Half of Neuvy is over 54.7, older than 94% of compared French towns
In Neuvy, 52% of households are headed by a retired person, beside 32% in the typical compared French town. At the 2023 Census, 1,475 people lived locally, in 670 households. For Neuvy, the census puts one-person households at 26%. 0.6% of homes are flats, a lower share than in 99% of compared French towns.
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 Neuvy
An older town
Half of Neuvy’s residents are under 54.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 34% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.2% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower growth than 83% of compared French towns: Neuvy changed by −4% since 2012
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%.
34% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 92% 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
■ Neuvy 54.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24, about the same as in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 22% of residents are 65 or over 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: Allier 52.6%, France 51.8%.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 4.4% of households are single parents
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 here average 2.1 people each. Neuvy has fewer couples with children than nearly four fifths of compared French towns, at 19%. Single-parent households: 10% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
In Neuvy, 1.7% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 97% 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
In the typical compared French town, just over one in ten households have no car; in Neuvy, 4%. Turnover: 5.3% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 37% have lived in their home 30 years or more. Second homes are more common here than in 62% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town.
The median resident lives on €28,600 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 €28,600 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 76% of compared French towns.
Below 79% of compared French towns: 5.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional
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
Against a figure of 14% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker in Neuvy comes in at 12%. Typically, 9.4% of 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).
Neuvy ranks below 81% of compared French towns on immigrants: 3.1%
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.
1.6% of residents are foreign nationals, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 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.
Neuvy ranks above 99% of compared French towns on married residents: 54%
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
18% of residents 15 and over are single; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Neuvy ranks below 65% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 26%
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: 17%, below just over three fifths of compared French towns. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
The 7th oldest of 41 French towns of 1,475 to 2,582 people
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Neuvy is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neuvy | 54.7 | 34% | 3% | 3.1% |
| Moulins 19,206 · 1.8 mi | 43.9 | 25% | 4.3% | 9.9% |
| Avermes 4,074 · 2.1 mi | 51.3 | 30% | 1.4% | 5.2% |
| Yzeure 12,897 · 2.9 mi | 49.8 | 27% | 2.4% | 6.4% |
| Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule 4,884 · 17.7 mi | 50.6 | 31% | 3.1% | 2% |
| Varennes-sur-Allier 3,549 · 17.8 mi | 50.6 | 30% | 0.9% | 9.6% |
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 Neuvy
What is the population of Neuvy?
1,475 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (1,530).
How old are Neuvy’s residents?
The median age is 54.7, older than 94% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 34% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Neuvy?
22, with occasional dwellings: 3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Neuvy?
INSEE counts 46 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.1% of residents, and 23 foreign nationals (1.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Neuvy?
€28,600 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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