Couples with children: 43%, a higher share than 99% of compared French towns
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, 2.5% of households have no car here. At the 2023 Census Neufchelles was home to 386 people in 150 households. The census found that 0.5% of homes are flats in the town. 29% of households are headed by a retired person, a lower share than in 69% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Oise 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 Neufchelles
A town of families
43% of households are couples with children and 3.2% single parents with children; 23% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Neufchelles’ residents are under 37.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 23% are under 15 and 13% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +5% change since 2012: Neufchelles grew faster than 50% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was +2%; from 2017 to 2023, +2%.
Neufchelles sits below 95% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (13%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Neufchelles 37.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Here one in ten residents are 15 to 24, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. Against that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. The median age in Neufchelles is 37.7, lower than in 89% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
Fewer one-person households than 99% of compared French towns: 21%
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 Oise median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households average 2.7 people. 3.2% of households are single parents, a lower share than in 99% of compared French towns. To put it in context, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Second homes make up 4.4% in Neufchelles, more than in 74% 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
7.7% of households arrived within the last two years, while 22% have stayed 30 years or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of second homes is 2.1%. Little separates the share of empty homes here, 7.1%, from the figure in the typical compared French town.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €26,360 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 residents live in households above €26,360 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 54% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a manager or professional than 71% of compared French towns, at 6.7%
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 make up about one in seven here (14%). By way of comparison, 9.4% of 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).
Only 4% of residents are immigrants in Neufchelles
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%; Neufchelles has 2.3%. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%. The median compared commune in Oise has 7.4%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 73% 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.
Neufchelles ranks below 84% of compared French towns on single residents: 21%
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
Married residents: 41%, below 64% of compared French towns. On average, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 24%, a lower share than 71% 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
At 18%, the share of adults with no qualification is lower than in 59% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (386 to 2,582 people), the 2nd 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).
Neufchelles sits below 4 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neufchelles | 37.7 | 13% | 4.4% | 4% |
| Lizy-sur-Ourcq 3,627 · 6.1 mi | 37.6 | 17% | 2.1% | 16% |
| Villers-Cotterêts 10,489 · 9.7 mi | 41.5 | 19% | 1.3% | 12% |
| Crépy-en-Valois 14,351 · 11.2 mi | 44.8 | 22% | 1.4% | 11% |
| Nanteuil-le-Haudouin 4,258 · 11.3 mi | 37.1 | 13% | 1% | 7.4% |
| Trilport 5,146 · 11.7 mi | 39.9 | 16% | 0.7% | 13% |
| La Ferté-sous-Jouarre 10,254 · 11.8 mi | 39 | 17% | 2.5% | 20% |
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 Neufchelles
What is the population of Neufchelles?
386 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (368).
How old are Neufchelles’ residents?
The median age is 37.7, younger than 89% of compared French towns. 28% are under 18 and 13% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Neufchelles?
7, with occasional dwellings: 4.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Neufchelles?
INSEE counts 15 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (2.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Neufchelles?
€26,360 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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