Rives de l'Yon sits below 99% of compared French towns for flats (1.3%)
In Rives de l'Yon, 3.7% of households have no car, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. On the census count, nearly a third of households are couples with children. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 91% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 4,335 people lived here, in 1,790 households.
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.
Rives de l'Yon grew +10% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 69% 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 population moved +5%, and from 2017 to 2023 +4%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Vendée town +9%.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 78% of compared French towns, at 9.2%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Rives de l'Yon 44.2. The median compared French town: 44.
The census found that 22% of residents are 65 or over in Rives de l'Yon. Half of the town’s residents are over 44.2, older than in 51% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%.
Rives de l'Yon ranks below 88% of compared French towns on one-person households: 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 Vendée median and the France median
Living alone · share
10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town, against 7.4% in Rives de l'Yon. Average household size: 2.4 people. In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%.
Second homes: 3.1%, a higher share than 62% 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
Newcomers of less than two years account for 7.6% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 21%. As a yardstick, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Empty homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 7.3%.
A median of €25,930 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 €25,930 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 51% of compared French towns. Below the poverty line: 8.0% of residents.
Above 79% of compared French towns: 19% of households are headed by a manual worker
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
For Rives de l'Yon, the census puts households headed by a manager or professional at 8.3%. As a yardstick, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. The share of households headed by a retired person is 33%, against 32% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 91% of compared French towns: 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 Vendée has 2.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 91% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, immigrants come to 6.5%. Across Rives de l'Yon, 1.3% 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.
20% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 90% 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, 47% of residents 15 and over are married in Rives de l'Yon. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
15% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 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
Here 27% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. Against that, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (4,299 to 4,367 people), 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.
Tigery is the youngest (33.7); Le Château-d'Oléron the oldest (55).
2 of 6 neighbors are older than Rives de l'Yon
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rives de l'Yon | 44.2 | 22% | 3.1% | 2% |
| Nesmy 3,100 · 3.1 mi | 43.2 | 20% | 2.3% | 1.5% |
| La Chaize-le-Vicomte 3,948 · 6.1 mi | 40.1 | 16% | 3.7% | 2.2% |
| Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais 2,808 · 6.8 mi | 50.4 | 30% | 6.3% | 2.4% |
| Aubigny-Les Clouzeaux 7,191 · 6.9 mi | 42.5 | 20% | 1.7% | 2% |
| La Roche-sur-Yon 54,849 · 6.9 mi | 42.6 | 23% | 3.7% | 7.8% |
| Nieul-le-Dolent 2,571 · 8.1 mi | 44.4 | 23% | 4.5% | 1.1% |
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 de l'Yon
What is the population of Rives de l'Yon?
4,335 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (3,951).
How old are Rives de l'Yon’s residents?
The median age is 44.2, older than 51% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Rives de l'Yon?
61, with occasional dwellings: 3.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Rives de l'Yon?
INSEE counts 88 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2% of residents, and 56 foreign nationals (1.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Rives de l'Yon?
€25,930 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 8.0% 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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