Couples with children: 36%, a higher share than 95% of compared French towns
1.4% of homes are flats (typical compared French town: 30%). Thicourt’s 56 households held 132 residents at the 2023 Census. Residents aged 15 to 24 make up about one in 22 here (4.5%). More households headed by a manual worker than in 99% of compared French towns: 27%.
Throughout this page, the Moselle 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 Thicourt
A town of families
36% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Thicourt had 145 residents at the 2012 census and 132 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 9 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 96% of compared French towns grew faster than Thicourt: −9%
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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Moselle town −1%. The first five years brought −2%; the six to 2023, −7%.
Half of Thicourt is over 49, older than 79% 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
■ Thicourt 49. The median compared French town: 44.
21% of residents are 65 or over, or about one in five.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Only 27% of households are one person living alone in Thicourt
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 Moselle median and the France median
Living alone · share
The typical household size is 2.4 people. In the typical compared French town, one-person households come to 35%. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
A larger share of empty homes than 91% of compared French towns: 13%
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
7.2% of homes are second homes, against 2.1% in the typical compared French town. In Thicourt, 11% of households have no car. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
€25,030 a year: the median standard of living
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 median standard of living in Thicourt is €25,030 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 60% of compared French towns.
Thicourt sits above 85% of compared French towns for households headed by a manager or professional (18%)
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
Nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, against 27% in Thicourt. In the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
0.8% of residents are immigrants, below 99% 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.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Thicourt sits above 99% of compared French towns for married residents (56%)
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 share of single residents is 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.
Graduates of higher education: 23%, a lower share than 74% 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
About one in six: that is how common adults with no qualification are in Thicourt (18%). Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Among 41 French towns of 132 to 2,582 people, the 15th 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.
Thicourt 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thicourt | 49 | 21% | 7.2% | 0.8% |
| Faulquemont 5,109 · 4.7 mi | 44.7 | 24% | 0.8% | 11% |
| Créhange 3,691 · 5.2 mi | 48.3 | 25% | 0.8% | 6.2% |
| Morhange 3,308 · 5.9 mi | 45.8 | 25% | 1.3% | 15% |
| Folschviller 3,916 · 8.4 mi | 43 | 23% | 1.3% | 18% |
| Valmont 3,041 · 9.6 mi | 46.6 | 24% | 1.4% | 11% |
| Longeville-lès-Saint-Avold 3,572 · 9.7 mi | 48.4 | 24% | 1.9% | 4.2% |
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 Thicourt
What is the population of Thicourt?
132 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (145).
How old are Thicourt’s residents?
The median age is 49, older than 79% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Thicourt?
5, with occasional dwellings: 7.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Thicourt?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.8% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Thicourt?
€25,030 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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