Rivière sits below 99% of compared French towns for flats (2%)
Compared with 14% in the typical compared French town, 4.9% of households are headed by a manual worker here. On one-person households, Rivière sits lower than just over four fifths of compared French towns: 29%. The town had 1,123 residents in 490 households at the 2023 Census. Households in social housing make up about one in 100 here (1%).
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.
A −1% change since 2012: slower than 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 Pas-de-Calais town −1%.
A median age of 47.2: Rivière is older than 71% 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
■ Rivière 47.2. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 23%. Residents aged 15 to 24 are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 11%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children: 27%, a higher share than 60% 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 Pas-de-Calais median and the France median
Living alone · share
A household here holds 2.3 people on average. To put it in context, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. There is little gap on single-parent households: 10%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
In Rivière, 4.9% of households have no car, fewer than in 88% 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
Second homes: 1.5%, near enough the figure 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. Turnover: 6.4% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 33% have lived in their home 30 years or more.
€29,640 a year: the median standard of living
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.
The median standard of living in Rivière is €29,640 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 82% of compared French towns.
Rivière sits above 73% of compared French towns for households headed by a manager or professional (14%)
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
Just over a third of households are headed by a retired person (typical compared French town: 32%). In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 99% of compared French towns: 0.9%
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.
In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Rivière has 0.2%. 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.
20% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 90% 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
49% of residents 15 and over are married; in the typical compared French town the figure is 43%. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
43% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, a share 85% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
By its share of adults with no qualification (14%), Rivière is below 79% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 1,123 to 2,582 people: this is the 15th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Median age: 2 of the 6 towns around Rivière 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rivière | 47.2 | 23% | 1.5% | 0.9% |
| Dainville 5,683 · 3.8 mi | 50.9 | 32% | 0.5% | 2.4% |
| Achicourt 7,873 · 4.2 mi | 44.7 | 24% | 0.8% | 5.7% |
| Beaurains 5,559 · 4.6 mi | 43 | 20% | 0.4% | 2.4% |
| Arras 42,875 · 5.1 mi | 36.3 | 18% | 1.8% | 8.5% |
| Sainte-Catherine 3,471 · 5.9 mi | 47 | 24% | 0.4% | 2.7% |
| Anzin-Saint-Aubin 2,833 · 6.1 mi | 48.5 | 26% | 0.6% | 2.3% |
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 Rivière
What is the population of Rivière?
1,123 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (1,129).
How old are Rivière’s residents?
The median age is 47.2, older than 71% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Rivière?
8, with occasional dwellings: 1.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Rivière?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.9% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Rivière?
€29,640 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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