Older than 88% of compared French towns: half of Ternay is over 51.7
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. On the census count, 5.7% of households have no car. The 2023 Census counted 189 residents in 90 households. The share of one-person households is 39%, against 35% in the typical compared French town.
Throughout this page, the Vienne 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 Ternay
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 14 second homes and occasional dwellings in Ternay, 12% of its 120 homes: higher than in 89% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Ternay’s residents are under 51.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 26% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.7% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 17 homes empty (14%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Ternay, 14% of homes stand empty, more than in 93% 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
Second homes make up 12%, against 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. 3.4% of households moved in less than two years ago; 31% have been in their home 30 years or more. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Since 2012, Ternay has grown +5%, faster than 51% 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
In two steps, +2% to 2017 and +3% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +4% in Vienne.
Residents aged 65 and over: 26%, a higher share than 73% 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
■ Ternay 51.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Roughly one in ten: 10% of residents are 15 to 24. Across the comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vienne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Ternay: 28% of households are couples with children, above 64% 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 Vienne median and the France median
Living alone · share
Each household has 2.1 people on average. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for couples with children is 25% in the typical compared French town.
At the median, €22,780 a year to live on
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.
Living standards centre on €22,780 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 83% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker: 33%, a higher share than 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 retired person are more common here than in 55% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 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).
Ternay sits below 93% of compared French towns for foreign nationals (1.1%)
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: 3.3%, below 79% of compared French towns. 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.
Ternay sits below 98% of compared French towns for single residents (18%)
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 married residents is 41%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Below 84% of compared French towns: 21% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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
19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, against 26% in Ternay. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
9th highest median age among 41 French towns of 189 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).
Nearby, 1 of 6 towns have older populations than Ternay
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ternay | 51.7 | 26% | 12% | 3.3% |
| Loudun 6,839 · 6.8 mi | 52.2 | 32% | 3.2% | 4.9% |
| Montreuil-Bellay 3,746 · 7.8 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 5% | 3.2% |
| Thouars 13,891 · 9 mi | 50.6 | 30% | 2.5% | 6.5% |
| Loretz-d'Argenton 2,575 · 10 mi | 47.4 | 24% | 5.8% | 2.9% |
| Bellevigne-les-Châteaux 3,435 · 10.8 mi | 48.9 | 27% | 3.9% | 3.1% |
| Saumur 26,241 · 15.2 mi | 47.7 | 28% | 7% | 6.3% |
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 Ternay
What is the population of Ternay?
189 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (180).
How old are Ternay’s residents?
The median age is 51.7, older than 88% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Ternay?
14, with occasional dwellings: 12% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Ternay?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.3% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (1.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Ternay?
€22,780 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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