In Thizay, 0.8% of homes are flats, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, 7.5% of residents are 15 to 24 in Thizay. Census day 2023: 227 residents and 110 households locally. Across Thizay, 2.7% of households have no car. On second homes, Thizay sits higher than 87% of compared French towns: 9.3%.
Throughout this page, the Indre 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 Thizay
Fewer residents than in 2012
Thizay had 254 residents at the 2012 census and 227 in 2023, down 11%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Thizay’s residents are under 51.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 28% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Thizay has changed by −11%, slower than 98% 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 same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Indre town −5%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was −9%; from 2017 to 2023, −2%.
Older than 87% of compared French towns: half of Thizay is over 51.3
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Thizay 51.3. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over; in Thizay, 28%.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Indre 53.6%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
18% of households are single parents, more than in 99% 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 Indre median and the France median
Living alone · share
A fifth of households are couples with children, against 25% in the typical compared French town. Each household has 2 people on average. The comparison figure for single-parent households is 10% in the typical compared French town.
4.6% of homes stand empty, fewer than in 79% 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
Turnover: 7.4% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 40% have lived in their home 30 years or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, empty homes come to 6.7%.
A median standard of living of €25,860 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.
Living standards centre on €25,860 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 51% of compared French towns.
In Thizay, 4.6% of households are headed by a manual worker, fewer than in 97% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. Census figures put households headed by a retired person at 43% in Thizay.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Thizay, 0.9% of residents are foreign nationals, fewer 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 make up 2.7%, against 6.5% in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Indre has 4.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 85% of compared French towns. Against that, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
Only 20% of residents 15 and over are single in Thizay
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: 49%, above 87% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Thizay: 26% of adults out of school have no qualification, above 81% 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 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, Thizay has 25%. Adults with no qualification: 19% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
The 11th oldest of 41 French towns of 227 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Around Thizay, 2 of 6 towns have a higher 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thizay | 51.3 | 28% | 9.3% | 2.7% |
| Issoudun 11,159 · 4.9 mi | 52 | 30% | 3.1% | 7.7% |
| Déols 7,600 · 11.2 mi | 48.6 | 25% | 1.3% | 5.3% |
| Ardentes 3,715 · 11.7 mi | 48.9 | 25% | 4% | 2.4% |
| Châteauroux 42,963 · 12.2 mi | 45.2 | 26% | 2.7% | 12% |
| Le Poinçonnet 5,855 · 13.1 mi | 53.2 | 30% | 1.9% | 4.4% |
| Saint-Maur 3,537 · 14.3 mi | 50.5 | 27% | 2.2% | 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 Thizay
What is the population of Thizay?
227 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% fewer than in 2012 (254).
How old are Thizay’s residents?
The median age is 51.3, older than 87% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Thizay?
12, with occasional dwellings: 9.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Thizay?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.7% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Thizay?
€25,860 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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