In Ris, 1.5% of homes are flats, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
Where 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town, Ris has 9.1%. At the 2023 Census Ris was home to 718 people in 330 households. Put another way, about one in 12: nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24. More households headed by a retired person than in 85% of compared French towns: 41%.
Throughout this page, the Puy-de-Dôme 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 Ris
Fewer residents than in 2012
Ris had 773 residents at the 2012 census and 718 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 93% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 78 homes empty (17%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Ris’ residents are under 52.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 29% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.4% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Ris changed by −7% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 93% 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 those years, the median Puy-de-Dôme town changed +4% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −1%, then −6% to 2023.
A median age of 52.2: Ris is older than 89% 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
■ Ris 52.2. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over is 22%; Ris has 29%.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Ris sits below 88% of compared French towns for couples with children (16%)
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 Puy-de-Dôme median and the France median
Living alone · share
The typical household size is 2 people. Against that, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. The share of one-person households stands at 38%. On single-parent households, Ris sits lower than 62% of compared French towns: 9.3%.
Ris ranks below 99% of compared French towns on households in social housing: 0.3%
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
Households that moved in under two years ago: 5.8%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 29%. The usual figure: just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, empty homes are common here: 17%, more than in 98% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car is 11%; Ris has 8%.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €22,930 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.
Half of residents live in households above €22,930 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 82% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a manual worker than 58% of compared French towns: 15%
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
In Ris, 9.3% of households are headed by a manager or professional. Households headed by a manual worker: 14% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 3.6% of residents are immigrants in Ris
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 Ris, 2.3% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. On average, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. That is lower than in 77% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Puy-de-Dôme has 5.9%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Ris ranks below 67% of compared French towns on married residents: 40%
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
Single residents: 27%, above just over three fifths of compared French towns. As a reference point, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 17%, a lower share than 93% 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
Set against 19% in the typical compared French town, 29% of adults out of school have no qualification in Ris. The comparison figure for graduates of higher education is 30% in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (718 to 2,582 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 2 are older than Ris
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ris | 52.2 | 29% | 9.1% | 3.6% |
| Puy-Guillaume 2,630 · 2.8 mi | 50.3 | 29% | 2.7% | 4% |
| Saint-Yorre 2,641 · 4.9 mi | 49 | 27% | 1.2% | 3.4% |
| Abrest 2,915 · 7.1 mi | 46.6 | 24% | 1.7% | 4.5% |
| Bellerive-sur-Allier 8,943 · 9.3 mi | 53 | 34% | 4.9% | 7.7% |
| Vichy 25,115 · 9.5 mi | 53.1 | 37% | 8.5% | 11% |
| Cusset 13,316 · 9.6 mi | 48.2 | 27% | 1.9% | 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 Ris
What is the population of Ris?
718 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (773).
How old are Ris’ residents?
The median age is 52.2, older than 89% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Ris?
41, with occasional dwellings: 9.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Ris?
INSEE counts 26 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.6% of residents, and 16 foreign nationals (2.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Ris?
€22,930 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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