More flats than 86% of compared French towns: 64%
One-person households: 43% here and 35% in the typical compared French town. The 2023 Census put Thann’s population at 7,762, in 3,670 households. 20% of households rent social housing (HLM), or about one in five. The town has more households headed by a manual worker than 72% of compared French towns, at 18%.
Throughout this page, the Haut-Rhin 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 Thann
Empty homes
The census found 490 homes empty (11%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−2% since 2012: slower than 78% 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 the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Haut-Rhin town +4%.
Thann is older than 60% of compared French towns: a median age of 45.6
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Thann 45.6. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over; in Thann, 24%. On residents aged 15 to 24, 11% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of couples with children than 77% of compared French towns, at 19%
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 Haut-Rhin median and the France median
Living alone · share
The typical household size is 2.1 people. About one in eight: that is how common single-parent households are in Thann (12%). The comparison figure for couples with children is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Empty homes make up 11% in Thann, more than in 86% 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
In the last two years, one in ten households moved in; at the other end, 17% have stayed 30 years or more. Across the comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Few places have as many households without a car: 16% here, more than in 74% of compared French towns. 2.6% of homes are second homes, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €24,680 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.
At €24,680 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 64% of compared French towns. As for poverty, 19.0% of residents are below the line.
The largest group of households: retired (32%)
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
The census found that one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in Thann.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
9.7% of residents are immigrants, a share 69% of compared French towns don’t reach
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.
In Thann, 7% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Haut-Rhin has 10%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 69% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Above 82% of compared French towns: 31% of residents 15 and over are single
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
Married residents: 38% here and 43% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
In Thann, 21% of adults out of school have no qualification, more than in 62% 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
Graduates of higher education: 29% of the total. Against that, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 7,673 to 7,850 people, the 18th 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.
Corte is the youngest (28.3); Mimizan the oldest (56.3).
Older than Thann: 1 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thann | 45.6 | 24% | 2.6% | 9.7% |
| Vieux-Thann 2,866 · 0.9 mi | 44.5 | 22% | 0.6% | 10% |
| Cernay 12,057 · 3.3 mi | 43.1 | 21% | 0.7% | 11% |
| Masevaux-Niederbruck 3,594 · 5.7 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 2.7% | 4.9% |
| Wittelsheim 10,645 · 6.2 mi | 43.4 | 20% | 0.5% | 8.4% |
| Staffelfelden 4,072 · 7.3 mi | 40.6 | 18% | 0.9% | 5.4% |
| Soultz-Haut-Rhin 7,012 · 7.8 mi | 44.9 | 22% | 1.5% | 9% |
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 Thann
What is the population of Thann?
7,762 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (7,931).
How old are Thann’s residents?
The median age is 45.6, older than 60% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Thann?
110, with occasional dwellings: 2.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Thann?
INSEE counts 750 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 9.7% of residents, and 540 foreign nationals (7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Thann?
€24,680 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 19.0% 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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