Only 2.4% of households have no car in Noailly
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Couples with children make up about one in three here (33%). Noailly had 824 residents in 330 households at the 2023 Census. By its share of households headed by a manager or professional (4.5%), Noailly is below 90% 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.
From 2012 to 2023, 60% of compared French towns grew faster than Noailly: +2%
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
In two steps, ±0% to 2017 and +3% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +3% in Loire.
A median age of 42.4: Noailly is younger than 63% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Noailly 42.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Noailly comes in at 9.7%. 20% of residents are 65 or over, or about one in five.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loire 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Noailly sits below 98% of compared French towns for one-person households (22%)
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
9% of households are single parents (typical compared French town: 10%). A household here holds 2.5 people on average. The comparison figure for one-person households is 35% in the typical compared French town.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 3% of homes are flats
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
Turnover: nearly one in ten households moved in less than two years ago, and 29% have lived in their home 30 years or more. Few places have as many second homes: 3.3% here, more than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns. At 6.5%, the share of empty homes is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town.
€25,190 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.
Half of Noailly’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €25,190 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 58% of compared French towns.
Above 81% of compared French towns: 19% of households are headed by a manual worker
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%; Noailly has 36%. The share of households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 95% of compared French towns: 1.7%
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, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Noailly, 0.8%. To put it in context, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Loire has 5.8%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 95% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
More married residents than 96% of compared French towns: 52%
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
The share of single residents is 20%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 21%, a lower share than 81% 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, 18% of adults out of school have no qualification. In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%.
10th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 824 to 2,582
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 older than Noailly
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 Noailly
What is the population of Noailly?
824 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (804).
How old are Noailly’s residents?
The median age is 42.4, younger than 63% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Noailly?
12, with occasional dwellings: 3.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Noailly?
INSEE counts 14 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.7% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (0.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Noailly?
€25,190 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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