Only 3.3% of residents are 15 to 24 in Nescus
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, 4.5% of homes are flats here. At 17%, the share of households headed by a retired person is lower than in 98% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 59 residents in 34 households. The share of empty homes stands at 5.1%.
Throughout this page, the Ariège 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 Nescus
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 7 second homes and occasional dwellings in Nescus, 15% of its 43 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 ↓
Many people living alone
67% of Nescus’ households are one person: higher than in 99% of compared French towns; 47% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Nescus had 66 residents at the 2012 census and 59 in 2023, down 11%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Nescus’ residents are under 53 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 28% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.7% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Nescus: 15% of homes are second homes, above 91% 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
Without a car: one household in 12, against 11% in the median compared French town. As a yardstick, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Census figures put households without a car at 8.6% in Nescus. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Slower than most: −11% since 2012, behind 98% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +2% for the median Ariège town, the change came in two steps: −6% from 2012 to 2017, then −5% to 2023.
A median age of 53: Nescus is older than 91% 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
■ Nescus 53. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 28% in Nescus and 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 87 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ariège 52.2%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
One-person households: 67%, a higher share than 99% 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 Ariège median and the France median
Living alone · share
In Nescus, 17% of households are couples with children, beside 25% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. There are 1.7 people in the average household.
More households headed by a manager or professional than 81% of compared French towns: 17%
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 14% in the typical compared French town, 17% of households are headed by a manual worker here. The benchmark for households headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town: 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Nescus ranks below 95% of compared French towns on immigrants: 1.7%
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 Ariège has 9.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 95% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. About one in 59: that is how common foreign nationals are in Nescus (1.7%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A lower share of married residents than 98% of compared French towns, at 29%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%; Nescus has 37%. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
Nescus ranks above 88% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 45%
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
In the typical compared French town, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification; in Nescus, 14%. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
The 7th oldest of 41 French towns of 59 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Nescus 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nescus | 53 | 28% | 15% | 1.7% |
| Foix 9,934 · 8.8 mi | 46.8 | 27% | 7.6% | 15% |
| Varilhes 3,487 · 10.4 mi | 46.7 | 26% | 3.7% | 4.1% |
| Saint-Jean-du-Falga 2,851 · 11.4 mi | 50 | 30% | 1.8% | 7.6% |
| Pamiers 16,473 · 12.4 mi | 39.8 | 21% | 2.7% | 13% |
| Tarascon-sur-Ariège 3,085 · 13.2 mi | 51.4 | 32% | 8% | 18% |
| La Tour-du-Crieu 3,230 · 13.3 mi | 44.8 | 23% | 1.3% | 6.3% |
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 Nescus
What is the population of Nescus?
59 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% fewer than in 2012 (66).
How old are Nescus’ residents?
The median age is 53, older than 91% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Nescus?
7, with occasional dwellings: 15% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Nescus?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.7% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (1.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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