Below 99% of compared French towns: 0.4% of households rent social housing (HLM)
The share of households headed by a retired person is 40%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. The 2023 Census put Néronde’s population at 484, in 230 households. For Néronde, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 8.7%. Flats are rarer here than in 89% of compared French towns.
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 Néronde
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 46 second homes and occasional dwellings in Néronde, 13% of its 340 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 89% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Empty homes
The census found 69 homes empty (20%): 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 20%
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 figure for households without a car is 7.1% in Néronde and 11% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. 13% of homes are second homes.
Slower growth than 64% of compared French towns: Néronde changed by +1% 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 −4%, and from 2017 to 2023 +6%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Loire town +3%.
Néronde is older than 78% of compared French towns: a median age of 48.8
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Néronde 48.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 22% in the typical compared French town, 27% of residents are 65 or over in Néronde.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Loire 52.0%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of single-parent households than 99% of compared French towns, at 4.5%
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
The share of couples with children is 22%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households is 10%. The average household has 2.1 people. Néronde has more one-person households than 52% of compared French towns, at 36%.
The median resident lives on €24,770 a year per consumption unit
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 median standard of living in Néronde is €24,770 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 63% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a manual worker than 73% of compared French towns: 18%
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
With households headed by a manager or professional at 6.7%, Néronde is behind 71% of compared French towns on that count. As a yardstick, 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).
Below 90% of compared French towns: 1.2% of residents are foreign nationals
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.
In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%; Néronde has 3.1%. The benchmark for foreign nationals in the typical compared French town: 4.3%. Immigrants make up a share lower than in 81% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Loire has 5.8%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A smaller share of single residents than 59% of compared French towns: 24%
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
Just over two in five residents 15 and over are married. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Néronde ranks below 61% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 27%
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 21% in Néronde and 19% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (484 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
4 of 6 neighbors are older than Néronde
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Néronde | 48.8 | 27% | 13% | 3.1% |
| Balbigny 2,911 · 2.4 mi | 46.4 | 26% | 3.1% | 5.6% |
| Panissières 2,911 · 6 mi | 49.4 | 29% | 7.2% | 3% |
| Feurs 8,367 · 6.7 mi | 50.7 | 32% | 2% | 6.7% |
| Amplepuis 4,876 · 10.4 mi | 49.2 | 27% | 3.1% | 7.8% |
| Tarare 10,893 · 10.6 mi | 43.3 | 23% | 1.1% | 14% |
| Boën-sur-Lignon 3,001 · 12.6 mi | 55.3 | 35% | 2.3% | 3.6% |
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 Néronde
What is the population of Néronde?
484 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% more than in 2012 (477).
How old are Néronde’s residents?
The median age is 48.8, older than 78% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Néronde?
46, with occasional dwellings: 13% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Néronde?
INSEE counts 15 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.1% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (1.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Néronde?
€24,770 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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