Half of Captieux is over 54.2, older than 93% of compared French towns
47% of households are headed by a retired person (typical compared French town: 32%). The 2023 Census put Captieux’s population at 1,429, in 670 households. Couples with children make up about one in seven here (15%). Fewer households in social housing than in 89% of compared French towns: 4.4%.
Throughout this page, the Gironde 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 Captieux
An older town
Half of Captieux’s residents are under 54.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 35% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 13% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Captieux grew +7% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 60% 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, +16% in Gironde. Here the change came as −4% to 2017, then +12% to 2023.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 6.6% in Captieux, less than in 98% 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
■ Captieux 54.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 22% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over in Captieux comes in at 35%. The wider picture: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Captieux ranks above 73% of compared French towns on one-person households: 41%
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 Gironde median and the France median
Living alone · share
10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town, against 11% in Captieux. Across the comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. On average, 1.9 people share a household.
More second homes than 85% of compared French towns: 7.7%
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
The share of empty homes is 11%, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for second homes is 2.1% in the typical compared French town. The census found that 10% of homes are flats in Captieux.
€22,390 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €22,390 a year: lower than in 86% of compared French towns.
Captieux sits below 95% of compared French towns for households headed by a manager or professional (3.6%)
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
18% of households are headed by a manual worker, against 14% in the typical compared French town. Typically, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 70% of compared French towns: 4.4%
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.
The median compared commune in Gironde has 5.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 70% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The census found that 2.8% of residents are foreign nationals in Captieux.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Fewer married residents than 71% of compared French towns: 40%
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
Single residents account for 26%. In the median compared French town 43% are married and 6.1% in a PACS; here it is 40% and 3.6%, and 12% are widowed.
16% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 95% 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
19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, against 30% in Captieux.
7th highest median age among 41 French towns of 1,429 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Captieux sits below 1 of its 3 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Captieux | 54.2 | 35% | 7.7% | 4.4% |
| Bazas 4,854 · 10.4 mi | 52 | 31% | 3.8% | 4.7% |
| Casteljaloux 4,755 · 17.1 mi | 57 | 39% | 8.5% | 5.3% |
| Langon 7,674 · 18 mi | 46.4 | 28% | 1.8% | 9.6% |
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 Captieux
What is the population of Captieux?
1,429 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (1,334).
How old are Captieux’s residents?
The median age is 54.2, older than 93% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 35% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Captieux?
63, with occasional dwellings: 7.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Captieux?
INSEE counts 63 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.4% of residents, and 40 foreign nationals (2.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Captieux?
€22,390 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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