Landes sits below 99% of compared French towns for flats (1.5%)
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 11%; Landes has 8.1%. At the 2023 Census Landes was home to 575 people in 270 households. Across Landes, 2.3% of households rent social housing (HLM). On households headed by a retired person, Landes sits higher than 87% of compared French towns: 41%.
Throughout this page, the Charente-Maritime 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 Landes
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 37 second homes and occasional dwellings in Landes, 11% of its 350 homes: higher than in 88% 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 Landes’ residents are under 51.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 27% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.5% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Landes had 610 residents at the 2012 census and 575 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 90% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 39 homes empty (11%): 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 higher share of second homes than 88% of compared French towns, at 11%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes is 6.7%; Landes has 11%. At 6.2%, the share of households without a car is lower than in 78% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. 6.1% of households moved in less than two years ago; 26% have been in their home 30 years or more.
−6% since 2012, a pace below 90% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved ±0%, then −6% to 2023. Over those years, the median Charente-Maritime town changed +8% and the median compared French town +5%.
Older than 88% of compared French towns: half of Landes is over 51.7
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Landes 51.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 27% here and 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children: 21%, a lower share than 68% 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 Charente-Maritime median and the France median
Living alone · share
Here 32% of households are one person living alone, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 35%. The share of couples with children in the typical compared French town is 25%. Households here average 2.1 people each.
Standard of living at the median: €24,380 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 €24,380 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 67% of compared French towns.
In Landes, 22% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 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
9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, against 7.4% in Landes. The benchmark for households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town: 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Landes, 1.1% of residents are foreign nationals, fewer than in 93% 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.
In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%; Landes has 2.9%. Measured more widely, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. That is lower than in 83% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Charente-Maritime has 3.1%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A lower share of single residents than 97% of compared French towns, at 19%
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
With married residents at 50%, Landes is ahead of 92% of compared French towns on that count. As a reference point, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Below 95% of compared French towns: 16% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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 Landes, 23% of adults out of school have no qualification, beside 19% in the typical compared French town. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
Among 41 French towns of 575 to 2,582 people, the 10th oldest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
3 of 6 neighbors are older than Landes
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Landes | 51.7 | 27% | 11% | 2.9% |
| Saint-Jean-d'Angély 6,784 · 5 mi | 56 | 36% | 4.6% | 4.5% |
| Surgères 6,897 · 10.7 mi | 52 | 33% | 2.3% | 2.8% |
| Mauzé-sur-le-Mignon 2,941 · 14.3 mi | 47.3 | 28% | 3.9% | 2.8% |
| Tonnay-Charente 8,289 · 14.4 mi | 49 | 27% | 1.6% | 3% |
| Saint-Georges-des-Coteaux 2,843 · 16.2 mi | 51.3 | 30% | 2.4% | 2.1% |
| Saintes 25,363 · 17.3 mi | 52.1 | 32% | 2.7% | 5.5% |
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 Landes
What is the population of Landes?
575 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (610).
How old are Landes’ residents?
The median age is 51.7, older than 88% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Landes?
37, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Landes?
INSEE counts 17 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.9% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (1.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Landes?
€24,380 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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