Below 99% of compared French towns: 0.8% of homes are flats
Just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town, against 3.4% in Thénioux. This Cher town has more second homes than 86% of compared French towns, at 8.1%. At the 2023 Census Thénioux was home to 667 people in 290 households. The share of households headed by a manager or professional stands at 5.2%.
Throughout this page, the Cher 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.
Since 2012, Thénioux has changed by −3%, slower than 81% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and −4% for the median Cher town, the change came in two steps: −3% from 2012 to 2017, then ±0% to 2023.
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 85% of compared French towns: 8.8%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Thénioux 47.1. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 47.1, Thénioux is older than 70% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. Across Thénioux, a quarter of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Cher 52.2%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of couples with children than 79% of compared French towns, at 19%
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 Cher median and the France median
Living alone · share
A household here holds 2.3 people on average. For comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. On single-parent households, Thénioux sits higher than 77% of compared French towns: 12%. Nothing unusual on one-person households: 35%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Above 82% of compared French towns: 11% 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
Households without a car: 8.4%, below 64% of compared French towns. The benchmark for empty homes in the typical compared French town: 6.7%. Newcomers of less than two years account for 5.1% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 26%.
Median standard of living: €24,520 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 Thénioux’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €24,520 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 66% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 17% in Thénioux, 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
Just over a third of households are headed by a retired person, against 32% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Thénioux sits below 87% of compared French towns for immigrants (2.4%)
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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Thénioux comes in at 2%. The usual figure: 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.
20% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 89% 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
Against a figure of 43% in the typical compared French town, the share of married residents in Thénioux comes in at 49%. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
15% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 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
Adults with no qualification: 21%, above 63% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (667 to 2,582 people), the 15th 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.
Every neighbor is older than Thénioux
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thénioux | 47.1 | 25% | 8.1% | 2.4% |
| Vierzon 25,068 · 6.7 mi | 49.1 | 30% | 2% | 13% |
| Méreau 2,632 · 7.2 mi | 47.8 | 25% | 4.3% | 3.2% |
| Villefranche-sur-Cher 2,678 · 8.6 mi | 50.5 | 28% | 6.1% | 3.8% |
| Romorantin-Lanthenay 18,373 · 11.4 mi | 47.2 | 27% | 2.5% | 10% |
| Salbris 4,809 · 12.7 mi | 54.2 | 32% | 6.5% | 9.2% |
| Chabris 2,740 · 13.4 mi | 53.7 | 34% | 7.8% | 3.2% |
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 Thénioux
What is the population of Thénioux?
667 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (687).
How old are Thénioux’s residents?
The median age is 47.1, older than 70% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Thénioux?
29, with occasional dwellings: 8.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Thénioux?
INSEE counts 16 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.4% of residents, and 13 foreign nationals (2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Thénioux?
€24,520 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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