Les Esseintes sits below 99% of compared French towns for flats (0.8%)
With a median age of 50.5, Les Esseintes is older than 85% of compared French towns. The town counted 244 residents and 110 households at the 2023 Census. 20% of households are one person living alone. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%; Les Esseintes has 19%.
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 Les Esseintes
Fewer residents than in 2012
Les Esseintes had 267 residents at the 2012 census and 244 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Les Esseintes changed by −9% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 96% 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 −11% to 2017, then +3% to 2023.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 97% of compared French towns: 7%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Les Esseintes 50.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Where 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, Les Esseintes has 25%. Against that, 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%.
Les Esseintes sits above 92% of compared French towns for single-parent households (14%)
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 figure for couples with children is 18% in Les Esseintes and 25% in the typical compared French town. For single-parent households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 10%. The average household has 2.3 people.
5% of homes are second homes, more than in 77% of compared French towns
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 households without a car is 11%; Les Esseintes has 7.7%. For comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Across Les Esseintes, 7.4% of homes stand empty. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Median standard of living: €24,960 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 Les Esseintes is €24,960 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 61% of compared French towns.
Les Esseintes: 34% of households are headed by a retired person, above 57% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional: a tenth of the total. The share of households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 91% of compared French towns, at 2.1%
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.
Foreign nationals: 1.7% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 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.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 15% of residents 15 and over are single
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
In Les Esseintes, 51% of residents 15 and over are married, beside 43% in the typical compared French town. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 88% of compared French towns: 19%
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 Les Esseintes, 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%.
Of 41 French towns its size (244 to 2,582 people), the 13th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
No nearby town is as old as Les Esseintes
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Esseintes | 50.5 | 25% | 5% | 2.1% |
| La Réole 4,487 · 2.4 mi | 44.7 | 22% | 1.9% | 12% |
| Langon 7,674 · 9.9 mi | 46.4 | 28% | 1.8% | 9.6% |
| Sainte-Bazeille 3,171 · 10.2 mi | 50.4 | 30% | 1.4% | 6.4% |
| Toulenne 2,881 · 10.5 mi | 43.9 | 24% | 2.1% | 6.1% |
| Cadillac-sur-Garonne 2,670 · 12.1 mi | 44.4 | 19% | 2.6% | 7.3% |
| Marmande 17,328 · 13.9 mi | 49.4 | 30% | 3.1% | 11% |
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 Les Esseintes
What is the population of Les Esseintes?
244 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (267).
How old are Les Esseintes’ residents?
The median age is 50.5, older than 85% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Les Esseintes?
6, with occasional dwellings: 5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Les Esseintes?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.1% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (1.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Les Esseintes?
€24,960 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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