Older than 93% of compared French towns: half of Thonac is over 54.4
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. There were 140 households in Thonac at the 2023 Census, home to 275 residents. For Thonac, the census puts flats at 5.6%. Households without a car make up 5.2%, against 11% in the typical compared French town.
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 Thonac
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 50 second homes and occasional dwellings in Thonac, 25% of its 200 homes: higher than in 94% 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 Thonac’s residents are under 54.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 31% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
More second homes than 94% of compared French towns: 25%
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
Newcomers of less than two years account for 13% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 24%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Car-free households: one in 19, where the median compared French town has 11%.
Growth of +5% since 2012 puts Thonac ahead of 51% 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
The change was −4% from 2012 to 2017 and +9% from 2017 to 2023.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 6% in Thonac, less than in 99% 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
■ Thonac 54.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 31%, against 22% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Dordogne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
In Thonac, 22% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 63% 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 Dordogne median and the France median
Living alone · share
One-person households: 37%, above 58% of compared French towns. Couples with children make up 25% in the typical compared French town. On average, 2 people share a household.
Standard of living at the median: €23,220 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.
The median standard of living in Thonac is €23,220 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 80% of compared French towns.
Above 73% of compared French towns: 37% of households are headed by a retired person
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: 11% here and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Add to that, at 15%, the share of households headed by a manual worker is higher than in 56% of compared French towns. For households headed by a retired person, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A higher share of foreign nationals than 66% of compared French towns, at 6.4%
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 62% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Immigrants make up about one in 12 here (8.2%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Thonac ranks above 99% of compared French towns on married residents: 55%
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
Here nearly a fifth of residents 15 and over are single, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Thonac ranks below 66% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 26%
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
Few places have as many adults with no qualification: 19% here, more than in just over half of compared French towns. The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education 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.
A younger town than 3 of the 6 around it: Thonac
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thonac | 54.4 | 31% | 25% | 8.2% |
| Montignac-Lascaux 2,762 · 3.5 mi | 56.3 | 36% | 22% | 5.4% |
| Sarlat-la-Canéda 8,763 · 11.1 mi | 55 | 34% | 19% | 9.1% |
| Terrasson-Lavilledieu 6,218 · 11.4 mi | 49.9 | 29% | 4.7% | 11% |
| Le Bugue 2,663 · 11.9 mi | 61 | 43% | 17% | 7.7% |
| Bassillac et Auberoche 4,361 · 15.7 mi | 48.1 | 25% | 7.5% | 2.4% |
| Saint-Pantaléon-de-Larche 5,091 · 18 mi | 46.1 | 23% | 2.1% | 6.1% |
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 Thonac
What is the population of Thonac?
275 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (262).
How old are Thonac’s residents?
The median age is 54.4, older than 93% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Thonac?
50, with occasional dwellings: 25% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Thonac?
INSEE counts 23 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.2% of residents, and 17 foreign nationals (6.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Thonac?
€23,220 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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