39% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 81% of compared French towns
Flats make up 18%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. At the same time, residents aged 65 and over are more common here than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns. 3,636 residents in 1,650 households: that is Rivery at the 2023 Census. Across Rivery, 7.9% of households are single parents.
Throughout this page, the Somme 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 growing town: +6% since 2012, faster than 55% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was +4%; from 2017 to 2023, +2%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Somme town −3%.
A median age of 45.4: Rivery is older than 59% 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
■ Rivery 45.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Across Rivery, 11% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of couples with children than 60% of compared French towns, at 27%
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 Somme median and the France median
Living alone · share
A household here holds 2.2 people on average. At 35%, the share of one-person households is lower than in 53% of compared French towns. The share of couples with children in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Below 87% of compared French towns: 0.8% of homes are second homes
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
Newcomers of less than two years account for 12% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 27%. For comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. More households without a car than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns: 14%. Empty homes: 5%, below three quarters of compared French towns.
A median of €26,090 a year per consumption unit
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 Rivery’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €26,090 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 51% of compared French towns. Under the poverty line sit 15.0% of residents.
Households headed by a manual worker: 10%, a lower share than 74% 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
Just over one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 69% of compared French towns: 2.7% of residents are foreign nationals
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.
The median compared commune in Somme has 2.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 51% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. The census found that 6.4% of residents are immigrants in Rivery.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
46% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 73% 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
In Rivery, 24% of residents 15 and over are single, beside 25% in the typical compared French town. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Adults with no qualification: 22%, a higher share than 65% 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
On the census count, 31% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. As a reference point, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 21st oldest 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.
The youngest is Lizy-sur-Ourcq (37.6), the oldest Plestin-les-Grèves (61.5).
Around Rivery, 1 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Rivery
What is the population of Rivery?
3,636 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (3,428).
How old are Rivery’s residents?
The median age is 45.4, older than 59% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Rivery?
14, with occasional dwellings: 0.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Rivery?
INSEE counts 230 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.4% of residents, and 98 foreign nationals (2.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Rivery?
€26,090 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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