More second homes than 97% of compared French towns: 44%
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 6.1%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Hourtin has fewer households headed by a manager or professional than 89% of compared French towns, at 4.6%. At the 2023 Census Hourtin was home to 4,045 people in 2,030 households. Here, 4.8% of households rent social housing (HLM).
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 Hourtin
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 1,770 second homes and occasional dwellings in Hourtin, 44% of its 4,040 homes: higher than in 97% of compared French towns. 77% 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 Hourtin’s residents are under 53 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 33% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.4% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Growing fast
Hourtin had 3,318 residents at the 2012 census and 4,045 in 2023, up 22%: faster growth than in 92% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A lower share of flats than 74% of compared French towns, at 17%
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
With empty homes at 5.7%, Hourtin is behind 64% of compared French towns on that count. Households without a car: 7.1% of the total. In the typical compared French town, the share of flats is 30%.
Faster growth than 92% of compared French towns: Hourtin changed by +22% since 2012
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 Gironde town +16%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought +6%; 2017 to 2023, +15%.
Half of Hourtin is over 53, older than 91% 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
■ Hourtin 53. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 22% in the typical compared French town, a third of residents are 65 or over in Hourtin.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Hourtin sits below 92% of compared French towns for single-parent households (6.8%)
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
The average household has 2 people. Across the comparison, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Lower than in 76% of compared French towns: 19% of households are couples with children. At the same time, in the typical compared French town, 35% of households are one person living alone; in Hourtin, 36%.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €26,270 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 Hourtin is €26,270 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 53% of compared French towns. Below the poverty line: 12.0% of residents.
More households headed by a retired person than 94% of compared French towns: 46%
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
By its share of households headed by a manual worker (11%), Hourtin is below 72% of compared French towns. The benchmark for households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town: 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 3.4% of residents are immigrants in Hourtin
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.
With foreign nationals at 2.3%, Hourtin is behind three quarters of compared French towns on that count. Immigrants make up a share lower than in 78% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Gironde has 5.1%. By way of comparison, 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 97% of compared French towns: 18%
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: 48%, above 84% of compared French towns. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Only 26% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Hourtin
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
17% of adults out of school have no qualification, against 19% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town: 30%.
Among 41 French towns of 4,017 to 4,074 people, the 9th 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 Fay-de-Bretagne (36.3), the youngest, and Le Croisic (65.7), the oldest.
Median age: 1 of the 6 towns around Hourtin are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hourtin | 53 | 33% | 44% | 3.4% |
| Lesparre-Médoc 5,872 · 10.4 mi | 50 | 29% | 3.6% | 7.8% |
| Saint-Laurent-Médoc 4,914 · 12 mi | 44.6 | 21% | 3% | 5.1% |
| Vendays-Montalivet 2,838 · 12.3 mi | 59 | 37% | 64% | 5.3% |
| Lacanau 5,739 · 13.9 mi | 52.6 | 31% | 70% | 4.9% |
| Listrac-Médoc 2,807 · 15.1 mi | 40.6 | 15% | 3.8% | 3.8% |
| Pauillac 5,190 · 15.2 mi | 44 | 22% | 3% | 23% |
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 Hourtin
What is the population of Hourtin?
4,045 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 22% more than in 2012 (3,318).
How old are Hourtin’s residents?
The median age is 53, older than 91% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 33% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Hourtin?
1,770, with occasional dwellings: 44% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Hourtin?
INSEE counts 140 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.4% of residents, and 92 foreign nationals (2.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Hourtin?
€26,270 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 12.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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