A lower share of households in social housing than 99% of compared French towns, at 0.2%
Compared with 14% in the typical compared French town, 5.1% of households are headed by a manual worker here. There were 470 households in Rivières at the 2023 Census, home to 1,061 residents. Put another way, about one in 26: 3.8% of households have no car. Residents aged 15 to 24 are rarer here than in 92% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Tarn 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 Rivières
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 170 second homes and occasional dwellings in Rivières, 25% of its 670 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 29% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes: 25%, a higher share than 94% 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
Here 19% of homes are flats, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. The usual figure: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. In Rivières, 4.1% of homes stand empty.
A +12% change since 2012: faster than 75% 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 Tarn town +7%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought +11%; 2017 to 2023, +1%.
A median age of 42.3: Rivières is younger than 64% 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
■ Rivières 42.3. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 65 and over (20%), Rivières is below 67% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Tarn 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Rivières ranks below 82% of compared French towns on one-person households: 29%
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 Tarn median and the France median
Living alone · share
Average household size: 2.3 people. The usual figure: 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Few places have as many couples with children: 31% here, more than in nearly four fifths of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households is 10%; Rivières has 7.6%.
A median of €26,910 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €26,910 a year: higher than in 60% of compared French towns.
15% of households are headed by a manager or professional, a share 77% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Here 28% of households are headed by a retired person, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 32%. Typically, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Foreign nationals make up 1.6% in Rivières, less than in 85% of compared French towns
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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 77% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Tarn has 6%. In the typical compared French town, foreign nationals come to 4.3%. The census found that 3.6% of residents are immigrants in Rivières.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Rivières sits below 97% of compared French towns for single residents (19%)
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
Census figures put married residents at 43% in Rivières. Elsewhere, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification make up 14% in Rivières, less than in 76% 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
By its share of graduates of higher education (32%), Rivières is above 56% of compared French towns. The share of adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town is 19%.
41 French towns of 1,061 to 2,582 people: this is the 10th youngest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
No nearby town is as young as Rivières
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rivières | 42.3 | 20% | 25% | 3.6% |
| Marssac-sur-Tarn 3,518 · 2.9 mi | 46.9 | 26% | 3.5% | 4.7% |
| Gaillac 16,162 · 3.8 mi | 45.7 | 27% | 2.9% | 11% |
| Albi 51,290 · 8.8 mi | 46 | 28% | 4.3% | 11% |
| Cagnac-les-Mines 2,621 · 9.1 mi | 46.5 | 24% | 2.8% | 3.3% |
| Lisle-sur-Tarn 4,939 · 9.3 mi | 46.6 | 25% | 4.7% | 5.2% |
| Puygouzon 3,548 · 9.9 mi | 51.8 | 30% | 1.2% | 2.6% |
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 Rivières
What is the population of Rivières?
1,061 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% more than in 2012 (948).
How old are Rivières’ residents?
The median age is 42.3, younger than 64% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Rivières?
170, with occasional dwellings: 25% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Rivières?
INSEE counts 38 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.6% of residents, and 17 foreign nationals (1.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Rivières?
€26,910 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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