Older than 91% of compared French towns: half of Thise is over 53.1
The figure for households headed by a manual worker is 4.7% in Thise and 14% in the typical compared French town. 2,994 residents in 1,370 households: that is Thise at the 2023 Census. For Thise, the census puts households in social housing at 4.8%. Households without a car are rarer here than in 85% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Doubs 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 Thise
An older town
Half of Thise’s residents are under 53.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 34% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 12% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Thise had 3,157 residents at the 2012 census and 2,994 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 88% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−5% since 2012: slower than 88% 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 median Doubs town changed −1% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −4% and the next six −2%.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 34% in Thise, more than in 93% 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
■ Thise 53.1. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 trails 92% of compared French towns: 8%. Across the comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
In Thise, 7.7% of households are single parents, fewer than in 83% 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 Doubs median and the France median
Living alone · share
With one-person households at 32%, Thise is behind nearly two thirds of compared French towns on that count. Against that, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2.1 people. On couples with children, Thise sits lower than 58% of compared French towns: 24%.
Flats: 18%, a lower share than 71% 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
Households that moved in under two years ago: 9.6%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 34%. 0.8% of homes are second homes, fewer than in 89% of compared French towns. Empty homes make up 6.7%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Median standard of living: €29,030 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 Thise is €29,030 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 79% of compared French towns. Below the poverty line: 7.0% of residents.
In Thise, 50% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 97% 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
Nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional, a higher share than in 51% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, nearly a third 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).
1.1% of residents are foreign nationals, below 93% 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.
Immigrants make up 3.6%, against 6.5% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. That is lower than in 77% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Doubs has 8.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Thise sits below 99% of compared French towns for single residents (17%)
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
Compared with 43% in the typical compared French town, 51% of residents 15 and over are married here. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Graduates of higher education make up 38% in Thise, more than in 75% 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
Here 15% of adults out of school have no qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 19%. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 2,959 to 3,026 people: this is the 10th 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.
Gorcy is the youngest (40.5); Agon-Coutainville the oldest (63.8).
Every neighbor is younger than Thise
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thise | 53.1 | 34% | 0.8% | 3.6% |
| Besançon 118,489 · 3.9 mi | 35.6 | 19% | 2.5% | 15% |
| École-Valentin 2,579 · 4.1 mi | 42.9 | 21% | 1.6% | 6.1% |
| Saône 3,195 · 4.6 mi | 46.1 | 24% | 0.7% | 3.3% |
| Miserey-Salines 2,661 · 4.6 mi | 42.7 | 24% | 0.9% | 4.6% |
| Les Auxons 2,533 · 5.6 mi | 46.1 | 22% | 0.7% | 3.7% |
| Ornans 4,419 · 12.6 mi | 48.5 | 28% | 5.8% | 5.3% |
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 Thise
What is the population of Thise?
2,994 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (3,157).
How old are Thise’s residents?
The median age is 53.1, older than 91% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 34% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Thise?
11, with occasional dwellings: 0.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Thise?
INSEE counts 110 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.6% of residents, and 32 foreign nationals (1.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Thise?
€29,030 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 7.0% 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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