A higher share of second homes than 93% of compared French towns, at 19%
Households without a car: 3.8%, below 95% of compared French towns. On households in social housing, Noailhac sits lower than 97% of compared French towns: 1.9%. Its 180 households held 348 residents at the 2023 Census. Across Noailhac, 7.4% of residents are 15 to 24.
Throughout this page, the Corrèze 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 Noailhac
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 47 second homes and occasional dwellings in Noailhac, 19% of its 240 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 91% 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
Noailhac had 373 residents at the 2012 census and 348 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 92% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Noailhac’s residents are under 51.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 23% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 3.9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Fewer flats than 96% of compared French towns: 4.9%
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
Where 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town, Noailhac has 8%. Against that, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town.
A −7% change since 2012: slower than 92% 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
The change was +1% from 2012 to 2017 and −8% from 2017 to 2023.
A median age of 51.6: Noailhac is older than 88% 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
■ Noailhac 51.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over account for 23%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Corrèze 51.9%, France 51.8%.
2.9% of households are single parents, below 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 Corrèze median and the France median
Living alone · share
Here 38% of households are one person living alone, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 35%. What’s more, 28% of households are couples with children, a higher share than in 63% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2 people.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €27,650 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €27,650 a year: higher than in 67% of compared French towns.
Below 93% of compared French towns: 21% of households are headed by a retired person
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
In the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker; in Noailhac, 25%. The benchmark for households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town: 32%. Households headed by a manager or professional account for 8.7%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 88% of compared French towns: 2.4%
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.
Foreign nationals: 1.2%, below 91% of compared French towns. The median compared commune in Corrèze has 6.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 88% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A smaller share of single residents than 93% of compared French towns: 20%
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 make up 41%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
12% of adults out of school have no qualification, below 87% 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
The share of graduates of higher education stands at 31%. Adults with no qualification make up 19% in the typical compared French town.
10th highest median age among 41 French towns of 348 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
No nearby town is as old as Noailhac
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noailhac | 51.6 | 23% | 19% | 2.4% |
| Cosnac 3,044 · 4 mi | 50.8 | 27% | 1.8% | 4.3% |
| Malemort 8,239 · 6.2 mi | 51.1 | 31% | 3.4% | 6.5% |
| Brive-la-Gaillarde 47,095 · 6.7 mi | 46.7 | 28% | 4.5% | 11% |
| Ussac 4,322 · 8.7 mi | 48.7 | 25% | 2.9% | 4.5% |
| Saint-Pantaléon-de-Larche 5,091 · 9.3 mi | 46.1 | 23% | 2.1% | 6.1% |
| Donzenac 2,733 · 10.9 mi | 44.8 | 23% | 4.9% | 4% |
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 Noailhac
What is the population of Noailhac?
348 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (373).
How old are Noailhac’s residents?
The median age is 51.6, older than 88% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Noailhac?
47, with occasional dwellings: 19% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Noailhac?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.4% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (1.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Noailhac?
€27,650 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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