A median age of 53.8: Néoux is older than 92% of compared French towns
15% of households are couples with children (typical compared French town: 25%). Across Néoux, 0.8% of homes are flats. Compared with other places, households in social housing are scarce here: 2.2%, fewer than in 96% of compared French towns. This Creuse town is home to 279 residents in 140 households, by the 2023 Census.
Throughout this page, the Creuse 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 Néoux
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 81 second homes and occasional dwellings in Néoux, 31% of its 260 homes: higher than in 95% 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 ↓
An older town
Half of Néoux’s residents are under 53.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 28% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 42 homes empty (16%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Néoux had 296 residents at the 2012 census and 279 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 90% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Above 95% of compared French towns: 31% 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
One household in 11 has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town. Empty homes account for 16%. Households without a car are rarer here than in 56% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
From 2012 to 2023, 90% of compared French towns grew faster than Néoux: −6%
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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −5% in Creuse. Here the change came as −3% to 2017, then −3% to 2023.
28% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 80% 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
■ Néoux 53.8. The median compared French town: 44.
In Néoux, 9.7% of residents are 15 to 24, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Creuse 52.8%, France 51.8%.
33% of households are one person living alone, below 59% 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 Creuse median and the France median
Living alone · share
Each household has 2 people on average. The usual figure: 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. At 11%, the share of single-parent households is higher than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns.
Median living standard: €23,450 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.
Living standards centre on €23,450 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 77% of compared French towns.
3.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 94% 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
Compared with 32% in the typical compared French town, 44% of households are headed by a retired person here. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a manager or professional come to 9.4%. Households headed by a manual worker make up about one in nine here (11%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Néoux sits below 74% of compared French towns for immigrants (3.9%)
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: 2.5% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Néoux sits above 86% of compared French towns for married residents (49%)
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
Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, 23% of residents 15 and over are single here. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Only 28% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Néoux
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
Higher than in 54% of compared French towns: 20% of adults out of school have no qualification. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (279 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).
Néoux and the towns 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Néoux | 53.8 | 28% | 31% | 3.9% |
| Aubusson 3,018 · 5.1 mi | 56.8 | 37% | 8.5% | 6.6% |
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 Néoux
What is the population of Néoux?
279 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (296).
How old are Néoux’s residents?
The median age is 53.8, older than 92% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Néoux?
81, with occasional dwellings: 31% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Néoux?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.9% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (2.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Néoux?
€23,450 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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