Above 92% of compared French towns: 14% of residents are 15 to 24
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 336 residents in 150 households. 31% of households are couples with children, or about one in three. The share of households without a car is 6%, against 11% in the typical compared French town.
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.
Thoraise’s population changed by +14% since 2012, more than in 79% 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 those years, the median Doubs town changed −1% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +22%, then −7% to 2023.
In Thoraise, 17% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 83% 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
■ Thoraise 41.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Thoraise’s residents are under 41.7, younger than in 68% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
Below 93% of compared French towns: 6.5% of households are single parents
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
Households average 2.2 people. The benchmark for single-parent households in the typical compared French town: 10%. On one-person households, Thoraise sits higher than 69% of compared French towns: 40%.
Thoraise sits above 79% of compared French towns for second homes (5.6%)
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
The share of empty homes is 8.9%, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Flats are more common here than in 71% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of second homes is 2.1%. Long tenure is the mark of 22% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 14% (under two years).
€26,810 a year is the median standard of living here
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 €26,810 a year: higher than in 59% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker: 19%, a higher share than 81% 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
Set against 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 6.1% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Thoraise. Locally, a third of households are headed by a retired person. The benchmark for households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town: 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Foreign nationals make up 0.9% in Thoraise, less than in 96% 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: 5.6% of the total. That is lower than in 58% 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.
29% of residents 15 and over are single, a share 72% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
On the census count, 43% of residents 15 and over are married. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Thoraise sits below 55% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (18%)
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
In Thoraise, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. As a yardstick, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (336 to 2,582 people), the 7th youngest
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.
Thoraise sits below 5 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thoraise | 41.7 | 17% | 5.6% | 5.6% |
| Saint-Vit 5,133 · 4.3 mi | 43.1 | 22% | 1.2% | 5.8% |
| Besançon 118,489 · 7.1 mi | 35.6 | 19% | 2.5% | 15% |
| École-Valentin 2,579 · 7.9 mi | 42.9 | 21% | 1.6% | 6.1% |
| Miserey-Salines 2,661 · 8.5 mi | 42.7 | 24% | 0.9% | 4.6% |
| Les Auxons 2,533 · 9.1 mi | 46.1 | 22% | 0.7% | 3.7% |
| Saône 3,195 · 10.5 mi | 46.1 | 24% | 0.7% | 3.3% |
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 Thoraise
What is the population of Thoraise?
336 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% more than in 2012 (296).
How old are Thoraise’s residents?
The median age is 41.7, younger than 68% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Thoraise?
10, with occasional dwellings: 5.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Thoraise?
INSEE counts 19 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.6% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (0.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Thoraise?
€26,810 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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