Réunion

Réunion has 881,348 residents in 1 départements and 24 communes.

Region · 1 départements · 24 communes · Updated 24 October 2026

881,348residents2022 census

50%of households own their homemain home

66%housesof all homes

4%second homesof all homes

Réunion · 24 communes

0%30%+

Share of land within 500 m that is green space

Sources: IGN and Insee, IRIS boundaries and Admin Express 2024 (Open Licence 2.0) · DGFiP property sales (DVF), data.gouv.fr statistics (Open Licence 2.0) · Insee, Filosofi 2021 income data (Open Licence 2.0) · © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)

All 1 départements.

Colour shows where each département sits among the others in the region.

Département	Residents	Communes	Price per m²	Living standard	Home owners	Aged 75+	Unemployment	Second homes
La Réunion (974)	881,348	24	€2,740/m²	–	50%	5%	28.9%	4%

Sources: Insee, 2022 population census (sub-municipal files, Open Licence 2.0) · DGFiP property sales (DVF), data.gouv.fr statistics (Open Licence 2.0) · Insee, Filosofi 2021 income data (Open Licence 2.0)

People.

881,348 residents and 352,747 households at the 2022 census, next to the département figure.

22%

aged under 15

19%

aged 15–29

19%

aged 60 and over

30%

of households are people living alone

27%

of households are couples with children

22%

of households are single-parent families

Source: Insee, 2022 population census (sub-municipal files, Open Licence 2.0)

Homes.

400,595 homes, 88% of them main residences, with 3.9 rooms on average.

66%

of homes are houses

50%

of households own their home

18%

of households rent social housing (HLM)

second homes

empty homes

74%

of households have a car

When main homes were built

before 19190%

1919–19451%

1946–19709%

1971–199028%

1991–200536%

2006–201925%

Source: Insee, 2022 population census (sub-municipal files, Open Licence 2.0)

Income and work.

Work and qualifications at the 2022 census.

28.9%

unemployment among 15–64s (census definition)

22%

of over-15s who have left school hold a higher-education degree

managers and professionals among over-15s

17%

retired among over-15s

Sources: Insee, 2022 population census (sub-municipal files, Open Licence 2.0)

Départements in the region.

Every département has its own page, with all of its communes.

La Réunion