Below 99% of compared French towns: 1.2% of households have no car
Set against 32% in the typical compared French town, 18% of households are headed by a retired person in Thorailles. Empty homes make up about one in 45 here (2.2%). The median age here is 40.2, lower than in 78% of compared French towns. The town is home to 201 residents in 85 households, by the 2023 Census.
Throughout this page, the Loiret 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.
Thorailles grew +16% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 83% 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 compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Loiret town +6%. The change was +3% from 2012 to 2017 and +12% from 2017 to 2023.
Only 13% of residents are 65 or over in Thorailles
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Thorailles 40.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, 8.5% of residents are 15 to 24 in Thorailles. To put it in context, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loiret 51.7%, France 51.8%.
29% of households are couples with children, a share 73% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 Loiret median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 2.4 people in the average household. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The share of couples with children in the typical compared French town is 25%. Thorailles sits close to the norm on one-person households: 35%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
Second homes make up 5.4% in Thorailles, more than in 78% 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
Long tenure is the mark of 12% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 7.1% (under two years). Against that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Median living standard: €27,920 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.
Half of residents live in households above €27,920 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 70% of compared French towns.
41% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 99% 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: 5.9%, below 77% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
1.5% of residents are foreign nationals, fewer than in 87% 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.
The share of immigrants trails 74% of compared French towns: 4%. For comparison, 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.
Single residents make up 19% in Thorailles, less than in 95% 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
The figure for married residents is 41% in Thorailles and 43% in the typical compared French town. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Graduates of higher education make up 26% in Thorailles, less than in 64% 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
In the typical compared French town, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification; in Thorailles, 17%. For graduates of higher education, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%.
3rd lowest median age among 41 French towns of 201 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).
Every neighbor is older than Thorailles
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thorailles | 40.2 | 13% | 5.4% | 4% |
| Ferrières-en-Gâtinais 3,839 · 7.1 mi | 46.1 | 24% | 6.7% | 6.6% |
| Courtenay 3,772 · 7.1 mi | 53.7 | 35% | 6.8% | 5.1% |
| Amilly 13,582 · 7.1 mi | 48.9 | 29% | 2% | 11% |
| Montargis 14,825 · 8 mi | 40.7 | 23% | 2.7% | 20% |
| Châlette-sur-Loing 12,677 · 8.6 mi | 41.7 | 21% | 1.5% | 26% |
| Corquilleroy 2,891 · 9 mi | 45.2 | 21% | 2% | 11% |
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 Thorailles
What is the population of Thorailles?
201 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 16% more than in 2012 (174).
How old are Thorailles’ residents?
The median age is 40.2, younger than 78% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 13% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Thorailles?
5, with occasional dwellings: 5.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Thorailles?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (1.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Thorailles?
€27,920 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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