Households headed by a retired person make up 41% in Neulise, more than in 86% of compared French towns
Against a figure of 12% in the typical compared French town, the share of households in social housing in Neulise comes in at 5.8%. The 2023 Census counted 1,344 residents in 570 households. Census figures put households without a car at 6.1% in the town. Flats are rarer here than in 71% 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.
Neulise’s population is up 5% on 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
The median Loire town changed +3% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +7% and the next six −2%.
Neulise sits above 80% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (28%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Neulise 46.2. The median compared French town: 44.
9.3% of residents are 15 to 24 (typical compared French town: 11%). Typically, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. The median age in Neulise is 46.2, higher than in 64% 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%.
Couples with children make up 27% in Neulise, more than in 60% of compared French towns
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
There are 2.2 people in the average household. To put it in context, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. On one-person households, Neulise sits lower than 56% of compared French towns: 34%. Little separates the share of single-parent households here, 10%, from the figure in the typical compared French town.
A larger share of empty homes than 76% of compared French towns: 9.5%
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
Car-free households: one in 16, where the median compared French town has 11%. Second homes: 4.2% of the total. As a reference point, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
Median living standard: €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.
Half of Neulise’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €24,790 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 63% of compared French towns.
In Neulise, 5.2% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 84% 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
Households headed by a manual worker account for 14%. For comparison, 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).
Neulise ranks below 98% of compared French towns on immigrants: 1.2%
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 foreign nationals is 4.3%; Neulise has 0.7%. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Neulise sits below 64% of compared French towns for married residents (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
24% of residents 15 and over are single (typical compared French town: 25%). Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
24% of adults out of school have no qualification, more than in 73% 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
Against a figure of 30% in the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education in Neulise comes in at 24%. In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%.
41 French towns of 1,344 to 2,582 people: this is the 18th 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).
Every neighbor is older than Neulise
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neulise | 46.2 | 28% | 4.2% | 1.2% |
| Balbigny 2,911 · 5.6 mi | 46.4 | 26% | 3.1% | 5.6% |
| Amplepuis 4,876 · 8.9 mi | 49.2 | 27% | 3.1% | 7.8% |
| Commelle-Vernay 3,050 · 8.9 mi | 49 | 27% | 1% | 3.5% |
| Le Coteau 6,845 · 9.7 mi | 54.7 | 36% | 1.6% | 6.8% |
| Villerest 5,172 · 9.8 mi | 48.5 | 28% | 1.9% | 6.1% |
| Panissières 2,911 · 10.8 mi | 49.4 | 29% | 7.2% | 3% |
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 Neulise
What is the population of Neulise?
1,344 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (1,282).
How old are Neulise’s residents?
The median age is 46.2, older than 64% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Neulise?
28, with occasional dwellings: 4.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Neulise?
INSEE counts 16 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.2% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (0.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Neulise?
€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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