In Nerville-la-Forêt, 37% of households are couples with children, more than in 97% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Locally, nearly a quarter of households are headed by a retired person. There were 280 households in Nerville-la-Forêt at the 2023 Census, home to 756 residents. Here 6.8% of homes are flats, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%.
Throughout this page, the Val-d'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 Nerville-la-Forêt
A town of families
37% of households are couples with children and 17% single parents with children; 22% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Nerville-la-Forêt grew +11% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 73% 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 median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Val-d'Oise town +8%. The change was −3% from 2012 to 2017 and +14% from 2017 to 2023.
Nerville-la-Forêt is younger than 80% of compared French towns: a median age of 39.8
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Nerville-la-Forêt 39.8. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 65 and over (20%), Nerville-la-Forêt is below 66% of compared French towns. Residents aged 15 to 24 make up about one in 11 here (9.3%).
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Val-d'Oise 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Below 97% of compared French towns: 23% of households are one person living alone
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 Val-d'Oise median and the France median
Living alone · share
Each household has 2.7 people on average. 17% of households are single parents, a higher share than in 99% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for one-person households is 35% in the typical compared French town.
Fewer households without a car than 81% of compared French towns: 5.9%
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
On empty homes, 7.6% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. 1.3% of homes are second homes, or about one in 77.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €33,420 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.
Living standards centre on €33,420 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 94% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 5.4% in Nerville-la-Forêt, less than in 95% 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
Where nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, Nerville-la-Forêt has 16%. On average, 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).
6% of residents in Nerville-la-Forêt are immigrants
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 54% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Val-d'Oise has 16%. Put another way, about one in 17: 6% of residents are immigrants. Foreign nationals: 3.9%, near enough the figure 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.
Married residents make up 39% in Nerville-la-Forêt, less than in 74% 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
Against a figure of 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of single residents in Nerville-la-Forêt comes in at 23%. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Graduates of higher education make up 46% in Nerville-la-Forêt, more than in 89% 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
Compared with 19% in the typical compared French town, 17% of adults out of school have no qualification here. In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification.
Among 41 French towns of 756 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
A younger town than 4 of the 6 around it: Nerville-la-Forêt
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nerville-la-Forêt | 39.8 | 20% | 1.3% | 6% |
| Presles 4,017 · 1.6 mi | 44.3 | 19% | 1.1% | 8.2% |
| Montsoult 4,023 · 2.2 mi | 40.8 | 18% | 0.9% | 12% |
| L'Isle-Adam 12,493 · 3 mi | 47.1 | 27% | 3.5% | 10% |
| Saint-Martin-du-Tertre 2,689 · 3.2 mi | 38.8 | 16% | 0.9% | 7% |
| Mériel 5,347 · 3.4 mi | 41.3 | 16% | 1.3% | 8.9% |
| Bouffémont 6,593 · 3.5 mi | 39.3 | 15% | 0.5% | 16% |
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 Nerville-la-Forêt
What is the population of Nerville-la-Forêt?
756 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% more than in 2012 (680).
How old are Nerville-la-Forêt’s residents?
The median age is 39.8, younger than 80% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Nerville-la-Forêt?
4, with occasional dwellings: 1.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Nerville-la-Forêt?
INSEE counts 46 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6% of residents, and 29 foreign nationals (3.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Nerville-la-Forêt?
€33,420 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).
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.