Half of Nozières is over 54.5, older than 93% of compared French towns
Here 50% of households are headed by a retired person, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 32%. Nozières had 237 residents in 110 households at the 2023 census. About one in 14: that is how common flats are in Nozières (7%). At 21%, the share of couples with children is lower than in 70% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Ardèche 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 Nozières
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 110 second homes and occasional dwellings in Nozières, 43% of its 250 homes: higher than in 97% 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
Nozières had 273 residents at the 2012 census and 237 in 2023, down 13%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Nozières’ residents are under 54.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 31% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 29 homes empty (12%): 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 97% of compared French towns: 43% 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
29% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 6% moved in within the last two years. At 12%, the share of empty homes is higher than in 87% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 2.1% of homes are second homes. Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car in Nozières comes in at 10%.
Nozières changed by −13% from 2012 to 2023, 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
Over those years, the median Ardèche town changed +4% and the median compared French town +5%.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 5.6% of residents are 15 to 24
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Nozières 54.5. The median compared French town: 44.
31% of residents are 65 or over, against 22% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 115 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ardèche 52.7%, France 51.8%.
39% of households are one person living alone, more than in 65% 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 Ardèche median and the France median
Living alone · share
Set against 10% in the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten households are single parents in Nozières. The wider picture: just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. On average, 2.1 people share a household.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €19,490 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 median standard of living in Nozières is €19,490 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 98% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a manual worker than 79% of compared French towns: 19%
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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 73% of compared French towns: 4.1%
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.
The median compared commune in Ardèche has 9.3%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 73% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Census figures put foreign nationals at 3.6% in Nozières.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A higher share of single residents than 81% of compared French towns, at 31%
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
Married residents: 44% of the total. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Nozières ranks above 93% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 31%
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
The share of graduates of higher education trails 63% of compared French towns: 26%. The benchmark for adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town: 19%.
Of 41 French towns its size (237 to 2,582 people), the 7th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Nozières and its 6 nearest towns: 2 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nozières | 54.5 | 31% | 43% | 4.1% |
| Le Cheylard 2,803 · 10.3 mi | 56.8 | 38% | 8.3% | 2.2% |
| Le Chambon-sur-Lignon 2,501 · 11.7 mi | 57.9 | 38% | 36% | 5.9% |
| Tence 3,111 · 13.6 mi | 51.6 | 29% | 19% | 1.9% |
| Tournon-sur-Rhône 11,279 · 14.3 mi | 44.3 | 24% | 2.3% | 10% |
| Roiffieux 2,743 · 14.5 mi | 50.5 | 27% | 2.8% | 2.3% |
| Tain-l'Hermitage 5,915 · 15 mi | 44 | 23% | 3.9% | 6.8% |
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 Nozières
What is the population of Nozières?
237 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% fewer than in 2012 (273).
How old are Nozières’ residents?
The median age is 54.5, older than 93% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Nozières?
110, with occasional dwellings: 43% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Nozières?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.1% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (3.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Nozières?
€19,490 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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