Nizerolles ranks below 99% of compared French towns on flats: 1%
Here 43% of households are headed by a retired person, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 32%. By contrast, fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than in 88% of compared French towns: 8.5%. At the 2023 Census Nizerolles was home to 282 people in 140 households. The census found that 7.1% of households rent social housing (HLM) here.
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 Nizerolles
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 29 second homes and occasional dwellings in Nizerolles, 15% of its 200 homes: higher than in 91% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Nizerolles had 344 residents at the 2012 census and 282 in 2023, down 18%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Nizerolles’ residents are under 52.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 27% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.7% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 27 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.
More second homes than 91% of compared French towns: 15%
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 18 has no car (median compared French town: 11%). Typically, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. The census found that 5.7% of households have no car in Nizerolles. Higher than in 93% of compared French towns: 14% of homes stand empty.
−18% since 2012: slower than 99% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −9%, then −10% to 2023. Over those years, the median Allier town changed −1% and the median compared French town +5%.
A median age of 52.8: Nizerolles is older than 90% 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
■ Nizerolles 52.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Here 27% of residents are 65 or over, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 22%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Allier 52.6%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of couples with children than 93% of compared French towns, at 14%
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
Against a figure of 10% in the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households in Nizerolles comes in at 14%. Set beside that, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. The census found that nearly two in five households are one person living alone in the town.
Median standard of living: €22,640 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €22,640 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 84% of compared French towns.
Nizerolles sits above 88% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (21%)
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
Compared with 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 7.1% of households are headed by a manager or professional here. The usual figure: 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
1.8% of residents are immigrants, below 94% 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.
The median compared commune in Allier has 4.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 94% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Foreign nationals make up about one in 56 here (1.8%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents make up 24% in Nizerolles, less than in 63% 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
Roughly four in ten: 42% of residents 15 and over are married. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
Nizerolles ranks below 83% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 21%
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
Fewer adults with no qualification than in 54% of compared French towns: 18%. As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 8th oldest of 41 French towns of 282 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).
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 3 are older than Nizerolles
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nizerolles | 52.8 | 27% | 15% | 1.8% |
| Saint-Yorre 2,641 · 8.8 mi | 49 | 27% | 1.2% | 3.4% |
| Cusset 13,316 · 9.2 mi | 48.2 | 27% | 1.9% | 10% |
| Abrest 2,915 · 9.3 mi | 46.6 | 24% | 1.7% | 4.5% |
| Lapalisse 3,138 · 10.2 mi | 54.7 | 36% | 3% | 4.5% |
| Vichy 25,115 · 10.4 mi | 53.1 | 37% | 8.5% | 11% |
| Creuzier-le-Vieux 3,205 · 10.6 mi | 53.3 | 30% | 2.6% | 4.1% |
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 Nizerolles
What is the population of Nizerolles?
282 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 18% fewer than in 2012 (344).
How old are Nizerolles’ residents?
The median age is 52.8, older than 90% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Nizerolles?
29, with occasional dwellings: 15% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Nizerolles?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.8% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (1.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Nizerolles?
€22,640 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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