Households in social housing: 0.3%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car is 11%; Rustrel has 3.8%. Single-parent households: 16% of the total. On households headed by a manager or professional, Rustrel sits higher than 88% of compared French towns: 20%. 672 residents in 330 households: that is Rustrel at the 2023 Census.
Throughout this page, the Vaucluse 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 Rustrel
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 130 second homes and occasional dwellings in Rustrel, 25% of its 530 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 84% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Rustrel had 753 residents at the 2012 census and 672 in 2023, down 11%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 71 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A larger share of second homes than 94% of compared French towns: 25%
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
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, just over one in ten homes are flats here. The benchmark for second homes in the typical compared French town: 2.1%. In Rustrel, 13% of homes stand empty.
From 2012 to 2023, 98% of compared French towns grew faster than Rustrel: −11%
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 −9%; from 2017 to 2023, −2%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Vaucluse town +7%.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 7.2% in Rustrel, less than in 96% 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
■ Rustrel 50.5. The median compared French town: 44.
22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, against 28% in Rustrel. What’s more, the median age in the town is 50.5, higher than in 85% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vaucluse 51.9%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Rustrel ranks above 73% of compared French towns on one-person households: 41%
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 Vaucluse median and the France median
Living alone · share
Where 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, Rustrel has 22%. Set beside that, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Average household size: 2.1 people.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €24,750 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.
The median standard of living in Rustrel is €24,750 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 63% of compared French towns.
30% of households are headed by a retired person, fewer than in 66% 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
Across Rustrel, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker. A fifth of the town’s households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 30% by a retired person (32%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Rustrel ranks above 61% of compared French towns on immigrants: 8.2%
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 Vaucluse has 6.8%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 61% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Across Rustrel, 5.4% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A smaller share of married residents than 57% of compared French towns: 42%
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 are rarer here than in 55% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
10% of adults out of school have no qualification, below 95% 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
With graduates of higher education at 41%, Rustrel is ahead of 81% of compared French towns on that count. Across the comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 672 to 2,582 people: this is 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Around Rustrel, 2 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rustrel | 50.5 | 28% | 25% | 8.2% |
| Apt 10,143 · 5.2 mi | 49.6 | 30% | 9.4% | 14% |
| Saint-Saturnin-lès-Apt 3,004 · 6.2 mi | 53.1 | 32% | 31% | 6.5% |
| Gargas 3,035 · 6.7 mi | 54.8 | 32% | 12% | 6.5% |
| La Tour-d'Aigues 4,405 · 13.9 mi | 48 | 25% | 5.4% | 5.7% |
| Cadenet 4,363 · 14.1 mi | 46 | 25% | 5.9% | 5.4% |
| Lauris 3,921 · 14.6 mi | 50.5 | 29% | 13% | 5.7% |
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 Rustrel
What is the population of Rustrel?
672 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% fewer than in 2012 (753).
How old are Rustrel’s residents?
The median age is 50.5, older than 85% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Rustrel?
130, with occasional dwellings: 25% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Rustrel?
INSEE counts 55 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.2% of residents, and 36 foreign nationals (5.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Rustrel?
€24,750 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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