A median age of 64.8: Tharaux is older than 99% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person; in Tharaux, 75%. About one in 21: that is how common flats are in Tharaux (4.8%). Households without a car are rarer here than in 92% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 43 people lived here, in 23 households.
Throughout this page, the Gard 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 Tharaux
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 40 second homes and occasional dwellings in Tharaux, 63% of its 63 homes: higher than in 99% of compared French towns. 98% 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 Tharaux’s residents are under 64.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 49% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Tharaux had 56 residents at the 2012 census and 43 in 2023, down 23%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Many people living alone
50% of Tharaux’s households are one person: higher than in 94% of compared French towns; 33% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
63% of homes in Tharaux are second homes
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 in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
−23% since 2012: slower than 99% 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 compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Gard town +7%. The change was ±0% from 2012 to 2017 and −23% from 2017 to 2023.
49% of residents are 65 or over, more 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
■ Tharaux 64.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 here. To put it in context, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
42% women, 58% men
About 72 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Gard 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Tharaux: 50% of households are one person living alone, above 94% 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 Gard median and the France median
Living alone · share
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%. Households here average 1.8 people each.
The largest group of households: retired (75%)
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 manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of foreign nationals than 74% of compared French towns: 2.3%
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 4.7%, against 6.5% in the typical compared French town. That is lower than in two thirds of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Gard has 6.6%. The benchmark for foreign nationals in the typical compared French town: 4.3%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A smaller share of single residents than 99% of compared French towns: 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
Against a figure of 43% in the typical compared French town, the share of married residents in Tharaux comes in at 51%. For comparison, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Tharaux: 40% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, above 79% 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
Where nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, Tharaux has 14%. Across the comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The oldest of 41 French towns of 43 to 2,582 people
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 Tharaux (64.8), the oldest.
Tharaux is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tharaux | 64.8 | 49% | 63% | 4.7% |
| Saint-Ambroix 3,445 · 5.8 mi | 56.1 | 37% | 7.8% | 5% |
| Salindres 3,648 · 8.9 mi | 44.6 | 23% | 2.2% | 4% |
| Rousson 4,456 · 9 mi | 46.3 | 24% | 1.8% | 4.1% |
| Bessèges 2,606 · 11 mi | 59.4 | 40% | 9.6% | 4.7% |
| Saint-Julien-les-Rosiers 3,533 · 11.1 mi | 47.4 | 25% | 2.1% | 4.3% |
| Saint-Privat-des-Vieux 5,703 · 11.4 mi | 49.9 | 28% | 1.7% | 4.2% |
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 Tharaux
What is the population of Tharaux?
43 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 23% fewer than in 2012 (56).
How old are Tharaux’s residents?
The median age is 64.8, older than 99% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 49% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Tharaux?
40, with occasional dwellings: 63% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Tharaux?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.7% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (2.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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