Above 92% of compared French towns: 17% of homes are second homes
12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town, against 2.8% in Deux Rivières. At the 2023 Census, 1,245 people lived here, in 600 households. The share of flats stands at 5.8%. With a median age of 48.1, Deux Rivières is older than three quarters of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Yonne 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 Deux Rivières
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 140 second homes and occasional dwellings in Deux Rivières, 17% of its 860 homes: higher than in 92% of compared French towns. 95% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Empty homes
The census found 120 homes empty (14%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Deux Rivières sits above 93% of compared French towns for empty homes (14%)
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
The share of households without a car is 9.2%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Of all households, 7% moved in during the last two years and 21% have stayed three decades or more. Against that, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
From 2012 to 2023, 71% of compared French towns grew faster than Deux Rivières: ±0%
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 median Yonne town changed −4% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +1% and the next six −1%.
Deux Rivières sits above 73% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (26%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Deux Rivières 48.1. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 11%; Deux Rivières has 9.5%. Measured more widely, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Yonne 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Above 65% of compared French towns: 39% of households are one person living alone
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 Yonne median and the France median
Living alone · share
The share of single-parent households tops 69% of compared French towns: 11%. Measured more widely, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. There are 2.1 people in the average household.
A median of €24,730 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 €24,730 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 63% of compared French towns.
36% of households are headed by a retired person, more 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
Census figures put households headed by a manual worker at 15% in Deux Rivières. A tenth of Deux Rivières’ households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 36% by a retired person (32%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
7% of Deux Rivières’ 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.
Immigrants make up a share higher than in 54% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Yonne has 9.2%. On the census count, 5% 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.
Only 36% of residents 15 and over are married in Deux Rivières
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
26% of residents 15 and over are single, or about one in four. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 77% of compared French towns: 23%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%; Deux Rivières has 21%. The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (1,245 to 2,582 people), the 15th 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 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Nearby, 5 of 6 towns have older populations than Deux Rivières
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deux Rivières | 48.1 | 26% | 17% | 7% |
| Auxerre 35,097 · 10.1 mi | 44.1 | 24% | 3.1% | 13% |
| Saint-Georges-sur-Baulche 3,151 · 11.4 mi | 56.9 | 38% | 1.5% | 6.3% |
| Monéteau 4,114 · 12.9 mi | 52.1 | 32% | 2% | 6.2% |
| Appoigny 3,114 · 15.5 mi | 50.2 | 28% | 2.7% | 6.2% |
| Avallon 6,305 · 16.4 mi | 50.5 | 30% | 5.6% | 12% |
| Clamecy 3,544 · 17.4 mi | 49.8 | 31% | 6.8% | 11% |
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 Deux Rivières
What is the population of Deux Rivières?
1,245 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (1,250).
How old are Deux Rivières’ residents?
The median age is 48.1, older than 75% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Deux Rivières?
140, with occasional dwellings: 17% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Deux Rivières?
INSEE counts 88 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7% of residents, and 63 foreign nationals (5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Deux Rivières?
€24,730 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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