13% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 97% of compared French towns
Here 3.2% of homes are flats, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. In 2023, the Census found 148 residents in Thorey-sur-Ouche, living in 77 households. For Thorey-sur-Ouche, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 5.2%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
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 Thorey-sur-Ouche
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 24 second homes and occasional dwellings in Thorey-sur-Ouche, 20% of its 120 homes: higher than in 93% 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 ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Thorey-sur-Ouche had 157 residents at the 2012 census and 148 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 90% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 17 homes empty (14%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Households without a car make up 2.5% in Thorey-sur-Ouche, less 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
The share of empty homes is 14%, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 11% of households have no car. Put another way, about one in five: a fifth of homes are second homes.
Slower growth than 90% of compared French towns: Thorey-sur-Ouche changed by −6% since 2012
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
The median Côte-d'Or town changed −2% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −8% and the next six +3%.
Residents aged 65 and over: 21%, a lower share than 56% 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
■ Thorey-sur-Ouche 44.1. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 44.1, Thorey-sur-Ouche is older than just over half of compared French towns. On average, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Côte-d'Or 52.8%, France 51.8%.
Thorey-sur-Ouche sits above 81% of compared French towns for one-person households (44%)
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
Single-parent households: 13%, above 83% of compared French towns. Typically, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Each household has 1.9 people on average.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €28,320 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 €28,320 a year: higher than in 73% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a manual worker than 79% of compared French towns: 19%
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 manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 31% of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 92% of compared French towns: 1.9%
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 Thorey-sur-Ouche comes in at 1.9%. The median compared commune in Côte-d'Or has 7.3%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 92% of compared French towns. 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.
A lower share of single residents than 81% of compared French towns, at 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
Against a figure of 43% in the typical compared French town, the share of married residents in Thorey-sur-Ouche comes in at 39%. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
Adults with no qualification make up 12% in Thorey-sur-Ouche, less than in 88% 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, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. Measured more widely, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 148 to 2,582 people, the 16th youngest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
No nearby town is as young as Thorey-sur-Ouche
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thorey-sur-Ouche | 44.1 | 21% | 20% | 1.9% |
| Beaune 20,352 · 11.2 mi | 47.6 | 26% | 5% | 8.1% |
| Nuits-Saint-Georges 5,235 · 12.2 mi | 48.4 | 28% | 4.6% | 4.5% |
| Gevrey-Chambertin 2,917 · 15.1 mi | 46.2 | 23% | 2.1% | 4.4% |
| Marsannay-la-Côte 5,433 · 17 mi | 45 | 24% | 1.1% | 7.7% |
| Chagny 5,350 · 17 mi | 48 | 25% | 1.6% | 5.8% |
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 Thorey-sur-Ouche
What is the population of Thorey-sur-Ouche?
148 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (157).
How old are Thorey-sur-Ouche’s residents?
The median age is 44.1, older than 51% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Thorey-sur-Ouche?
24, with occasional dwellings: 20% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Thorey-sur-Ouche?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.9% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (1.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Thorey-sur-Ouche?
€28,320 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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