37% of households are couples with children, a share 96% of compared French towns don’t reach
Households in social housing: 0.5%, below 99% of compared French towns. Still, 6.8% of homes are second homes, a higher share than in 83% of compared French towns. Neaux is home to 485 residents in 200 households, by the 2023 Census. On the census count, 2.6% of homes are flats.
Throughout this page, the Loire 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 Neaux
A town of families
37% of households are couples with children and 7.5% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Neaux had 512 residents at the 2012 census and 485 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 89% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Neaux has changed by −5%, slower than 89% 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 change was −6% from 2012 to 2017 and +1% from 2017 to 2023.
Below 66% of compared French towns: 20% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Neaux 44.2. The median compared French town: 44.
One in ten residents are 15 to 24 (typical compared French town: 11%). Across the comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. The median age in Neaux is 44.2, higher than in 51% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loire 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Fewer one-person households than 98% of compared French towns: 23%
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 Loire median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households average 2.4 people. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 85% of compared French towns. For comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Households without a car: 3.4%, a lower share than 97% 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
Some 8.7% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 26% who have been there 30 years or more. As a yardstick, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. In Neaux, nearly one in ten homes stand empty.
Standard of living at the median: €24,790 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €24,790 a year: lower than in 63% of compared French towns.
In Neaux, 23% of households are headed by a retired person, fewer than in 91% 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
20% of households are headed by a manual worker; in the typical compared French town the figure is 14%. Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 86% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
2.2% of residents are immigrants, below 89% 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.
2% of residents are foreign nationals; in the typical compared French town the figure is 4.3%. Set beside that, 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.
Married residents: 50%, a higher share than 91% 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
By its share of single residents (21%), Neaux is below 86% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 43% of residents 15 and over are married.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 68% of compared French towns: 25%
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
Set against 19% in the typical compared French town, 16% of adults out of school have no qualification in Neaux. To put it in context, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 485 to 2,582 people, the 16th youngest
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).
Every neighbor is older than Neaux
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neaux | 44.2 | 20% | 6.8% | 2.2% |
| Le Coteau 6,845 · 6.1 mi | 54.7 | 36% | 1.6% | 6.8% |
| Commelle-Vernay 3,050 · 6.1 mi | 49 | 27% | 1% | 3.5% |
| Villerest 5,172 · 7.1 mi | 48.5 | 28% | 1.9% | 6.1% |
| Roanne 35,409 · 7.4 mi | 45 | 27% | 3.1% | 14% |
| Amplepuis 4,876 · 7.4 mi | 49.2 | 27% | 3.1% | 7.8% |
| Thizy-les-Bourgs 5,771 · 8.5 mi | 48.3 | 27% | 4% | 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 Neaux
What is the population of Neaux?
485 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (512).
How old are Neaux’s residents?
The median age is 44.2, older than 51% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Neaux?
16, with occasional dwellings: 6.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Neaux?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.2% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Neaux?
€24,790 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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