Flats: 3.5%, a lower share than 98% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The census found that 6.8% of households are single parents in Poilly-sur-Tholon. At the 2023 Census, 666 people lived in the town, in 300 households. In Poilly-sur-Tholon, 4.7% of households have no car, beside 11% in the typical compared French town.
Throughout this page, the Yonne 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 Poilly-sur-Tholon
One home in 10 is a second home
The census counted 39 second homes and occasional dwellings in Poilly-sur-Tholon, 11% of its 370 homes: higher than in 88% 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 ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Poilly-sur-Tholon had 716 residents at the 2012 census and 666 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 93% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Poilly-sur-Tholon ranks above 88% of compared French towns on second homes: 11%
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
Nearly a quarter of households have been in place 30 years or more; 9% moved in within the last two years. Compared with other places, empty homes are common here: 8.4%, more than in two thirds of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, second homes come to 2.1%.
Slower than most: −7% since 2012, behind 93% 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Yonne town −4%.
18% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 79% 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
■ Poilly-sur-Tholon 43.4. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 43.4, Poilly-sur-Tholon is younger than 55% of compared French towns. About one in 11: that is how common residents aged 15 to 24 are in Poilly-sur-Tholon (8.8%). In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Yonne 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Only 31% of households are one person living alone in Poilly-sur-Tholon
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 Yonne median and the France median
Living alone · share
On average, 2.2 people share a household. In the typical compared French town, one-person households come to 35%. Where 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, Poilly-sur-Tholon has 27%.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €26,750 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €26,750 a year: higher than in 59% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a manual worker than 92% of compared French towns, at 6.7%
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
With households headed by a manager or professional at 12%, Poilly-sur-Tholon is ahead of 63% of compared French towns on that count. Elsewhere, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. The census found that nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 86% of compared French towns: 2.5% 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.
Here 1.2% of residents are foreign nationals, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. 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.
Fewer single residents than 85% of compared French towns: 21%
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
Nearly two in five residents 15 and over are married and 11% in a PACS, against 43% and 6.1% in the median compared French town; 4.9% are widowed. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 66% of compared French towns, at 16%
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
In Poilly-sur-Tholon, 31% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. The usual figure: 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
12th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 666 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Poilly-sur-Tholon is younger 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poilly-sur-Tholon | 43.4 | 18% | 11% | 2.5% |
| Montholon 2,709 · 3.9 mi | 51.9 | 31% | 7.9% | 3.7% |
| Appoigny 3,114 · 6 mi | 50.2 | 28% | 2.7% | 6.2% |
| Saint-Georges-sur-Baulche 3,151 · 7 mi | 56.9 | 38% | 1.5% | 6.3% |
| Monéteau 4,114 · 8.4 mi | 52.1 | 32% | 2% | 6.2% |
| Auxerre 35,097 · 8.8 mi | 44.1 | 24% | 3.1% | 13% |
| Joigny 9,016 · 8.9 mi | 43.4 | 25% | 4.8% | 21% |
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 Poilly-sur-Tholon
What is the population of Poilly-sur-Tholon?
666 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (716).
How old are Poilly-sur-Tholon’s residents?
The median age is 43.4, younger than 55% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Poilly-sur-Tholon?
39, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Poilly-sur-Tholon?
INSEE counts 17 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.5% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (1.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Poilly-sur-Tholon?
€26,750 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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