Néris-les-Bains is older than 98% of compared French towns: a median age of 59.5
Here 48% of households are headed by a retired person, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 32%. Few places have so few households in social housing: 2.2% here, fewer than in 96% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 2,368 residents in Néris-les-Bains, living in 1,150 households. Couples with children account for 16%.
Throughout this page, the Allier 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 Néris-les-Bains
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 550 second homes and occasional dwellings in Néris-les-Bains, 28% of its 2,000 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 18% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Néris-les-Bains’ residents are under 59.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 40% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 13% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Néris-les-Bains had 2,588 residents at the 2012 census and 2,368 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 95% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 290 homes empty (15%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Above 95% of compared French towns: 28% of homes are second homes
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
One household in 12 has no car (median compared French town: 11%). By way of comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Census figures put empty homes at 15% in Néris-les-Bains. On households without a car, Néris-les-Bains sits lower than 64% of compared French towns: 8.4%.
From 2012 to 2023, 95% of compared French towns grew faster than Néris-les-Bains: −9%
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
Over those years, the median Allier town changed −1% and the median compared French town +5%.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 98% of compared French towns: 40%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Néris-les-Bains 59.5. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 6.2%, Néris-les-Bains is behind 99% of compared French towns on that count. By way of comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 83 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Allier 52.6%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
In Néris-les-Bains, 7.8% of households are single parents, fewer than in 82% 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 Allier median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households average 2 people. In the typical compared French town, 10% of households are single parents. More one-person households than in just over three fifths of compared French towns: 38%.
A typical living standard of €27,410 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.
Half of residents live in households above €27,410 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 65% of compared French towns. Poverty touches 11.0% of residents.
Only 5.2% of households are headed by a manual worker in Néris-les-Bains
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
Here, 10% of households are headed by a manager or professional. Households headed by a manual worker: 14% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 4.5%, a lower share than 68% of compared French towns
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.
In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Néris-les-Bains, 3.1%. The median compared commune in Allier has 4.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in just over two thirds of compared French towns. On average, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Néris-les-Bains ranks below 98% of compared French towns on single residents: 18%
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
Compared with 43% in the typical compared French town, half of residents 15 and over are married here. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
In Néris-les-Bains, 16% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 69% 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
35% of Néris-les-Bains’ residents 15 and over who have left education hold a higher-education diploma, against 30% in the median compared French town; 16% have no diploma (19%).
4th highest median age among 41 French towns of 2,368 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Néris-les-Bains is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Néris-les-Bains
What is the population of Néris-les-Bains?
2,368 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (2,588).
How old are Néris-les-Bains’ residents?
The median age is 59.5, older than 98% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 40% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Néris-les-Bains?
550, with occasional dwellings: 28% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Néris-les-Bains?
INSEE counts 110 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.5% of residents, and 74 foreign nationals (3.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Néris-les-Bains?
€27,410 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 11.0% 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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