Thieffrain ranks below 99% of compared French towns on flats: 1.2%
Here 1.4% of households rent social housing (HLM), where the figure in the typical compared French town is 12%. Higher than in 77% of compared French towns: 5.1% of homes are second homes. At the 2023 Census, 157 people lived in Thieffrain, in 71 households. Households headed by a manual worker: 29% of the total.
Throughout this page, the Aube 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.
Thieffrain’s population moved −1% on 2012, less than in 75% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −3%, then +2% to 2023.
Older than 72% of compared French towns: half of Thieffrain is over 47.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Thieffrain 47.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Across Thieffrain, nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Aube 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children make up 29% in Thieffrain, more than in 68% 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 Aube median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households average 2.2 people. The usual figure: a quarter 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. Meanwhile, by its share of one-person households (36%), Thieffrain is above 53% of compared French towns.
2.8% of households have no car, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
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
One in ten homes stand empty (typical compared French town: 6.7%). Set beside that, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town.
A typical living standard of €28,030 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €28,030 a year: higher than in 71% of compared French towns.
Thieffrain sits below 71% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (29%)
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
9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, against 7.1% in Thieffrain. Typically, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Thieffrain, 1.3% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 98% 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 Aube has 9.2%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 98% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% in the typical compared French town. Foreign nationals account for 0.6%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Thieffrain, 17% 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
Married residents: 48% here and 43% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Below 84% of compared French towns: 21% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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 figure for adults with no qualification is 17% in Thieffrain and 19% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
15th highest median age among 41 French towns of 157 to 2,582
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.
Around Thieffrain, 5 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thieffrain | 47.5 | 23% | 5.1% | 1.3% |
| Bar-sur-Seine 2,858 · 6.1 mi | 48.1 | 28% | 1.8% | 6.4% |
| Bar-sur-Aube 4,665 · 12.5 mi | 50.8 | 31% | 4.7% | 15% |
| Brienne-le-Château 2,672 · 14.1 mi | 53.3 | 32% | 2.3% | 2.5% |
| Bréviandes 3,219 · 16.4 mi | 41.4 | 22% | 0.7% | 9.6% |
| Saint-Parres-aux-Tertres 3,223 · 16.5 mi | 47.7 | 28% | 1.7% | 9.1% |
| Saint-Julien-les-Villas 6,760 · 16.8 mi | 47.5 | 25% | 1.3% | 8.6% |
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 Thieffrain
What is the population of Thieffrain?
157 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% fewer than in 2012 (159).
How old are Thieffrain’s residents?
The median age is 47.5, older than 72% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Thieffrain?
4, with occasional dwellings: 5.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Thieffrain?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.3% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Thieffrain?
€28,030 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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