Neauphe-sous-Essai ranks below 98% of compared French towns on households without a car: 3.3%
7% of residents are 15 to 24 (typical compared French town: 11%). Neauphe-sous-Essai is home to 210 residents in 96 households, by the 2023 Census. Census figures put one-person households at 42% in the town. Flats are rarer here than in 92% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Orne 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.
+4% since 2012, a pace below 53% 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
Neauphe-sous-Essai ranks above 64% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 25%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Neauphe-sous-Essai 44.3. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 44.3, Neauphe-sous-Essai is older than 52% of compared French towns. For comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Orne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children make up 32% in Neauphe-sous-Essai, more than in 82% 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 Orne median and the France median
Living alone · share
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. On average, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Households average 2.2 people.
Empty homes: 9.5%, a higher share than 76% 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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Empty homes make up 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Second homes account for 2.5%.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €24,430 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 midpoint of living standards here is €24,430 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 67% of compared French towns.
5.3% of households are headed by a manual worker, fewer than in 96% 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
Here 16% of households are headed by a manager or professional, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 9.4%. On the census count, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person. Across the comparison, 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).
Only 0.5% of residents are foreign nationals in Neauphe-sous-Essai
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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 91% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Orne has 4.6%. By way of comparison, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. 2% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents make up 22% in Neauphe-sous-Essai, less than in 81% of compared French towns
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 stands at 42%. Against that, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 72% of compared French towns: 24%
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 census found that nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in Neauphe-sous-Essai. Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
The 16th youngest of 41 French towns of 210 to 2,582 people
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.
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 5 are older than Neauphe-sous-Essai
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neauphe-sous-Essai | 44.3 | 25% | 2.5% | 2% |
| Sées 4,168 · 3.1 mi | 51.8 | 33% | 2.9% | 1.9% |
| Alençon 25,490 · 10.4 mi | 42.7 | 24% | 1.1% | 12% |
| Saint-Germain-du-Corbéis 3,636 · 11.7 mi | 54 | 35% | 1.4% | 5% |
| Gouffern en Auge 3,636 · 15.3 mi | 49.5 | 27% | 11% | 3.1% |
| Argentan 13,527 · 15.8 mi | 46.3 | 27% | 2.3% | 8.2% |
| Mortagne-au-Perche 3,898 · 16.5 mi | 50 | 32% | 5.9% | 5.1% |
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 Neauphe-sous-Essai
What is the population of Neauphe-sous-Essai?
210 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (202).
How old are Neauphe-sous-Essai’s residents?
The median age is 44.3, older than 52% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Neauphe-sous-Essai?
3, with occasional dwellings: 2.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Neauphe-sous-Essai?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Neauphe-sous-Essai?
€24,430 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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