A smaller share of flats than 92% of compared French towns: 6.9%
With a median age of 39.6, Thiant is younger than 81% of compared French towns. 21% of households are headed by a manual worker, or about one in five. In 2023, the Census found 2,914 residents in the town, living in 1,220 households. The share of one-person households trails 83% of compared French towns: 29%.
Throughout this page, the Nord 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.
Thiant grew +11% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 73% 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 Nord town changed ±0% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +11% and the next six ±0%.
17% of residents are 65 or over, below 82% 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
■ Thiant 39.6. The median compared French town: 44.
12% of residents are 15 to 24, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
In Thiant, 14% of households are single parents, more than in 92% 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 Nord median and the France median
Living alone · share
30% of households are couples with children (typical compared French town: 25%). As a yardstick, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
A higher share of households in social housing than 60% of compared French towns, at 15%
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
Empty homes make up 5.5%, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. 8% of households arrived within the last two years, while 25% have stayed 30 years or more. Households without a car are more common here than in 55% of compared French towns. The benchmark for households in social housing in the typical compared French town: 12%.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €23,970 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.
The median standard of living in Thiant is €23,970 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 72% of compared French towns. The poverty rate is 15.0%.
28% of households are headed by a retired person, fewer than in 74% 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 make up 7.9%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town: 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 1.7% in Thiant, less than in 95% 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 median compared commune in Nord has 4.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 95% of compared French towns. Immigrants make up 6.5% in the typical compared French town. 0.8% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 39% of residents 15 and over are married in Thiant
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
Locally, 26% of residents 15 and over are single. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
In Thiant, 16% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 66% 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
Census figures put graduates of higher education at 29% in Thiant. The comparison figure for adults with no qualification is 19% in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 2,889 to 2,941 people, the 5th youngest
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 32.5 in Avord to 60.3 in Batz-sur-Mer.
A younger town than 3 of the 6 around it: Thiant
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thiant | 39.6 | 17% | 1.8% | 1.7% |
| Maing 3,954 · 1.7 mi | 43.8 | 23% | 0.8% | 2.7% |
| Trith-Saint-Léger 6,019 · 2.5 mi | 40.6 | 20% | 1.2% | 4.5% |
| Douchy-les-Mines 10,109 · 2.5 mi | 38.6 | 18% | 0.4% | 5.3% |
| Denain 20,665 · 2.9 mi | 34 | 14% | 0.4% | 11% |
| Hérin 4,169 · 3.3 mi | 38.7 | 16% | 0.2% | 2.8% |
| La Sentinelle 3,103 · 3.3 mi | 42.1 | 20% | 1.9% | 5.6% |
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 Thiant
What is the population of Thiant?
2,914 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% more than in 2012 (2,619).
How old are Thiant’s residents?
The median age is 39.6, younger than 81% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Thiant?
23, with occasional dwellings: 1.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Thiant?
INSEE counts 49 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.7% of residents, and 25 foreign nationals (0.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Thiant?
€23,970 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 15.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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