Neffiès is older than 91% of compared French towns: a median age of 52.9
In the typical compared French town, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM); in Neffiès, 2.3%. At the 2023 Census Neffiès was home to 1,008 people in 490 households. On the census count, 4.7% of homes are flats. Few places have so few households headed by a manager or professional: 5.7% here, fewer than in 79% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Hérault 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 Neffiès
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 160 second homes and occasional dwellings in Neffiès, 22% of its 710 homes: higher than in 94% 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 Neffiès’ residents are under 52.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 30% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.5% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Neffiès, 22% of homes are second homes, more than in 94% 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
The share of empty homes is 8.3%, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. In Neffiès, 7.8% of households have no car. The usual figure: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Slower growth than 81% of compared French towns: Neffiès changed by −3% since 2012
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 +2%, and from 2017 to 2023 −5%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Hérault town +13%.
Neffiès ranks below 92% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 8%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Neffiès 52.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Here 30% of residents are 65 or over, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 22%. Typically, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of single-parent households than 96% of compared French towns, at 6%
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 Hérault median and the France median
Living alone · share
On average, 2.1 people share a household. Fewer couples with children than in 78% of compared French towns: 19%. To put it in context, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. At 35%, the share of one-person households is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town.
A typical living standard of €24,160 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.
Half of residents live in households above €24,160 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 69% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person make up 43% in Neffiès, more than in 90% 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
Here 9.3% of households are headed by a manual worker, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 14%. The comparison figure for households headed by a retired person is 32% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
12% of residents are immigrants, a share 77% of compared French towns don’t reach
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.
Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, one in ten residents are foreign nationals here. For immigrants, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
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 single residents than 92% of compared French towns, at 20%
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
Here 48% of residents 15 and over are married, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 43%. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Adults with no qualification: 22%, a higher share than 67% of compared French towns
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
Here just over a quarter of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. Elsewhere, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (1,008 to 2,582 people), the 8th 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).
Every neighbor is younger than Neffiès
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 Neffiès
What is the population of Neffiès?
1,008 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (1,037).
How old are Neffiès’ residents?
The median age is 52.9, older than 91% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Neffiès?
160, with occasional dwellings: 22% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Neffiès?
INSEE counts 120 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 12% of residents, and 99 foreign nationals (9.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Neffiès?
€24,160 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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