Thomirey is older than 93% of compared French towns: a median age of 54.5
In the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car is 11%; Thomirey has 3.7%. Couples with children are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The town had 56 residents in 27 households at the 2023 census. About one in 13: that is how common flats are in Thomirey (7.7%).
Throughout this page, the Côte-d'Or 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 Thomirey
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 6 second homes and occasional dwellings in Thomirey, 15% of its 38 homes: higher than in 91% of compared French towns. 83% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Thomirey’s residents are under 54.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 30% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 1.8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 6 homes empty (15%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Thomirey ranks above 91% of compared French towns on second homes: 15%
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
Where 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town, Thomirey has 15%. By way of comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. 3.7% of households rent social housing (HLM), or about one in 27.
Thomirey grew +10% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 69% 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 change was −2%; from 2017 to 2023, +12%.
Thomirey: 30% of residents are 65 or over, above 86% 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
■ Thomirey 54.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Here, 11% of residents are 15 to 24. By way of comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Côte-d'Or 52.8%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 20% in Thomirey, less than in 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 Côte-d'Or median and the France median
Living alone · share
Each household has 2.1 people on average. For comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
A larger share of households headed by a manager or professional than 88% of compared French towns: 20%
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
Households headed by a retired person are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town. 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, against 20% in Thomirey.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 94% of compared French towns: 1.8% of residents are immigrants
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 are rarer here than in 99% 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.
Thomirey sits below 79% of compared French towns for single residents (22%)
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 the typical compared French town, 43% of residents 15 and over are married; in Thomirey, 40%. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 85% of compared French towns: 13%
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
In Thomirey, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. Against that, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 7th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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 younger than Thomirey
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomirey | 54.5 | 30% | 15% | 1.8% |
| Beaune 20,352 · 12.6 mi | 47.6 | 26% | 5% | 8.1% |
| Chagny 5,350 · 14.4 mi | 48 | 25% | 1.6% | 5.8% |
| Autun 13,172 · 16.1 mi | 51.7 | 31% | 3.4% | 13% |
| Nuits-Saint-Georges 5,235 · 17.4 mi | 48.4 | 28% | 4.6% | 4.5% |
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 Thomirey
What is the population of Thomirey?
56 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (51).
How old are Thomirey’s residents?
The median age is 54.5, older than 93% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Thomirey?
6, with occasional dwellings: 15% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Thomirey?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.8% 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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