A lower share of couples with children than 97% of compared French towns, at 12%
4.8% of households are headed by a manager or professional; in the typical compared French town the figure is 9.4%. Langon had 7,674 residents in 4,200 households at the 2023 census. In Langon, 21% of households have no car. Compared with other places, residents aged 65 and over are common here: 28%, more than in 79% of compared French towns.
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 Langon
Many people living alone
52% of Langon’s households are one person: higher than in 96% of compared French towns; 43% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower growth than 55% of compared French towns: Langon changed by +4% 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
The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Gironde town +16%. The change was ±0% from 2012 to 2017 and +4% from 2017 to 2023.
Older than 66% of compared French towns: half of Langon is over 46.4
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Langon 46.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, against 12% in Langon.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
A higher share of one-person households than 96% of compared French towns, at 52%
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 typical household size is 1.8 people. One-person households make up 35% in the typical compared French town. Census figures put single-parent households at 13% in Langon.
9.7% of homes stand empty, a share 77% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
15% of households arrived within the last two years, while 12% have stayed 30 years or more. On flats, Langon sits higher than 73% of compared French towns: 48%. The usual figure: 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. At 1.8%, the share of second homes is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town.
A typical living standard of €22,560 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.
Half of Langon’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €22,560 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 85% of compared French towns. Below the poverty threshold: 21.0% of the population.
More households headed by a manual worker than 69% of compared French towns: 17%
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
The share of households headed by a retired person tops 65% of compared French towns: 35%. As a reference point, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
9.6% of residents are immigrants, a share 68% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 foreign nationals is 4.3%; Langon has 7.3%. To put it in context, 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.
A smaller share of married residents than 98% of compared French towns: 30%
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
Just over a third of residents 15 and over are single (typical compared French town: 25%). The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Graduates of higher education make up 24% in Langon, less than in 72% 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
Where 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, Langon has 23%. For graduates of higher education, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%.
16th highest median age among 41 French towns of 7,566 to 7,780
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 Chessy (33), the youngest, and Sausset-les-Pins (56.6), the oldest.
1 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Langon
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Langon
What is the population of Langon?
7,674 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (7,404).
How old are Langon’s residents?
The median age is 46.4, older than 66% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Langon?
86, with occasional dwellings: 1.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Langon?
INSEE counts 730 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 9.6% of residents, and 560 foreign nationals (7.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Langon?
€22,560 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 21.0% 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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