Above 99% of compared French towns: 21% of homes stand empty
2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town, against 8% in Néac. Few places have so few flats: 6.3% here, fewer than in 94% of compared French towns. The town is home to 331 residents in 160 households, by the 2023 Census. Locally, 22% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Throughout this page, the Gironde 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 Néac
Fewer residents than in 2012
Néac had 392 residents at the 2012 census and 331 in 2023, down 16%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 48 homes empty (21%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower than most: −16% since 2012, behind 99% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +16% in Gironde. Here the change came as −2% to 2017, then −14% to 2023.
Older than 75% of compared French towns: half of Néac is over 48.1
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Néac 48.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in Néac. On the census count, a quarter of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Fewer couples with children than 68% of compared French towns: 22%
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 Gironde median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households average 2.1 people. Typically, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In Néac, just over a third of households are one person living alone, beside 35% in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of households in social housing than 99% of compared French towns: 0.6%
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
Households that moved in under two years ago: 7%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 26%. On households without a car, Néac sits lower than 84% of compared French towns: 5.5%. Measured more widely, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Car-free households: one in 18, where the median compared French town has 11%.
A median standard of living of €26,610 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 €26,610 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 57% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a manager or professional than 80% of compared French towns: 5.6%
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
Where 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, Néac has 29%. Households headed by a manager or professional: 9.4% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 5.2% in Néac, less than in 61% 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.
Foreign nationals: 3.2%, below just over three fifths of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 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.
A lower share of married residents than 65% of compared French towns, at 41%
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
Against a figure of 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of single residents in Néac comes in at 27%. As a reference point, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Above 58% of compared French towns: 32% 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
Adults with no qualification come to 20% in Néac, about two in ten. Across the comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (331 to 2,582 people), the 15th 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).
Néac and its 6 nearest towns: 1 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Néac
What is the population of Néac?
331 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 16% fewer than in 2012 (392).
How old are Néac’s residents?
The median age is 48.1, older than 75% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Néac?
18, with occasional dwellings: 8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Néac?
INSEE counts 17 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.2% of residents, and 11 foreign nationals (3.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Néac?
€26,610 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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