23% of homes are second homes, more than in 94% of compared French towns
Flats: 3%, below 99% of compared French towns. Tharot had 113 residents in 50 households at the 2023 census. Households headed by a manual worker account for 44%. One-person households are rarer here than in 98% of compared French towns.
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 Tharot
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 16 second homes and occasional dwellings in Tharot, 23% of its 73 homes: higher than in 94% 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 ↓
Growing fast
Tharot had 91 residents at the 2012 census and 113 in 2023, up 24%: faster growth than in 94% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
8.5% of homes stand empty, a share 69% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
4.3% of households arrived within the last two years, while 28% have stayed 30 years or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The share of empty homes in the typical compared French town is 6.7%. There is little gap on households without a car: 11%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
+24% since 2012, a pace 94% of compared French towns didn’t match
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
The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Yonne town −4%. The change was +2% from 2012 to 2017 and +22% from 2017 to 2023.
7.7% of residents are 15 to 24, below 94% 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
■ Tharot 50. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Tharot is 50, higher than in 83% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. For Tharot, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 21%.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 112 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Yonne 52.2%, France 51.8%.
In Tharot, 22% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 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 Yonne median and the France median
Living alone · share
Each household has 2.3 people on average. Tharot has more single-parent households than 66% of compared French towns, at 11%. As a yardstick, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Median standard of living: €26,770 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 €26,770 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 59% of compared French towns.
Tharot sits above 92% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (44%)
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. Set beside that, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 4.8% in Tharot, less than in 65% of compared French towns
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 65% of compared French towns. Against that, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. About one in 26: that is how common foreign nationals are in Tharot (3.8%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
17% of residents 15 and over are single, below 99% of compared French towns
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
By its share of married residents (49%), Tharot is above 89% of compared French towns. Typically, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification: 14%, a lower share than 76% 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
Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, nearly a quarter of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Tharot. As a yardstick, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 14th 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.
A younger town than 1 of the 2 around it: Tharot
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 Tharot
What is the population of Tharot?
113 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 24% more than in 2012 (91).
How old are Tharot’s residents?
The median age is 50, older than 83% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Tharot?
16, with occasional dwellings: 23% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Tharot?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.8% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (3.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Tharot?
€26,770 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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