Fewer flats than 99% of compared French towns: 1%
Households headed by a manager or professional: 2% here and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. There were 250 households in Néhou at the 2023 Census, home to 609 residents. Empty homes account for 2.7%. At 26%, the share of one-person households is lower than in 91% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Manche 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 Néhou
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 39 second homes and occasional dwellings in Néhou, 13% of its 300 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 95% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 14% single parents with children; 22% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Néhou’s residents are under 38.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 22% are under 15 and 20% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
13% of homes in Néhou are second homes
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
In the last two years, one in ten households moved in; at the other end, 21% have stayed 30 years or more. For second homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. On top of that, 6.1% of households have no car, against 11% in the typical compared French town.
From 2012 to 2023, Néhou outgrew 63% of compared French towns: +8%
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 Manche town changed ±0% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +11% and the next six −3%.
A median age of 38.4: Néhou is younger than 87% 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
■ Néhou 38.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, against 10% in Néhou. Compared with other places, residents aged 65 and over are scarce here: 20%, fewer than in 63% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 112 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Néhou sits above 89% of compared French towns for couples with children (34%)
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 Manche median and the France median
Living alone · share
Where 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town, Néhou has 14%. As a yardstick, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Households here average 2.4 people each.
A typical living standard of €23,470 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.
The median standard of living in Néhou is €23,470 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 77% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a manual worker than 99% of compared French towns: 34%
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
Against a figure of 32% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person in Néhou comes in at 30%. Measured more widely, 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).
A smaller share of immigrants than 98% of compared French towns: 1.3%
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.
4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, against 0.8% in Néhou. As a yardstick, 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.
Only 19% of residents 15 and over are single in Néhou
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 married residents tops just over four fifths of compared French towns: 48%. In the typical compared French town, 25% of residents 15 and over are single.
Néhou ranks below 95% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 16%
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
By its share of adults with no qualification (24%), Néhou is above three quarters of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%.
2nd lowest median age among 41 French towns of 609 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Every neighbor is older than Néhou
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Néhou | 38.4 | 20% | 13% | 1.3% |
| Bricquebec-en-Cotentin 5,893 · 5.1 mi | 47 | 25% | 4.6% | 1.3% |
| Valognes 6,969 · 7.2 mi | 51 | 29% | 2.4% | 1.6% |
| Picauville 3,228 · 7.6 mi | 48.3 | 26% | 7.7% | 2.8% |
| Port-Bail-sur-Mer 2,520 · 8.4 mi | 59.5 | 40% | 52% | 2.4% |
| La Haye 4,029 · 8.8 mi | 54.9 | 34% | 21% | 2.5% |
| Sainte-Mère-Église 2,896 · 11 mi | 53.1 | 31% | 18% | 1.6% |
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 Néhou
What is the population of Néhou?
609 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (564).
How old are Néhou’s residents?
The median age is 38.4, younger than 87% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Néhou?
39, with occasional dwellings: 13% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Néhou?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.3% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (0.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Néhou?
€23,470 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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