Photo: Kristof · CC BY-SA 4.0In Tresses, 3.1% of homes stand empty, fewer than in 95% of compared French towns
Against a figure of 35% in the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households in Tresses comes in at 26%. 9.4% of homes are flats, fewer than in 88% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Tresses was home to 5,290 people in 2,200 households. Across Tresses, 4.3% of households have no car.
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 Tresses
Growing fast
Tresses had 4,327 residents at the 2012 census and 5,290 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.
Faster growth than 92% of compared French towns: Tresses 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +7%, and from 2017 to 2023 +15%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Gironde town +16%.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 9.1% in Tresses, less than in 79% 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
■ Tresses 43.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Tresses’s residents are under 43.7, younger than in 52% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. Residents aged 65 and over account for 22%.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children make up 33% in Tresses, more than in 88% 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 Gironde median and the France median
Living alone · share
On average, 2.4 people share a household. The share of couples with children in the typical compared French town is 25%. There is little gap on single-parent households: 10%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
More households in social housing than 76% of compared French towns: 20%
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
Some 5.5% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 22% who have been there 30 years or more. Lower than in 83% of compared French towns: 0.9% of homes are second homes. In the typical compared French town, households in social housing come to 12%.
A median standard of living of €28,650 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 residents live in households above €28,650 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 76% of compared French towns. The share living below the poverty line is 9.0%.
Households headed by a manager or professional: 17%, a higher share than 81% 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
By its share of households headed by a manual worker (9.3%), Tresses is below 81% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4%. The share of households headed by a retired person stands at 33%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Tresses: 5.9% of residents are immigrants
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 55% of compared French towns. Immigrants make up about one in 17 here (5.9%). Tresses sits close to the norm on foreign nationals: 3.9%, about the same as 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.
Tresses ranks above 89% of compared French towns on married residents: 49%
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 the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%; Tresses has 22%. Typically, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Tresses sits below 79% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (14%)
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
Nearly two fifths of Tresses’ residents 15 and over who have left education hold a higher-education diploma, against 30% in the median compared French town; 14% have no diploma (19%).
41 French towns of 5,229 to 5,350 people: this is the 21st 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.
Mormant is the youngest (36.8); Bretignolles-sur-Mer the oldest (62.9).
Around Tresses, 2 of 6 towns have a higher 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tresses | 43.7 | 22% | 0.9% | 5.9% |
| Artigues-près-Bordeaux 8,687 · 1.3 mi | 41.3 | 19% | 0.6% | 9.2% |
| Pompignac 3,577 · 1.5 mi | 43.2 | 21% | 0.9% | 4.2% |
| Fargues-Saint-Hilaire 3,543 · 2.1 mi | 42 | 21% | 2.1% | 5% |
| Bouliac 3,804 · 2.2 mi | 43.5 | 20% | 1.6% | 6.4% |
| Yvrac 2,899 · 2.3 mi | 45.1 | 25% | 1.8% | 6.5% |
| Carignan-de-Bordeaux 4,388 · 2.3 mi | 44.8 | 22% | 2.1% | 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 Tresses
What is the population of Tresses?
5,290 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 22% more than in 2012 (4,327).
How old are Tresses’ residents?
The median age is 43.7, younger than 52% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Tresses?
21, with occasional dwellings: 0.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Tresses?
INSEE counts 310 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.9% of residents, and 200 foreign nationals (3.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Tresses?
€28,650 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 9.0% 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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