Nézel: 42% of households are couples with children, above 99% of compared French towns
Just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town, against 2.9% in Nézel. Census day 2023: 1,139 residents and 450 households here. For Nézel, the census puts households headed by a retired person at 22%. Lower than in 90% of compared French towns: 4.7% of households have no car.
Throughout this page, the Yvelines 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 Nézel
A town of families
42% of households are couples with children and 9% single parents with children; 23% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Nézel’s residents are under 38.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 23% are under 15 and 14% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Nézel’s population moved +4% on 2012, less than in 54% 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Yvelines town +7%.
Younger than 87% of compared French towns: half of Nézel is under 38.2
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Nézel 38.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Where just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, Nézel has 14%. On top of that, on residents aged 15 to 24, Nézel sits lower than three fifths of compared French towns: 10%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Yvelines 51.6%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of one-person households than 97% of compared French towns, at 24%
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 Yvelines median and the France median
Living alone · share
The typical household size is 2.6 people. One-person households: 35% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Census figures put single-parent households at 9% in Nézel.
Only 14% of homes are flats in Nézel
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
At 6%, the share of empty homes is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town. Few places have so few second homes: 2.1% here, fewer than in just over half of compared French towns. The usual figure: 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town.
Standard of living at the median: €31,180 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 €31,180 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 89% of compared French towns.
Nézel sits above 89% of compared French towns for households headed by a manager or professional (20%)
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
In Nézel, 13% of households are headed by a manual worker. 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).
More foreign nationals than 72% of compared French towns: 7.6%
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.
Compared with 6.5% in the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten residents are immigrants here. That is higher than in 62% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Yvelines has 15%. For comparison, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
In Nézel, 22% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 76% 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
Married residents: 45%, above nearly two thirds of compared French towns. The usual figure: 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification make up 15% in Nézel, less than in 73% 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
37% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. Typically, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 1,139 to 2,582 people: this is 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Nearby, 5 of 6 towns have older populations than Nézel
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nézel | 38.2 | 14% | 2.1% | 8.3% |
| Épône 7,031 · 1.3 mi | 39.2 | 18% | 7.9% | 16% |
| Aubergenville 12,723 · 1.5 mi | 36.8 | 13% | 0.7% | 18% |
| Mézières-sur-Seine 3,923 · 2.1 mi | 38.8 | 14% | 1.4% | 11% |
| Maule 6,083 · 2.3 mi | 43.6 | 19% | 1.5% | 9.4% |
| Gargenville 7,869 · 3.2 mi | 39.6 | 18% | 0.8% | 13% |
| Juziers 4,065 · 3.4 mi | 39.8 | 17% | 12% | 12% |
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 Nézel
What is the population of Nézel?
1,139 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (1,097).
How old are Nézel’s residents?
The median age is 38.2, younger than 87% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 14% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Nézel?
10, with occasional dwellings: 2.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Nézel?
INSEE counts 94 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.3% of residents, and 86 foreign nationals (7.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Nézel?
€31,180 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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