A median age of 64.2: Tilly is older than 99% of compared French towns
Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, 7.1% of households are couples with children in Tilly. Meanwhile, on households headed by a retired person, Tilly sits higher than 97% of compared French towns: 50%. This Indre town had 133 residents in 77 households at the 2023 census. Across Tilly, 2.4% of homes are flats.
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 Tilly
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 46 second homes and occasional dwellings in Tilly, 27% of its 170 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 100% 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 Tilly’s residents are under 64.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 47% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 23% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Tilly had 152 residents at the 2012 census and 133 in 2023, down 13%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 47 homes empty (28%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Empty homes make up 28% in Tilly, more than in 99% 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
The share of households without a car trails 57% of compared French towns: 9.5%. In the last two years, just over one in ten households moved in; at the other end, 28% have stayed 30 years or more. 27% of homes are second homes, a higher share than in 95% of compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 98% of compared French towns grew faster than Tilly: −13%
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 change was −10% from 2012 to 2017 and −3% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Indre town −5%.
47% of residents are 65 or over, a share 99% of compared French towns don’t reach
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Tilly 64.2. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 11%; Tilly has 3.1%. For comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 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.
More one-person households than 53% of compared French towns: 36%
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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, one-person households come to 35%. Households average 1.7 people.
The median resident lives on €21,460 a year per consumption unit
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 €21,460 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 91% of compared French towns.
Tilly ranks above 74% of compared French towns on households headed by a manager or professional: 14%
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 households headed by a manual worker, Tilly sits higher than 53% of compared French towns: 14%. Typically, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Tilly: 16% of residents are immigrants, above 86% 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, Tilly has 16%. Typically, 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.
A lower share of single residents than 99% of compared French towns, at 15%
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
Compared with 43% in the typical compared French town, 56% of residents 15 and over are married here. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Below 93% of compared French towns: 17% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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 Tilly, 27% of adults out of school have no qualification, beside 19% in the typical compared French town. 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 133 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Tilly the oldest (64.2).
Every neighbor is younger than Tilly
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tilly | 64.2 | 47% | 27% | 16% |
| Montmorillon 5,821 · 15.9 mi | 57.4 | 38% | 3.8% | 5.3% |
| Le Blanc 6,164 · 16.9 mi | 52.8 | 34% | 9.2% | 4.4% |
| La Souterraine 4,978 · 18 mi | 51.4 | 33% | 5.6% | 8.8% |
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 Tilly
What is the population of Tilly?
133 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% fewer than in 2012 (152).
How old are Tilly’s residents?
The median age is 64.2, older than 99% of compared French towns. 4.7% are under 18 and 47% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Tilly?
46, with occasional dwellings: 27% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Tilly?
INSEE counts 21 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 16% of residents, and 21 foreign nationals (16%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Tilly?
€21,460 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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