In Thulay, 6.4% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 98% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put Thulay’s population at 203, in 96 households. Roughly two in ten: 20% of households are headed by a manager or professional. Where 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town, Thulay has 4%.
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 Thulay
Fewer residents than in 2012
Thulay had 226 residents at the 2012 census and 203 in 2023, down 10%: slower growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower than most: −10% since 2012, behind 97% 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
In two steps, −4% to 2017 and −7% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −1% in Doubs.
Half of Thulay is over 44.9, older than 56% 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
■ Thulay 44.9. The median compared French town: 44.
21% of residents are 65 or over; in the typical compared French town the figure is 22%.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children make up 30% in Thulay, more than in 75% 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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. There are 2.1 people in the average household. As a reference point, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. One-person households make up 35%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
In Thulay, 3.1% of households have no car, fewer than in 98% 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
Some 7.3% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 25% who have been there 30 years or more. Flats account for 10%. Second homes are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a reference point, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €34,540 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 Thulay is €34,540 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 95% of compared French towns.
Thulay ranks below 64% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 30%
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
On the census count, 15% of households are headed by a manual worker. 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).
Fewer immigrants than 78% of compared French towns: 3.4%
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.
By its share of foreign nationals (2.5%), Thulay is below 72% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents: 53%, a higher share than 98% of compared French towns
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
19% of residents 15 and over are single (typical compared French town: 25%). Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Thulay sits below 98% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (8.8%)
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 the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in Thulay, 38%. For adults with no qualification, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 19%.
41 French towns of 203 to 2,582 people: this is the 18th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
A younger town than 3 of the 6 around it: Thulay
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thulay | 44.9 | 21% | 0% | 3.4% |
| Hérimoncourt 3,508 · 1.4 mi | 42.6 | 21% | 0.2% | 6.3% |
| Seloncourt 5,854 · 2.5 mi | 48.5 | 26% | 0.3% | 6.2% |
| Mandeure 4,612 · 2.6 mi | 45.6 | 24% | 0.9% | 7.7% |
| Valentigney 10,501 · 3.2 mi | 43.2 | 23% | 1.7% | 17% |
| Audincourt 14,071 · 3.9 mi | 41 | 21% | 1.7% | 19% |
| Pont-de-Roide-Vermondans 3,912 · 5 mi | 51.8 | 30% | 1.8% | 4.6% |
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 Thulay
What is the population of Thulay?
203 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% fewer than in 2012 (226).
How old are Thulay’s residents?
The median age is 44.9, older than 56% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Thulay?
0, with occasional dwellings: 0% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Thulay?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.4% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (2.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Thulay?
€34,540 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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