Nouzerolles is older than 97% of compared French towns: a median age of 58.7
In the typical compared French town, the share of flats is 30%; Nouzerolles has 0.9%. Census figures put households headed by a retired person at 64% locally. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. There were 56 households here at the 2023 Census, home to 100 residents.
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 Nouzerolles
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 29 second homes and occasional dwellings in Nouzerolles, 26% of its 110 homes: higher than in 94% 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 Nouzerolles’ residents are under 58.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 40% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 14% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 26 homes empty (23%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A higher share of empty homes than 99% of compared French towns, at 23%
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
With second homes at 26%, Nouzerolles is ahead of 94% of compared French towns on that count. Against that, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Census figures put households without a car at 11% locally.
Nouzerolles changed by −3% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 81% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved −4%, and from 2017 to 2023 +1%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Creuse town −5%.
Residents aged 65 and over: 40%, a higher share than 98% 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
■ Nouzerolles 58.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 7.8% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Creuse 52.8%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Nouzerolles sits below 99% of compared French towns for couples with children (9.1%)
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
Nouzerolles has fewer single-parent households than 65% of compared French towns, at 9.1%. As a reference point, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. About one in two: that is how common one-person households are in Nouzerolles (45%).
Median living standard: €23,010 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 midpoint of living standards here is €23,010 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 81% of compared French towns.
Below 82% of compared French towns: 9.1% of households are headed by a manual worker
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
About one in 11: that is how common households headed by a manager or professional are in Nouzerolles (9.1%). For comparison, 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).
Foreign nationals make up 6.9% in Nouzerolles, more than in 69% of compared French towns
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.
Where 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town, Nouzerolles has 8.8%. That is higher than in 65% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Creuse has 7.6%. The comparison figure for foreign nationals is 4.3% 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.
20% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 89% of compared French towns
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
With married residents at 37%, Nouzerolles is behind 85% of compared French towns on that count. On average, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Below 56% of compared French towns: 28% of adults out of school hold a higher-education 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
On the census count, 20% of adults out of school have no qualification. As a yardstick, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 100 to 2,582 people: this is the 4th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Every neighbor is younger than Nouzerolles
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nouzerolles | 58.7 | 40% | 26% | 8.8% |
| La Souterraine 4,978 · 15.6 mi | 51.4 | 33% | 5.6% | 8.8% |
| Guéret 12,955 · 15.8 mi | 46.4 | 26% | 4.5% | 8.6% |
| Argenton-sur-Creuse 4,786 · 17.6 mi | 52.1 | 30% | 8.7% | 5.1% |
| Sainte-Feyre 2,566 · 17.7 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 5% | 2.4% |
| La Châtre 4,037 · 18 mi | 56.2 | 39% | 6.5% | 4.6% |
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 Nouzerolles
What is the population of Nouzerolles?
100 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (103).
How old are Nouzerolles’ residents?
The median age is 58.7, older than 97% of compared French towns. 11% are under 18 and 40% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Nouzerolles?
29, with occasional dwellings: 26% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Nouzerolles?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.8% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (6.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Nouzerolles?
€23,010 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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