Flats: 1.1%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
The share of single-parent households is 1.7%, against 10% in the typical compared French town. On households in social housing, Rives-d'Autise sits lower than 86% of compared French towns: 5.1%. 2,036 residents in 860 households: that is Rives-d'Autise at the 2023 Census. Households headed by a manual worker make up about one in five here (21%).
Throughout this page, the Vendée 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.
Since 2012, Rives-d'Autise has changed by ±0%, slower than 70% 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
The first five years brought +4%; the six to 2023, −4%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Vendée town +9%.
A median age of 45: Rives-d'Autise is older than 56% 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
■ Rives-d'Autise 45. The median compared French town: 44.
About one in four: that is how common residents aged 65 and over are in Rives-d'Autise (23%). At 11%, residents aged 15 to 24 sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%.
In Rives-d'Autise, 31% of households are couples with children, more than in 80% of compared French towns
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 Vendée median and the France median
Living alone · share
Each household has 2.3 people on average. Set beside that, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Lower than in 73% of compared French towns: 31% of households are one person living alone.
A lower share of households without a car than 92% of compared French towns, at 4.4%
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 that moved in under two years ago: 9.5%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 22%. As a reference point, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. On second homes, Rives-d'Autise sits higher than three quarters of compared French towns: 4.6%. At 6.7%, the share of empty homes is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town.
At the median, €25,570 a year to live on
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 €25,570 a year: lower than in 54% of compared French towns. Some 10.0% of residents fall below the poverty line.
In Rives-d'Autise, 5.3% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 83% 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
Households headed by a retired person: 28% here and 32% in the typical compared French town. 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).
Below 94% of compared French towns: 1.8% of residents are immigrants
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.
4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, against 1.4% in Rives-d'Autise. In the typical compared French town, immigrants come to 6.5%.
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 20% in Rives-d'Autise, less than in 91% 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
Set against 43% in the typical compared French town, 48% of residents 15 and over are married in Rives-d'Autise. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Graduates of higher education: 25%, a lower share than 70% 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
Adults with no qualification: 20% of the total. To put it in context, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
20th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 2,036 to 2,582
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).
Older than Rives-d'Autise: 5 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rives-d'Autise | 45 | 23% | 4.6% | 1.8% |
| Benet 4,089 · 4.8 mi | 46.7 | 25% | 4.7% | 2.2% |
| Fontenay-le-Comte 14,059 · 7 mi | 50.9 | 32% | 3.1% | 7.5% |
| Magné 2,728 · 9.2 mi | 57.7 | 37% | 4.8% | 3.2% |
| Niort 59,854 · 11.9 mi | 43.7 | 23% | 3.3% | 8.5% |
| Échiré 3,549 · 12.4 mi | 49.3 | 27% | 1.5% | 2.1% |
| Frontenay-Rohan-Rohan 2,967 · 13.1 mi | 46.9 | 22% | 2.2% | 4.1% |
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 Rives-d'Autise
What is the population of Rives-d'Autise?
2,036 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (2,039).
How old are Rives-d'Autise’s residents?
The median age is 45, older than 56% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Rives-d'Autise?
45, with occasional dwellings: 4.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Rives-d'Autise?
INSEE counts 37 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.8% of residents, and 28 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Rives-d'Autise?
€25,570 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 10.0% 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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