A median age of 54.3: Tiranges is older than 93% of compared French towns
Against a figure of 30% in the typical compared French town, the share of flats in Tiranges comes in at 2.8%. The town’s 220 households held 453 residents at the 2023 Census. The share of households in social housing stands at 0.5%. Few places have so few single-parent households: 4.6% here, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Haute-Loire 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 Tiranges
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 140 second homes and occasional dwellings in Tiranges, 35% of its 400 homes: higher than in 96% of compared French towns. 99% 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 Tiranges’ residents are under 54.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 31% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes make up 35% in Tiranges, more than in 96% 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
Here 8.1% of households have no car, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. Newcomers of less than two years account for 6% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 30%. Empty homes are more common here than in 85% of compared French towns. Second homes make up 2.1% in the typical compared French town.
A ±0% change since 2012: slower than 72% 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 Haute-Loire town changed +2% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +5% and the next six −5%.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 6% in Tiranges, less 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
■ Tiranges 54.3. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 65 and over at 31%, Tiranges is ahead of 87% of compared French towns on that count. To put it in context, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Loire 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Tiranges: 26% of households are couples with children, above 53% 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 Haute-Loire median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 2.1 people in the average household. The wider picture: a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. One-person households are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 35%.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €24,150 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 midpoint of living standards here is €24,150 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 70% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a retired person than 92% of compared French towns: 44%
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
By its share of households headed by a manager or professional (14%), Tiranges is above 72% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for households headed by a retired person is 32% in the typical compared French town. Here, 15% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
1.7% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 94% 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.
Where 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, Tiranges has 0.4%. To put it in context, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
50% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 92% 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
Single residents make up 20%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. On average, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 93% of compared French towns, at 17%
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
Set against 19% in the typical compared French town, nearly a quarter of adults out of school have no qualification in Tiranges. Elsewhere, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 453 to 2,582 people: this is the 7th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Every neighbor is younger than Tiranges
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tiranges | 54.3 | 31% | 35% | 1.7% |
| Beauzac 2,954 · 5.1 mi | 46.6 | 23% | 17% | 1.5% |
| Bas-en-Basset 4,638 · 5.2 mi | 47.5 | 25% | 10% | 1.2% |
| Retournac 3,007 · 5.8 mi | 51.1 | 32% | 17% | 3.8% |
| Monistrol-sur-Loire 8,823 · 7.8 mi | 45.5 | 22% | 3.8% | 3.6% |
| Saint-Maurice-de-Lignon 2,688 · 7.9 mi | 41.2 | 19% | 7.1% | 1.9% |
| Aurec-sur-Loire 6,164 · 10.9 mi | 45.7 | 24% | 6.4% | 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 Tiranges
What is the population of Tiranges?
453 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (455).
How old are Tiranges’ residents?
The median age is 54.3, older than 93% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Tiranges?
140, with occasional dwellings: 35% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Tiranges?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.7% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Tiranges?
€24,150 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 November 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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