Households in social housing: 33%, a higher share than 94% of compared French towns
With a median age of 47.2, Thourotte is older than 71% of compared French towns. There were 2,080 households in the town at the 2023 Census, home to 4,463 residents. Households headed by a manual worker make up about one in five here (19%). Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, 17% of households have no car here.
Throughout this page, the Oise 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 Thourotte
Social housing
33% of households rent from a social landlord (HLM), 13% rent privately and 53% own their home. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−4% since 2012: slower than 84% 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 Oise town +2%.
27% of residents are 65 or over, a share 76% 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
■ Thourotte 47.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 9.9%, 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
53% women, 47% men
About 87 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
22% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 66% 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 Oise median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households here average 2.1 people each. Compared with other places, one-person households are common here: 38%, more than in 63% of compared French towns. Set beside that, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Nothing unusual on single-parent households: 9.9%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Thourotte sits below 88% of compared French towns for second homes (0.8%)
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
By its share of flats (38%), Thourotte is above 61% of compared French towns. In the last two years, 11% of households moved in; at the other end, 23% have stayed 30 years or more. Few places have so few empty homes: 6.2% here, fewer than in 57% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
€23,840 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.
Half of residents live in households above €23,840 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 73% of compared French towns. Below the poverty line: 18.0% of residents.
In Thourotte, 39% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 81% 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
7.2% of households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for households headed by a retired person is 32% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
6.8% of residents in Thourotte are immigrants
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.
Immigrants make up a share higher than in 53% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Oise has 7.4%. The share of foreign nationals stands at 4.6%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents make up 42% in Thourotte, less than in 60% 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
24% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 59% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
18% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 90% 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
The figure for adults with no qualification is 29% in Thourotte and 19% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (4,428 to 4,500 people), the 16th 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.
Ages run from 35.7 in Guignes to 67 in Valras-Plage.
Every neighbor is younger than Thourotte
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thourotte | 47.2 | 27% | 0.8% | 6.8% |
| Longueil-Annel 2,586 · 1.1 mi | 42 | 20% | 1% | 6.6% |
| Choisy-au-Bac 3,449 · 2.7 mi | 44.9 | 25% | 2.3% | 6.6% |
| Ribécourt-Dreslincourt 3,871 · 3.2 mi | 40.5 | 18% | 1.2% | 7.3% |
| Margny-lès-Compiègne 8,677 · 4.6 mi | 37.8 | 16% | 2% | 14% |
| Venette 2,758 · 5.5 mi | 41.1 | 19% | 1.9% | 7.9% |
| Compiègne 40,761 · 5.7 mi | 37.6 | 19% | 2.2% | 17% |
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 Thourotte
What is the population of Thourotte?
4,463 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (4,645).
How old are Thourotte’s residents?
The median age is 47.2, older than 71% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Thourotte?
17, with occasional dwellings: 0.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Thourotte?
INSEE counts 310 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.8% of residents, and 200 foreign nationals (4.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Thourotte?
€23,840 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 18.0% 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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