Thoste is older than 98% of compared French towns: a median age of 60.2
In the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car is 11%; Thoste has 1.7%. Put another way, about one in 23: 4.4% of homes are flats. Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The town had 104 residents in 54 households at the 2023 census.
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 Thoste
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 29 second homes and occasional dwellings in Thoste, 32% of its 88 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 96% 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 Thoste’s residents are under 60.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 45% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Thoste had 115 residents at the 2012 census and 104 in 2023, down 10%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes: 32%, a higher share than 95% 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
In the last two years, 3.4% of households moved in; at the other end, 36% have stayed 30 years or more. As a reference point, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At 6%, empty homes sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Thoste changed by −10% from 2012 to 2023, behind 96% 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 −6%, and from 2017 to 2023 −4%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Côte-d'Or town −2%.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 99% of compared French towns, at 45%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Thoste 60.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, 6.3% of residents are 15 to 24 here. Typically, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Côte-d'Or 52.8%, France 51.8%.
18% of households are couples with children, below 81% 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
The average household has 1.9 people. Few places have so few single-parent households: 9.1% here, fewer than in 65% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. 36% of households are one person living alone; in the typical compared French town the figure is 35%.
Standard of living at the median: €25,610 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.
Living standards centre on €25,610 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 53% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a retired person than 99% of compared French towns: 55%
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
14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, against 18% in Thoste. To put it in context, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Thoste: 8.1% of residents are immigrants, above 61% 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.
5.4% of residents are foreign nationals; in the typical compared French town the figure is 4.3%. The median compared commune in Côte-d'Or has 7.3%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in just over three fifths of compared French towns. On average, 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 98% of compared French towns, at 18%
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
The share of married residents tops 69% of compared French towns: 46%. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
Adults with no qualification: 21%, a higher share than 61% 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 share of graduates of higher education tops 56% of compared French towns: 32%. As a reference point, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 104 to 2,582 people, the 4th 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 Thoste
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thoste | 60.2 | 45% | 32% | 8.1% |
| Semur-en-Auxois 3,986 · 6.4 mi | 50.9 | 29% | 9.3% | 5.6% |
| Venarey-les-Laumes 2,747 · 12.8 mi | 49.2 | 27% | 3.1% | 5.4% |
| Montbard 4,639 · 14.1 mi | 52.9 | 33% | 3.8% | 7.3% |
| Avallon 6,305 · 15.4 mi | 50.5 | 30% | 5.6% | 12% |
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 Thoste
What is the population of Thoste?
104 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% fewer than in 2012 (115).
How old are Thoste’s residents?
The median age is 60.2, older than 98% of compared French towns. 12% are under 18 and 45% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Thoste?
29, with occasional dwellings: 32% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Thoste?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.1% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (5.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Thoste?
€25,610 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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