Thélis-la-Combe is older than 94% of compared French towns: a median age of 55.2
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 143 residents in Thélis-la-Combe, living in 68 households. 6.4% of homes are flats, or about one in 16. The share of couples with children is 31%, against 25% in the typical compared French town.
Throughout this page, the 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 Thélis-la-Combe
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 53 second homes and occasional dwellings in Thélis-la-Combe, 41% of its 130 homes: higher than in 96% of compared French towns. 88% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Thélis-la-Combe had 175 residents at the 2012 census and 143 in 2023, down 18%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Thélis-la-Combe’s residents are under 55.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 24% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 10% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A town of second homes: 41% of its 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. In the last two years, 2.9% of households moved in; at the other end, 40% have stayed 30 years or more. The comparison figure for second homes is 2.1% in the typical compared French town. 13% of households have no car; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%.
−18% 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
In two steps, −10% to 2017 and −9% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +3% in Loire.
Thélis-la-Combe sits below 95% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (7.6%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Thélis-la-Combe 55.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, against 24% in Thélis-la-Combe.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loire 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Thélis-la-Combe ranks below 73% of compared French towns on one-person households: 31%
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 Loire median and the France median
Living alone · share
Average household size: 2.1 people. In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%. 7.7% of households are single parents, fewer than in 83% of compared French towns.
The median resident lives on €25,760 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.
Half of residents live in households above €25,760 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 52% of compared French towns.
Only 23% of households are headed by a retired person in Thélis-la-Combe
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 share of households headed by a manual worker tops 92% of compared French towns: 23%. On average, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 84% of compared French towns, at 2.8%
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.
The figure for foreign nationals is 2.1% in Thélis-la-Combe and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. For immigrants, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
54% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 99% of compared French towns
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: 24%, below 64% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education make up 25% in Thélis-la-Combe, less than in 69% 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
Roughly two in ten: 18% of adults out of school have no qualification. Against that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
6th highest median age among 41 French towns of 143 to 2,582
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); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Thélis-la-Combe 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thélis-la-Combe | 55.2 | 24% | 41% | 2.8% |
| Bourg-Argental 2,886 · 1.9 mi | 49.3 | 28% | 6.2% | 2.4% |
| Saint-Genest-Malifaux 2,921 · 6.4 mi | 46.1 | 25% | 16% | 1.4% |
| Annonay 17,274 · 8 mi | 45.6 | 25% | 3.4% | 14% |
| Davézieux 3,205 · 8.7 mi | 54.7 | 35% | 1.3% | 4.4% |
| Roiffieux 2,743 · 8.8 mi | 50.5 | 27% | 2.8% | 2.3% |
| Pélussin 3,727 · 8.8 mi | 47.1 | 26% | 7.4% | 3.5% |
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 Thélis-la-Combe
What is the population of Thélis-la-Combe?
143 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 18% fewer than in 2012 (175).
How old are Thélis-la-Combe’s residents?
The median age is 55.2, older than 94% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Thélis-la-Combe?
53, with occasional dwellings: 41% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Thélis-la-Combe?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.8% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (2.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Thélis-la-Combe?
€25,760 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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