A lower share of flats than 99% of compared French towns, at 0.8%
By its share of one-person households (27%), Thaims is below 90% of compared French towns. 396 residents in 180 households: that is Thaims at the 2023 Census. The share of households without a car stands at 5.2%. The median age in the town is 50.6, higher than in 85% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Charente-Maritime 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 Thaims
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 34 second homes and occasional dwellings in Thaims, 14% of its 240 homes: higher than in 91% 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 ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Above 91% of compared French towns: 14% of homes are second homes
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 in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Empty homes account for 8.9%. One household in 19 has no car (median compared French town: 11%).
A growing town: +6% since 2012, faster than 53% 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 +3%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Charente-Maritime town +8%.
In Thaims, 8.2% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 92% 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
■ Thaims 50.6. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 26% in Thaims and 22% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 87 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
A larger share of single-parent households than 98% of compared French towns: 16%
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 Charente-Maritime median and the France median
Living alone · share
Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of households are couples with children here. The usual figure: one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. On average, 2.2 people share a household.
Half above, half below €23,320 a year in standard of living
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 €23,320 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 79% of compared French towns.
20% of households are headed by a manager or professional, more than in 88% 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
By its share of households headed by a manual worker (16%), Thaims is above 65% of compared French towns. Few places have so few households headed by a retired person: 31% here, fewer than in 56% of compared French towns. 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).
Thaims sits below 99% of compared French towns for immigrants (1%)
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.
Foreign nationals: 0.5% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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 Thaims, 19% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer 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 couples, 50% are married and 7.9% in a PACS (median compared French town: 43% and 6.1%); 7.5% are widowed. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
21% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 84% 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 census found that 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in Thaims. Set beside that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 13th oldest of 41 French towns of 396 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Thaims 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thaims | 50.6 | 26% | 14% | 1% |
| Semussac 2,585 · 6.1 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 9.3% | 2.5% |
| Gémozac 3,052 · 6.7 mi | 51.9 | 32% | 7.4% | 3.1% |
| Saujon 7,440 · 7.5 mi | 59.6 | 42% | 13% | 3.1% |
| Médis 3,157 · 8.3 mi | 56.7 | 36% | 8.7% | 3% |
| Meschers-sur-Gironde 3,180 · 8.6 mi | 66.1 | 53% | 50% | 3.6% |
| Saint-Georges-de-Didonne 5,092 · 9.6 mi | 67.3 | 55% | 67% | 2.7% |
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 Thaims
What is the population of Thaims?
396 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (375).
How old are Thaims’ residents?
The median age is 50.6, older than 85% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Thaims?
34, with occasional dwellings: 14% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Thaims?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Thaims?
€23,320 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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