2.4% of households rent social housing (HLM), below 96% of compared French towns
The median age in Rians is 48.8, higher than in 78% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 4,223 residents and 1,870 households here. For Rians, the census puts flats at 12%. 36% of households are headed by a retired person; in the typical compared French town the figure is 32%.
Throughout this page, the Var 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 Rians
One home in 10 is a second home
The census counted 230 second homes and occasional dwellings in Rians, 10% of its 2,290 homes: higher than in 88% of compared French towns. 94% 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 make up 10% in Rians, more 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
Households without a car make up 8.1%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Here, nearly one in ten homes stand empty.
Rians changed by −3% from 2012 to 2023, behind 81% 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 same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Var town +10%.
8.1% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 92% 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
■ Rians 48.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 22% in the typical compared French town, 25% of residents are 65 or over in Rians. For comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Var 51.4%, France 51.8%.
Fewer single-parent households than 86% of compared French towns: 7.4%
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 Var median and the France median
Living alone · share
Average household size: 2.2 people. Few places have so few one-person households: 30% here, fewer than in 76% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households is 10%. Couples with children are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 25%.
A median of €25,770 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.
Living standards centre on €25,770 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 52% of compared French towns. 13.0% of residents have a standard of living below 60% of France’s median.
Rians sits below 70% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (11%)
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
Across Rians, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional. Set beside that, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 70% of compared French towns: 2.6% 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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 60% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Var has 6.5%. In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals. Locally, 5.3% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents make up 19% in Rians, less than in 94% 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
Married residents: 51% here and 43% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
30% of adults hold a diploma above the bac
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
Nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification, a lower share than in 53% of compared French towns. Graduates of higher education are rarer here than in just over half of compared French towns.
Of 41 French towns its size (4,189 to 4,258 people), the 13th 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 35.8 in Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier to 65.8 in Le Touquet-Paris-Plage.
No nearby town is as old as Rians
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rians | 48.8 | 25% | 10% | 5.3% |
| Jouques 4,547 · 6.3 mi | 48.7 | 25% | 6.6% | 5.1% |
| Pourrières 5,642 · 7.8 mi | 44.2 | 18% | 3.5% | 3.7% |
| Vinon-sur-Verdon 4,464 · 8.5 mi | 43.3 | 19% | 12% | 8.3% |
| Peyrolles-en-Provence 5,409 · 9 mi | 42 | 18% | 1.4% | 8.5% |
| Seillons-Source-d'Argens 2,818 · 9.8 mi | 42.7 | 20% | 6.1% | 2.8% |
| Rousset 5,425 · 11.4 mi | 41.6 | 19% | 7.9% | 7.4% |
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 Rians
What is the population of Rians?
4,223 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (4,345).
How old are Rians’ residents?
The median age is 48.8, older than 78% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Rians?
230, with occasional dwellings: 10% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Rians?
INSEE counts 220 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.3% of residents, and 110 foreign nationals (2.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Rians?
€25,770 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 13.0% 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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