A median age of 54.8: Turny is older than 94% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Turny had 645 residents in 310 households at the 2023 Census. 3% of homes are flats, or about one in 33. The figure for households headed by a retired person is 44% in Turny and 32% 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 Turny
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 46 second homes and occasional dwellings in Turny, 11% of its 400 homes: higher than in 89% of compared French towns. 96% 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
Turny had 717 residents at the 2012 census and 645 in 2023, down 10%: slower growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Turny’s residents are under 54.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 32% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5.9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 49 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A smaller share of households without a car than 95% of compared French towns: 3.9%
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
Against a figure of 6.7% in the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes in Turny comes in at 12%. Put another way, about one in nine: 11% of homes are second homes.
Turny changed by −10% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 97% 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%.
Turny sits above 90% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (32%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Turny 54.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Turny comes in at 8.2%. On average, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Yonne 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Only 19% of households are couples with children in Turny
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
Average household size: 2.1 people. Typically, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. 8.1% of households are single parents, fewer than in 79% of compared French towns. One-person households are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 35%.
€25,610 a year: the median standard of living
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 €25,610 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 53% of compared French towns.
Turny sits above 97% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (26%)
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
For Turny, the census puts households headed by a manager or professional at 9.7%. Households headed by a manual worker make up 14% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
5.9% of Turny’s 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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 55% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Yonne has 9.2%. About one in 17: that is how common immigrants are in Turny (5.9%). Foreign nationals are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 4.3%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents: 22%, a lower share than 81% 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
47% of residents 15 and over are married; in the typical compared French town the figure is 43%. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Graduates of higher education make up 22% in Turny, less than in 80% 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 19% in the typical compared French town, 22% of adults out of school have no qualification in Turny. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
Ranked by age, 7th 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 Turny
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turny | 54.8 | 32% | 11% | 5.9% |
| Saint-Florentin 4,164 · 3.2 mi | 47.7 | 28% | 3.5% | 18% |
| Brienon-sur-Armançon 3,032 · 7.1 mi | 47 | 25% | 7.3% | 6.1% |
| Migennes 6,688 · 12 mi | 45.1 | 25% | 1.8% | 17% |
| Aix-Villemaur-Pâlis 3,236 · 12.9 mi | 51.4 | 31% | 9.7% | 2.8% |
| Monéteau 4,114 · 15.8 mi | 52.1 | 32% | 2% | 6.2% |
| Appoigny 3,114 · 15.8 mi | 50.2 | 28% | 2.7% | 6.2% |
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 Turny
What is the population of Turny?
645 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% fewer than in 2012 (717).
How old are Turny’s residents?
The median age is 54.8, older than 94% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 32% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Turny?
46, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Turny?
INSEE counts 38 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.9% of residents, and 28 foreign nationals (4.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Turny?
€25,610 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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