Flats: 1.5%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car is 11%; Noailles has 3%. This Corrèze town has fewer households in social housing than 92% of compared French towns, at 3.5%. At the 2023 Census Noailles was home to 945 people in 380 households. Here, nearly a quarter of households are one person living alone.
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 Noailles
A town of families
36% of households are couples with children and 8.9% single parents with children; 18% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Noailles’s population changed by +7% since 2012, more than in 58% 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 years 2012 to 2017 brought +3%; 2017 to 2023, +4%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Corrèze town −1%.
Noailles is older than 58% of compared French towns: a median age of 45.3
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Noailles 45.3. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 trails 71% of compared French towns: 9.6%. Residents aged 65 and over account for 21%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Corrèze 51.9%, France 51.8%.
In Noailles, 36% of households are couples with children, more than in 93% 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
The typical household size is 2.5 people. On single-parent households, Noailles sits lower than 69% of compared French towns: 8.9%. The comparison figure for couples with children is 25% in the typical compared French town.
In Noailles, 5.2% of homes are second homes, more than in 78% 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
Against a figure of 6.7% in the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes in Noailles comes in at 8.9%. The wider picture: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. In the last two years, 4.3% of households moved in; at the other end, 27% have stayed 30 years or more.
At the median, €26,900 a year to live on
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.
Half of residents live in households above €26,900 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 60% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker: 23%, a higher share than 92% of compared French towns
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
Nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, against 36% in Noailles. Lower than in 84% of compared French towns: 5.2% of households are headed by a manager or professional. Measured more widely, 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).
Fewer foreign nationals than 88% of compared French towns: 1.4%
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.
6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town, against 3.3% in Noailles. As a reference point, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. That is lower than in nearly four fifths of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Corrèze has 6.1%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Noailles sits below 97% of compared French towns for single residents (19%)
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
Where 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, Noailles has 52%. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Below 95% of compared French towns: 10% of adults out of school have no qualification
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
Nearly a third of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. Elsewhere, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 21st oldest of 41 French towns of 945 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.
Nearby, 5 of 6 towns have older populations than Noailles
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noailles | 45.3 | 21% | 5.2% | 3.3% |
| Cosnac 3,044 · 3.8 mi | 50.8 | 27% | 1.8% | 4.3% |
| Brive-la-Gaillarde 47,095 · 4 mi | 46.7 | 28% | 4.5% | 11% |
| Saint-Pantaléon-de-Larche 5,091 · 4.9 mi | 46.1 | 23% | 2.1% | 6.1% |
| Malemort 8,239 · 5.6 mi | 51.1 | 31% | 3.4% | 6.5% |
| Ussac 4,322 · 6.1 mi | 48.7 | 25% | 2.9% | 4.5% |
| Donzenac 2,733 · 8.9 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 Noailles
What is the population of Noailles?
945 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (885).
How old are Noailles’ residents?
The median age is 45.3, older than 58% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Noailles?
23, with occasional dwellings: 5.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Noailles?
INSEE counts 31 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.3% of residents, and 13 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Noailles?
€26,900 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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