	4.7%	1.2%
Wimereux 6,256 · 7.5 mi	52.1	30%	41%	1.7%
Saint-Martin-Boulogne 10,888 · 8.5 mi	47.2	25%	1.4%	2.1%

More about Rety

Health, work, housing and schools

Health DDeaths, doctors and care nearby Work & commute D⁻Jobs, unemployment and how people get to work Cost of living B⁻Home prices, rents, owning and renting Schools A⁺Collèges and lycées within 5 km

How to read these numbers

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 Rety

What is the population of Rety?

2,032 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (2,082).

How old are Rety’s residents?

The median age is 40.2, younger than 78% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.

How many second homes are there in Rety?

33, with occasional dwellings: 3.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.

How many immigrants live in Rety?

INSEE counts 14 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.7% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (0.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.

What is the median income in Rety?

€23,080 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 15.0% 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).

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