Above 99% of compared French towns: 45% of households are couples with children
In the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car is 11%; Riverie has 4.4%. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 293, in 110 households. Here, 13% of residents are 65 or over. Compared with other places, households headed by a manager or professional are common here: 23%, more than in 92% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Rhône 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 Riverie
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 20 second homes and occasional dwellings in Riverie, 14% of its 150 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 85% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
A town of families
45% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 25% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A larger share of second homes than 90% of compared French towns: 14%
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 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town, Riverie has 8.9%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
From 2012 to 2023, 77% of compared French towns grew faster than Riverie: −2%
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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +8%, and from 2017 to 2023 −9%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Rhône town +10%.
Half of Riverie is under 40.1, younger than 79% 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
■ Riverie 40.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Where just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, Riverie has 12%.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Rhône 51.5%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of one-person households than 67% of compared French towns, at 32%
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 Rhône median and the France median
Living alone · share
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The average household has 2.4 people. The usual figure: just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €30,660 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €30,660 a year: higher than in 87% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a manual worker than 82% of compared French towns: 9.1%
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 Riverie, 32% of households are headed by a retired person. The benchmark for households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town: 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Riverie ranks below 95% of compared French towns on immigrants: 1.7%
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%; Riverie has 1.7%. The median compared commune in Rhône has 8.2%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 95% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 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.
Fewer married residents than 64% of compared French towns: 41%
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
Across Riverie, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
Only 5.1% of adults out of school have no qualification in Riverie
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
Where 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, Riverie has 46%. Adults with no qualification make up 19% in the typical compared French town.
The 3rd youngest of 41 French towns of 293 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Riverie and its 6 nearest towns: 5 of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riverie | 40.1 | 13% | 14% | 1.7% |
| Chabanière 4,323 · 2.2 mi | 42.8 | 19% | 2.5% | 2.3% |
| Saint-Martin-la-Plaine 3,764 · 3.9 mi | 45.2 | 21% | 1.2% | 4.8% |
| Mornant 6,282 · 4.2 mi | 45.5 | 24% | 1.3% | 3.5% |
| Saint-Martin-en-Haut 3,942 · 4.4 mi | 47.6 | 25% | 3.6% | 2% |
| Genilac 3,839 · 4.7 mi | 42.5 | 19% | 1.6% | 4.5% |
| Rive-de-Gier 15,242 · 5.2 mi | 39.8 | 19% | 0.9% | 18% |
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 Riverie
What is the population of Riverie?
293 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (298).
How old are Riverie’s residents?
The median age is 40.1, younger than 79% of compared French towns. 31% are under 18 and 13% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Riverie?
20, with occasional dwellings: 14% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Riverie?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.7% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (1.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Riverie?
€30,660 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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