Nochize ranks below 99% of compared French towns on households without a car: 2.2%
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 6.9%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. In Nochize, 5.5% of homes are second homes. Empty homes are more common here than in 84% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Saône-et-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.
What stands out about the people of Nochize
An older town
Half of Nochize’s residents are under 50.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 28% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Nochize grew +8% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 62% 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
In two steps, +25% to 2017 and −14% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −3% in Saône-et-Loire.
Half of Nochize is over 50.8, older than 85% 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
■ Nochize 50.8. The median compared French town: 44.
28% of residents are 65 or over (typical compared French town: 22%).
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Saône-et-Loire 52.3%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
A lower share of couples with children than 64% of compared French towns, at 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 Saône-et-Loire median and the France median
Living alone · share
Average household size: 2.2 people. Against that, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. One-person households: 33% here and 35% in the typical compared French town.
100% of homes are houses
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.
Households headed by a retired person make up 22% in Nochize, less than in 91% 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
Against a figure of 14% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker in Nochize comes in at 11%. The wider picture: 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manager or professional are more common here than in three fifths of compared French towns.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
4% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 74% 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.
By its share of foreign nationals (3%), Nochize is below nearly two thirds of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, immigrants come to 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Nochize, 15% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 99% 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
In Nochize, 55% of residents 15 and over are married, beside 43% in the typical compared French town. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
32% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, more than in 57% 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
About one in six: that is how common adults with no qualification are in Nochize (18%). By way of comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 11th oldest of 41 French towns of 99 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.
Older than Nochize: 5 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nochize | 50.8 | 28% | 5.5% | 4% |
| Paray-le-Monial 9,291 · 4.5 mi | 54.2 | 36% | 3.4% | 7.2% |
| Charolles 2,772 · 5.6 mi | 53.6 | 34% | 4.9% | 4% |
| Digoin 7,353 · 10.2 mi | 53.9 | 34% | 1.9% | 15% |
| Gueugnon 6,528 · 14.9 mi | 58 | 38% | 1.8% | 8.6% |
| Chauffailles 3,638 · 15.5 mi | 58.1 | 39% | 6.3% | 6% |
| Charlieu 3,766 · 16.5 mi | 50.4 | 32% | 7.2% | 4.1% |
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 Nochize
What is the population of Nochize?
99 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (92).
How old are Nochize’s residents?
The median age is 50.8, older than 85% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Nochize?
3, with occasional dwellings: 5.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Nochize?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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