Thorrenc is younger than 92% of compared French towns: a median age of 36.7
With one-person households at 21%, Thorrenc is behind 99% of compared French towns on that count. Locally, 1.4% of households have no car. The town has fewer households headed by a retired person than 98% of compared French towns, at 17%. 356 residents in 140 households: that is Thorrenc at the 2023 Census.
Throughout this page, the Ardèche 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 Thorrenc
Growing fast
Thorrenc had 233 residents at the 2012 census and 356 in 2023, up 53%: faster growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A young town
Half of Thorrenc’s residents are under 36.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 23% are under 15 and 15% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 3.4% single parents with children; 23% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Thorrenc has grown +53%, faster than 99% 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, ±0% to 2017 and +53% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +4% in Ardèche.
5.6% of residents are 15 to 24, below 99% 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
■ Thorrenc 36.7. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 15%, against 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 111 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ardèche 52.7%, France 51.8%.
34% of households are couples with children, a share 91% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 Ardèche median and the France median
Living alone · share
In the typical compared French town, 10% of households are single parents; in Thorrenc, 3.4%. As a reference point, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. There are 2.5 people in the average household.
Below 72% of compared French towns: 5.2% of homes stand empty
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
Some nearly a fifth of households are newcomers of under two years, against 25% who have been there 30 years or more. Measured more widely, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Locally, 3.2% of homes are second homes. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
A typical living standard of €27,520 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.
Half of residents live in households above €27,520 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 66% of compared French towns.
In Thorrenc, 17% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 70% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional come to 10% in Thorrenc, about one in ten. Against that, 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 0.8% of residents are foreign nationals in Thorrenc
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.
Here 3.1% of residents are immigrants, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 6.5%. Immigrants make up a share lower than in just over four fifths of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Ardèche has 9.3%. 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.
A lower share of single residents than 99% of compared French towns, at 15%
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
With married residents at 46%, Thorrenc is ahead of 70% of compared French towns on that count. As a yardstick, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification make up 8.2% in Thorrenc, less than in 98% 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 30% in the typical compared French town, 43% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification here. The usual figure: nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The youngest of 41 French towns of 356 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.
At the ends of the range sit Thorrenc (36.7), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Thorrenc 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thorrenc | 36.7 | 15% | 3.2% | 3.1% |
| Vernosc-lès-Annonay 2,725 · 2.2 mi | 45.1 | 21% | 1.1% | 2.6% |
| Davézieux 3,205 · 3.1 mi | 54.7 | 35% | 1.3% | 4.4% |
| Annonay 17,274 · 4.4 mi | 45.6 | 25% | 3.4% | 14% |
| Saint-Vallier 4,027 · 4.7 mi | 45.2 | 25% | 2.5% | 13% |
| Roiffieux 2,743 · 4.9 mi | 50.5 | 27% | 2.8% | 2.3% |
| Saint-Rambert-d'Albon 7,001 · 5 mi | 39.2 | 18% | 1% | 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 Thorrenc
What is the population of Thorrenc?
356 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 53% more than in 2012 (233).
How old are Thorrenc’s residents?
The median age is 36.7, younger than 92% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Thorrenc?
5, with occasional dwellings: 3.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Thorrenc?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.1% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (0.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Thorrenc?
€27,520 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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