A median age of 54.5: Thil is older than 93% of compared French towns
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Thil is home to 103 residents in 52 households, by the 2023 Census. About one in 53: that is how common households in social housing are in Thil (1.9%). Second homes make up 5.5%, against 2.1% in the typical compared French town.
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.
What stands out about the people of Thil
Fewer residents than in 2012
Thil had 147 residents at the 2012 census and 103 in 2023, down 30%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Thil’s residents are under 54.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 27% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5.8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 17 homes empty (23%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Thil changed by −30% from 2012 to 2023, behind 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 −22%, and from 2017 to 2023 −10%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Aube town +2%.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 77% of compared French towns, at 27%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Thil 54.5. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 11%; Thil has 8.7%. To put it in context, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aube 52.1%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of couples with children than 81% of compared French towns: 18%
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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The average household has 2 people. Across the comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. The share of one-person households is 36%, against 35% in the typical compared French town.
Empty homes make up 23% in Thil, more 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
Households without a car make up 7.7%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Of all households, 5.8% moved in during the last two years and 40% have stayed three decades or more.
Households headed by a retired person: 45%, a higher share than 93% 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
The share of households headed by a manual worker trails just over four fifths of compared French towns: 9.1%. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a retired person come to 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
1% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 99% 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 99% of compared French towns. Immigrants make up 6.5% 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 Thil, 52% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 96% 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
In Thil, 23% of residents 15 and over are single, beside 25% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
Graduates of higher education make up 21% in Thil, less than in 82% 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
Locally, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification. The comparison figure for graduates of higher education is 30% in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 103 to 2,582 people: this is 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Every neighbor is younger than Thil
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thil | 54.5 | 27% | 5.5% | 1% |
| Bar-sur-Aube 4,665 · 8.8 mi | 50.8 | 31% | 4.7% | 15% |
| Brienne-le-Château 2,672 · 12.3 mi | 53.3 | 32% | 2.3% | 2.5% |
| Wassy 2,771 · 12.8 mi | 48.7 | 27% | 1.9% | 2.8% |
| Joinville 2,915 · 17.7 mi | 52.2 | 32% | 3.2% | 8.1% |
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 Thil
What is the population of Thil?
103 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 30% fewer than in 2012 (147).
How old are Thil’s residents?
The median age is 54.5, older than 93% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Thil?
4, with occasional dwellings: 5.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Thil?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1% 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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