Older than 99% of compared French towns: half of Thizy is over 62.3
Compared with 14% in the typical compared French town, 18% of households are headed by a manual worker here. 186 residents in 58 households: that is Thizy at the 2023 Census. Census figures put households without a car at 1.7% locally. At 3.3%, the share of households in social housing is lower than in 93% 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 Thizy
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 27 second homes and occasional dwellings in Thizy, 29% of its 92 homes: higher than in 95% 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 Thizy’s residents are under 62.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 47% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 29% 80 or older. Ages ↓
A town of families
36% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 11% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Thizy sits above 95% of compared French towns for second homes (29%)
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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 5% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 10%. Against that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Here nearly one in ten homes stand empty, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 6.7%.
A change of +2% since 2012 leaves Thizy behind 61% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −4% in Yonne. Here the change came as +8% to 2017, then −6% to 2023.
Thizy: 47% 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
■ Thizy 62.3. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (6.7%), Thizy is below 98% of compared French towns. Typically, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 83 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Yonne 52.2%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
In Thizy, 36% of households are couples with children, more than in 95% 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 2.2 people on average. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The share of couples with children in the typical compared French town is 25%. Against a figure of 35% in the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households in Thizy comes in at 36%.
Median living standard: €25,770 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 median standard of living in Thizy is €25,770 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 52% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a retired person than 76% of compared French towns: 27%
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
Nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional, or about one in 11. The usual figure: 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).
Below 91% of compared French towns: 2.1% 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 1.5% of residents are foreign nationals, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Thizy sits below 97% of compared French towns for married residents (31%)
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
25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, against 22% in Thizy. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
More adults with no qualification than 96% of compared French towns: 33%
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
30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, against 21% in Thizy. For comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Every neighbor is younger than Thizy
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thizy | 62.3 | 47% | 29% | 2.1% |
| Avallon 6,305 · 8.8 mi | 50.5 | 30% | 5.6% | 12% |
| Montbard 4,639 · 13.8 mi | 52.9 | 33% | 3.8% | 7.3% |
| Semur-en-Auxois 3,986 · 14.3 mi | 50.9 | 29% | 9.3% | 5.6% |
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 Thizy
What is the population of Thizy?
186 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (182).
How old are Thizy’s residents?
The median age is 62.3, older than 99% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 47% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Thizy?
27, with occasional dwellings: 29% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Thizy?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.1% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (1.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Thizy?
€25,770 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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