A smaller share of flats than 99% of compared French towns: 1.6%
Compared with 35% in the typical compared French town, 25% of households are one person living alone here. Households headed by a retired person make up about one in six here (18%). Few places have so few households without a car: 4.3% here, fewer than in 92% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Thénac was home to 443 people in 170 households.
Throughout this page, the Dordogne 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 Thénac
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 64 second homes and occasional dwellings in Thénac, 26% of its 240 homes: higher than in 94% 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 ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 100 immigrants in Thénac (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 29% of residents, against 5.4% for the median compared commune in Dordogne. 27% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Growing fast
Thénac had 366 residents at the 2012 census and 443 in 2023, up 21%: faster growth than in 91% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Above 94% of compared French towns: 26% 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
12% of households arrived within the last two years, while 17% have stayed 30 years or more. In the typical compared French town, the share of second homes is 2.1%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. There is little gap on empty homes: 6.2%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
Faster growth than 91% of compared French towns: Thénac changed by +21% 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 change was +33% from 2012 to 2017 and −9% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Dordogne town −1%.
Residents aged 65 and over: 18%, a lower share than 75% 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
■ Thénac 46.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Thénac’s residents are over 46.2, older than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns. Residents aged 15 to 24 account for 9.9%.
Women and men · all residents
39% women, 61% men
About 65 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Dordogne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
Thénac ranks below 99% of compared French towns on single-parent households: 3%
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 Dordogne median and the France median
Living alone · share
The average household has 2.3 people. Single-parent households: 10% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. On couples with children, Thénac sits higher than 59% of compared French towns: 27%.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €24,170 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.
At €24,170 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 69% of compared French towns.
24% of households are headed by a manager or professional, more than in 93% 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
9.1% of households are headed by a manual worker; in the typical compared French town the figure is 14%. For households headed by a manager or professional, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 29% in Thénac, more than in 98% 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.
The share of foreign nationals tops 99% of compared French towns: 27%. Across the comparison, 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.
More single residents than 86% of compared French towns: 32%
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
Married residents account for 43%. Measured more widely, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 33%, a higher share than 60% 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 adults with no qualification tops 58% of compared French towns: 21%. The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 443 to 2,582 people: this is the 18th 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 older than Thénac
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thénac | 46.2 | 18% | 26% | 29% |
| Eymet 2,569 · 6 mi | 61.2 | 42% | 14% | 19% |
| Lamonzie-Saint-Martin 2,742 · 6.2 mi | 46.9 | 25% | 3.9% | 4.6% |
| Prigonrieux 4,374 · 8.3 mi | 52.6 | 31% | 1.6% | 3.7% |
| La Force 2,702 · 8.4 mi | 50.4 | 28% | 3.4% | 4.2% |
| Pineuilh 4,490 · 8.5 mi | 53.9 | 35% | 3.2% | 9% |
| Sainte-Foy-la-Grande 2,507 · 9.1 mi | 46.9 | 31% | 2.7% | 21% |
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 Thénac
What is the population of Thénac?
443 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 21% more than in 2012 (366).
How old are Thénac’s residents?
The median age is 46.2, older than 65% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Thénac?
64, with occasional dwellings: 26% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Thénac?
INSEE counts 130 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 29% of residents, and 120 foreign nationals (27%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Thénac?
€24,170 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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