Fewer households in social housing than 99% of compared French towns: 0.3%
The figure for flats is 9.6% in Thorigny-sur-Oreuse and 30% in the typical compared French town. The share of single-parent households stands at 5.1%. Higher than in 85% of compared French towns: 8% of homes are second homes. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 1,396, in 690 households.
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 Thorigny-sur-Oreuse
Fewer residents than in 2012
Thorigny-sur-Oreuse had 1,506 residents at the 2012 census and 1,396 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 94% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 130 homes empty (14%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Thorigny-sur-Oreuse’s residents are under 50.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 29% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Thorigny-sur-Oreuse has changed by −7%, slower than 94% 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%.
Thorigny-sur-Oreuse is older than 85% of compared French towns: a median age of 50.7
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Thorigny-sur-Oreuse 50.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 8.2% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 29%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Yonne 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Thorigny-sur-Oreuse sits above 70% of compared French towns for one-person households (40%)
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
The average household has 2 people. Typically, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. On couples with children, Thorigny-sur-Oreuse sits lower than 63% of compared French towns: 22%.
Thorigny-sur-Oreuse: 14% of homes stand empty, above 94% of compared French towns
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
Long tenure is the mark of 19% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 8.2% (under two years). Set beside that, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Households without a car are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 11%.
Standard of living at the median: €25,290 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.
At €25,290 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 57% of compared French towns.
Thorigny-sur-Oreuse: 43% of households are headed by a retired person, above 91% 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
Here 22% of households are headed by a manual worker, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 14%. The share of households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town is 32%. Locally, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 78% of compared French towns: 3.4%
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.
Where 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, Thorigny-sur-Oreuse has 1.8%. The median compared commune in Yonne has 9.2%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 78% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town.
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
Married residents: just over two fifths of the total. Set beside that, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 20%, a lower share than 85% 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
In the typical compared French town, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification; in Thorigny-sur-Oreuse, 21%. To put it in context, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 11th 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).
No nearby town is as old as Thorigny-sur-Oreuse
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thorigny-sur-Oreuse | 50.7 | 29% | 8% | 3.4% |
| Saint-Clément 2,849 · 6.5 mi | 49.6 | 30% | 2.1% | 14% |
| Sens 27,106 · 7.7 mi | 42.1 | 23% | 2.6% | 20% |
| Pont-sur-Yonne 3,391 · 8.2 mi | 45.2 | 27% | 5.9% | 9.2% |
| Paron 4,834 · 9.4 mi | 43.3 | 22% | 1.5% | 12% |
| Villeneuve-la-Guyard 3,455 · 14.8 mi | 42.3 | 19% | 4.2% | 7.8% |
| Villeneuve-sur-Yonne 5,135 · 15 mi | 49.9 | 29% | 7.5% | 6.3% |
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 Thorigny-sur-Oreuse
What is the population of Thorigny-sur-Oreuse?
1,396 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (1,506).
How old are Thorigny-sur-Oreuse’s residents?
The median age is 50.7, older than 85% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Thorigny-sur-Oreuse?
71, with occasional dwellings: 8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Thorigny-sur-Oreuse?
INSEE counts 48 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.4% of residents, and 25 foreign nationals (1.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Thorigny-sur-Oreuse?
€25,290 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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