Half of Nouic is over 59.2, older than 98% of compared French towns
In Nouic, 1.3% of households rent social housing (HLM), beside 12% in the typical compared French town. Roughly five in ten: just over half of households are headed by a retired person. Higher than in 92% of compared French towns: 49% of households are one person living alone. Census day 2023: 423 residents and 240 households in the town.
Throughout this page, the Haute-Vienne 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 Nouic
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 79 second homes and occasional dwellings in Nouic, 20% of its 390 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 97% 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 Nouic’s residents are under 59.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 40% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 13% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Nouic had 514 residents at the 2012 census and 423 in 2023, down 18%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 69 homes empty (18%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Empty homes: 18%, a higher share than 98% 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
Set against 2.1% in the typical compared French town, a fifth of homes are second homes in Nouic. For comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Census figures put flats at 3.6% in the town.
−18% since 2012, a pace below 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
The median Haute-Vienne town changed +1% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −9% and the next six −9%.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 98% of compared French towns, at 40%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Nouic 59.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Here 5% of residents are 15 to 24, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. The wider picture: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Vienne 52.5%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Fewer couples with children than 93% of compared French towns: 14%
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 Haute-Vienne median and the France median
Living alone · share
A household here holds 1.8 people on average. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 95% of compared French towns. The wider picture: a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
€21,580 a year: the median standard of living
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 €21,580 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 91% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 3.9% in Nouic, less than in 93% 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
Put another way, about one in seven: 14% of households are headed by a manual worker. The usual figure: nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Nouic: 8.8% of residents are foreign nationals, above 78% 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.
Immigrants make up a share higher than in 62% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Haute-Vienne has 4.5%. The usual figure: 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Across Nouic, nearly one in ten residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Nouic sits below 67% of compared French towns for single residents (23%)
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
In Nouic, 42% of residents 15 and over are married. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 93% of compared French towns, at 17%
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 figure for adults with no qualification is 28% in Nouic and 19% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 423 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Nouic is older than every town 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nouic | 59.2 | 40% | 20% | 8.4% |
| Bellac 3,537 · 7.7 mi | 58.2 | 39% | 8.1% | 7.9% |
| Oradour-sur-Glane 2,550 · 10.4 mi | 44.8 | 25% | 3.4% | 2.6% |
| Saint-Junien 11,415 · 11.6 mi | 49.9 | 29% | 3.5% | 4.5% |
| Confolens 2,730 · 12.3 mi | 58.2 | 39% | 8.8% | 11% |
| Rochechouart 3,603 · 16.4 mi | 56.7 | 37% | 11% | 6.4% |
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 Nouic
What is the population of Nouic?
423 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 18% fewer than in 2012 (514).
How old are Nouic’s residents?
The median age is 59.2, older than 98% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 40% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Nouic?
79, with occasional dwellings: 20% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Nouic?
INSEE counts 35 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.4% of residents, and 37 foreign nationals (8.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Nouic?
€21,580 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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