Older than 99% of compared French towns: half of Thollet is over 61.3
5.6% of households are single parents (typical compared French town: 10%). Thollet is home to 164 residents in 89 households, by the 2023 Census. Flats: 0.5% of the total. Higher than in 80% of compared French towns: 39% of households are headed by a retired person.
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 Thollet
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 71 second homes and occasional dwellings in Thollet, 37% of its 190 homes: higher than in 96% 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 ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 0 immigrants in Thollet (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 26% of residents, against 3.9% for the median compared commune in Vienne. 27% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
An older town
Half of Thollet’s residents are under 61.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 44% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 15% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 34 homes empty (18%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Above 96% of compared French towns: 37% of homes are second homes
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: 18%, above 98% of compared French towns. Typically, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. 5.7% of households have no car. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
A change of ±0% since 2012 leaves Thollet behind 70% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved −5%, and from 2017 to 2023 +5%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Vienne town +4%.
Thollet: 44% of residents are 65 or over, above 99% 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
■ Thollet 61.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Here 5.5% of residents are 15 to 24, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. The usual figure: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vienne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Only 11% of households are couples with children in Thollet
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
The figure for one-person households is 44% in Thollet and 35% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, a quarter of households are couples with children. There are 1.9 people in the average household.
Median living standard: €23,760 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.
Living standards centre on €23,760 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 74% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 17% in Thollet, more than in 67% 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 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 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).
26% of residents are immigrants, a share 97% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 Vienne has 3.9%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 97% of compared French towns. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Put another way, about one in four: 27% 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.
Thollet 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 figure for married residents is 47% in Thollet and 43% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Thollet: 29% of adults out of school have no qualification, above 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
23% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, against 30% in the typical compared French town. The share of adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town is 19%.
Ranked by age, 2nd oldest of 41 French towns this size
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 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Thollet 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thollet | 61.3 | 44% | 37% | 26% |
| Montmorillon 5,821 · 12.1 mi | 57.4 | 38% | 3.8% | 5.3% |
| Le Blanc 6,164 · 14.3 mi | 52.8 | 34% | 9.2% | 4.4% |
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 Thollet
What is the population of Thollet?
164 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (164).
How old are Thollet’s residents?
The median age is 61.3, older than 99% of compared French towns. 12% are under 18 and 44% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Thollet?
71, with occasional dwellings: 37% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Thollet?
INSEE counts 43 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 26% of residents, and 44 foreign nationals (27%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Thollet?
€23,760 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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