Older than 95% of compared French towns: half of Tharoiseau is over 55.5
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Tharoiseau’s 36 households held 66 residents at the 2023 Census. Census figures put flats at 4.2% here. The figure for couples with children is 12% in Tharoiseau and 25% 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 Tharoiseau
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 30 second homes and occasional dwellings in Tharoiseau, 43% of its 70 homes: higher than in 97% 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 Tharoiseau’s residents are under 55.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 33% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Many people living alone
50% of Tharoiseau’s households are one person: higher than in 94% of compared French towns; 28% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Many graduates
48% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 16% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Tharoiseau ranks above 97% of compared French towns on second homes: 43%
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
The figure for empty homes is 5% in Tharoiseau and 6.7% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. In Tharoiseau, 7.3% of households have no car.
Since 2012, Tharoiseau has changed by +3%, slower than 57% 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%.
Residents aged 65 and over: 33%, a higher share than 92% 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
■ Tharoiseau 55.5. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 11%; Tharoiseau has 8%. The wider picture: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
41% women, 59% men
About 70 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Yonne 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Above 94% of compared French towns: 50% of households are one person living alone
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
Each household has 1.8 people on average. The wider picture: just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Tharoiseau: 25% of households are headed by a manual worker, above 96% 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
The share of households headed by a retired person trails 83% of compared French towns: 25%. Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for households headed by a manual worker is 14% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A higher share of foreign nationals than 68% of compared French towns, at 6.7%
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 Yonne has 9.2%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in three fifths of compared French towns. The wider picture: 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. The census found that 5.3% of residents are immigrants in Tharoiseau.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Fewer married residents than 63% of compared French towns: 41%
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 census found that a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in Tharoiseau. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
A larger share of graduates of higher education than 92% of compared French towns: 48%
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
Compared with 19% in the typical compared French town, 13% of adults out of school have no qualification here. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 5th 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.
No nearby town is as old as Tharoiseau
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Tharoiseau
What is the population of Tharoiseau?
66 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (64).
How old are Tharoiseau’s residents?
The median age is 55.5, older than 95% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 33% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Tharoiseau?
30, with occasional dwellings: 43% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Tharoiseau?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.3% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (6.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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