A median age of 53.8: Thouars-sur-Arize is older than 92% of compared French towns
Households headed by a manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. There were 22 households in Thouars-sur-Arize at the 2023 Census, home to 38 residents. The share of households without a car stands at 7.7%. Nothing unusual on empty homes: 7.5%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Throughout this page, the Ariège 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 Thouars-sur-Arize
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 3 second homes and occasional dwellings in Thouars-sur-Arize, 11% of its 28 homes: higher than in 89% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Thouars-sur-Arize had 51 residents at the 2012 census and 38 in 2023, down 25%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Thouars-sur-Arize’s residents are under 53.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 23% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.1% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Many people living alone
50% of Thouars-sur-Arize’s households are one person: higher than in 94% of compared French towns; 60% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
11% of homes are second homes, a share 89% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
27% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 15% moved in within the last two years. The benchmark for second homes in the typical compared French town: 2.1%. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Thouars-sur-Arize changed by −25% from 2012 to 2023, slower 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +2%, and from 2017 to 2023 −27%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Ariège town +2%.
Thouars-sur-Arize ranks below 99% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 4.5%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Thouars-sur-Arize 53.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Thouars-sur-Arize has more residents aged 65 and over than 53% of compared French towns, at 23%. Elsewhere, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
43% women, 57% men
About 76 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Ariège 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Thouars-sur-Arize: 25% of households are single parents, above 99% of compared French towns
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 Ariège median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households average 1.7 people. On one-person households, Thouars-sur-Arize sits higher than 94% of compared French towns: 50%. Elsewhere, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
Thouars-sur-Arize: 25% of households are headed by a manager or professional, above 94% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%; Thouars-sur-Arize has 25%. Set beside that, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
4.5% of residents are immigrants, below 68% 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.
The median compared commune in Ariège has 9.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in just over two thirds of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Fewer single residents than 94% of compared French towns: 20%
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
Set against 43% in the typical compared French town, nearly two in five residents 15 and over are married in Thouars-sur-Arize. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Adults with no qualification make up 9.8% in Thouars-sur-Arize, less than in 96% 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
The share of graduates of higher education tops 56% of compared French towns: 32%. As a reference point, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (38 to 2,582 people), the 7th oldest
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.
No nearby town is as old as Thouars-sur-Arize
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thouars-sur-Arize | 53.8 | 23% | 11% | 4.5% |
| Montesquieu-Volvestre 3,050 · 1.7 mi | 51.1 | 28% | 6.5% | 5.1% |
| Rieux-Volvestre 2,639 · 5.6 mi | 47.4 | 25% | 4.8% | 4.8% |
| Cazères 4,854 · 7.9 mi | 44.6 | 24% | 2.5% | 7.8% |
| Carbonne 5,563 · 8.3 mi | 47.7 | 25% | 1.2% | 5.9% |
| Longages 3,392 · 12 mi | 39.3 | 16% | 1.6% | 5.7% |
| Noé 3,067 · 12.1 mi | 42.8 | 18% | 1.9% | 7% |
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 Thouars-sur-Arize
What is the population of Thouars-sur-Arize?
38 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 25% fewer than in 2012 (51).
How old are Thouars-sur-Arize’s residents?
The median age is 53.8, older than 92% of compared French towns. 6.8% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Thouars-sur-Arize?
3, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Thouars-sur-Arize?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.5% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). 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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