In Nécy, 1.1% of homes are flats, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
With households in social housing at 4.9%, Nécy is behind 87% of compared French towns on that count. The 2023 Census counted 533 residents in 220 households. Households headed by a manual worker: 27% of the total. On residents aged 65 and over, Nécy sits lower than 76% of compared French towns: 18%.
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.
What stands out about the people of Nécy
A town of families
36% of households are couples with children and 6.7% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Nécy has changed by +3%, slower than 57% 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
The change was ±0% from 2012 to 2017 and +3% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Orne town −5%.
A median age of 40: Nécy is younger than 79% 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
■ Nécy 40. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 8.9%, against 11% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Orne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of couples with children than 94% of compared French towns: 36%
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
A household here holds 2.4 people on average. 6.7% of households are single parents, fewer than in 92% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 35% of households are one person living alone; in Nécy, 31%.
More second homes than 87% of compared French towns: 9.4%
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 typical compared French town, the share of empty homes is 6.7%; Nécy has 8.9%. Measured more widely, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. 4.9% of households have no car, or about one in 20.
The median resident lives on €25,430 a year per consumption unit
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 €25,430 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 55% of compared French towns.
Only 4.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Nécy
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
27% of households are headed by a retired person; in the typical compared French town the figure is 32%. The comparison figure for households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
2% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 91% of compared French towns
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 Nécy, 1.3%. Typically, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Orne has 4.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 91% 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.
A lower share of single residents than 88% of compared French towns, at 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
The figure for married residents is 42% in Nécy and 43% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 66% of compared French towns, at 26%
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
Adults with no qualification come to 18% in Nécy, about two in ten. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
3rd lowest median age among 41 French towns of 533 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Nécy is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nécy | 40 | 18% | 9.4% | 2% |
| Falaise 7,680 · 5.7 mi | 46 | 26% | 2% | 2.6% |
| Argentan 13,527 · 7.5 mi | 46.3 | 27% | 2.3% | 8.2% |
| Gouffern en Auge 3,636 · 10.6 mi | 49.5 | 27% | 11% | 3.1% |
| Saint-Pierre-en-Auge 7,100 · 13.5 mi | 49.7 | 29% | 7.8% | 2.8% |
| Vimoutiers 2,978 · 15.8 mi | 60.1 | 43% | 6.1% | 5.6% |
| Athis-Val de Rouvre 4,201 · 16.8 mi | 49 | 27% | 9.4% | 1.9% |
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 Nécy
What is the population of Nécy?
533 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (517).
How old are Nécy’s residents?
The median age is 40, younger than 79% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Nécy?
25, with occasional dwellings: 9.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Nécy?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (1.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Nécy?
€25,430 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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