Thuret ranks below 99% of compared French towns on flats: 0.7%
17% of residents are 65 or over, against 22% in the typical compared French town. Thuret is home to 911 residents in 370 households, by the 2023 Census. Locally, 3.3% of households have no car. Lower than in 87% of compared French towns: 4.9% of households rent social housing (HLM).
Throughout this page, the Puy-de-Dôme 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 Thuret
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 9.4% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Thuret’s population changed by +7% since 2012, more than in 60% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +4% for the median Puy-de-Dôme town, the change came in two steps: +8% from 2012 to 2017, then −1% to 2023.
A median age of 43.2: Thuret is younger than 56% 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
■ Thuret 43.2. The median compared French town: 44.
The census found that just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in Thuret.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Thuret ranks above 91% of compared French towns on couples with children: 34%
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 Puy-de-Dôme median and the France median
Living alone · share
Against a figure of 35% in the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households in Thuret comes in at 25%. Households here average 2.4 people each.
4.8% of homes are second homes, more than in 76% 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
5.9% of homes stand empty, about the same as in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Standard of living at the median: €27,370 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 midpoint of living standards here is €27,370 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 65% of compared French towns.
Thuret ranks below 84% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 25%
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
Where 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, Thuret has 11%. Set beside that, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Locally, 17% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 84% of compared French towns: 2.8% of residents 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.
The median compared commune in Puy-de-Dôme has 5.9%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 84% of compared French towns. Census figures put foreign nationals at 2.2% in Thuret. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 23% of residents 15 and over are single in Thuret
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
On the census count, 43% of residents 15 and over are married. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 92% of compared French towns: 11%
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
By its share of graduates of higher education (34%), Thuret is above 64% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%.
Of 41 French towns its size (911 to 2,582 people), the 12th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Thuret is younger than 4 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thuret | 43.2 | 17% | 4.8% | 2.8% |
| Aigueperse 2,665 · 4.2 mi | 49.3 | 29% | 1.4% | 5.6% |
| Maringues 3,141 · 5.1 mi | 40.9 | 21% | 1.8% | 2.3% |
| Ennezat 2,748 · 5.6 mi | 42.6 | 22% | 1.7% | 4.3% |
| Gannat 5,610 · 9 mi | 48.6 | 28% | 2.9% | 3.9% |
| Riom 18,820 · 9 mi | 43.4 | 24% | 3.2% | 8.3% |
| Châtel-Guyon 6,299 · 10 mi | 48.2 | 25% | 13% | 5.9% |
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 Thuret
What is the population of Thuret?
911 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (849).
How old are Thuret’s residents?
The median age is 43.2, younger than 56% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Thuret?
20, with occasional dwellings: 4.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Thuret?
INSEE counts 26 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.8% of residents, and 20 foreign nationals (2.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Thuret?
€27,370 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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