Photo: Père Igor · CC BY-SA 3.0Older than 93% of compared French towns: half of Thiviers is over 54.3
A quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, against 13% in Thiviers. Second homes account for 9.2%. Fewer households headed by a manager or professional than in 97% of compared French towns: 3.1%. This Dordogne town is home to 2,876 residents in 1,460 households, by the 2023 Census.
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 Thiviers
An older town
Half of Thiviers’ residents are under 54.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 35% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 15% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Thiviers had 3,115 residents at the 2012 census and 2,876 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 94% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 320 homes empty (16%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Many people living alone
48% of Thiviers’ households are one person: higher than in 90% of compared French towns; 38% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−8% since 2012: slower than 94% 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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Dordogne town −1%.
Thiviers ranks above 94% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 35%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Thiviers 54.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Put another way, about one in nine: just over one in ten 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
53% women, 47% men
About 87 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Dordogne 52.7%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Thiviers ranks above 90% of compared French towns on one-person households: 48%
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
Average household size: 1.8 people. Across the comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Nothing unusual on single-parent households: 9.6%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
16% of homes stand empty, more than in 97% 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
Just over a fifth of households have no car (typical compared French town: 11%). Thiviers has fewer households in social housing than three quarters of compared French towns, at 7.3%. Elsewhere, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Newcomers of less than two years account for 13% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 26%.
The median resident lives on €22,360 a year per consumption unit
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 €22,360 a year: lower than in 86% of compared French towns. 19.0% of the population lives below the poverty line.
Thiviers sits above 94% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (46%)
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
Compared with 14% in the typical compared French town, 17% of households are headed by a manual worker here. As a yardstick, 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).
In Thiviers, 6.3% of residents are foreign nationals, more than in 66% 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 median compared commune in Dordogne has 5.4%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 55% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, foreign nationals come to 4.3%. Immigrants account for 7.3%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 39% of residents 15 and over are married in Thiviers
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
Single residents: 29%, above 72% of compared French towns. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
Thiviers ranks below 93% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 17%
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
With adults with no qualification at 27%, Thiviers is ahead of 85% of compared French towns on that count. Set beside that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 2,847 to 2,906 people: this is 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.
Charquemont is the youngest (37.9); Batz-sur-Mer the oldest (60.3).
Thiviers is younger than 2 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thiviers | 54.3 | 35% | 9.2% | 7.3% |
| Brantôme en Périgord 3,763 · 13.8 mi | 53.9 | 33% | 16% | 5.2% |
| Nontron 3,057 · 14.6 mi | 54.9 | 35% | 10% | 6.8% |
| Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche 6,830 · 15.3 mi | 57 | 36% | 4.8% | 5.5% |
| Trélissac 7,372 · 16.9 mi | 48.5 | 29% | 1.6% | 4.7% |
| Champcevinel 3,126 · 17 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 2% | 4.4% |
| Bassillac et Auberoche 4,361 · 17.2 mi | 48.1 | 25% | 7.5% | 2.4% |
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 Thiviers
What is the population of Thiviers?
2,876 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (3,115).
How old are Thiviers’ residents?
The median age is 54.3, older than 93% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 35% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Thiviers?
180, with occasional dwellings: 9.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Thiviers?
INSEE counts 210 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.3% of residents, and 180 foreign nationals (6.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Thiviers?
€22,360 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 19.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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