A median age of 59.9: Terre-de-Bas is older than 98% of compared French towns
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Terre-de-Bas is home to 873 residents in 440 households, by the 2023 Census. Couples with children make up about one in seven here (15%). 3% of homes stand empty (typical compared French town: 6.7%).
Throughout this page, the Guadeloupe 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 Terre-de-Bas
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 230 second homes and occasional dwellings in Terre-de-Bas, 33% of its 700 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 94% 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 Terre-de-Bas’ residents are under 59.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 40% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Terre-de-Bas had 1,109 residents at the 2012 census and 873 in 2023, down 21%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Terre-de-Bas, 33% of homes are second homes, more than in 95% 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
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, 72% of households have no car in Terre-de-Bas. To put it in context, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. 4.9% of homes are flats, or about one in 20. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Slower than most: −21% since 2012, behind 99% 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
The median Guadeloupe town changed ±0% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −6% and the next six −17%.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 98% of compared French towns: 40%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Terre-de-Bas 59.9. The median compared French town: 44.
11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, against 6.1% in Terre-de-Bas. Set beside that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: France 51.8%.
A larger share of one-person households than 68% of compared French towns: 40%
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 Guadeloupe median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 2 people in the average household. At 8.5%, the share of single-parent households is lower than in 74% of compared French towns. For one-person households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 35%.
Households headed by a retired person make up 51% in Terre-de-Bas, more than in 98% 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 (7%), Terre-de-Bas is below 90% of compared French towns. Households headed by a retired person make up 32% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 99% of compared French towns, at 0.8%
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.
0.6% of residents are foreign nationals; in the typical compared French town the figure is 4.3%. The share of immigrants in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Terre-de-Bas sits above 87% of compared French towns for single residents (33%)
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
The share of married residents tops 78% of compared French towns: 47%. In the typical compared French town, 25% of residents 15 and over are single.
Terre-de-Bas ranks below 99% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 6.4%
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 nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, Terre-de-Bas has 59%. The benchmark for graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town: 30%.
4th highest median age among 41 French towns of 873 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Terre-de-Bas is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terre-de-Bas | 59.9 | 40% | 33% | 0.8% |
| Trois-Rivières 7,415 · 8.8 mi | 52.2 | 27% | 4.6% | 3.7% |
| Gourbeyre 7,307 · 10.5 mi | 49.6 | 24% | 5.4% | 4% |
| Basse-Terre 9,417 · 11.8 mi | 48.4 | 26% | 1.2% | 8.2% |
| Saint-Claude 10,177 · 12.8 mi | 48 | 24% | 3.3% | 4.3% |
| Baillif 5,096 · 13.7 mi | 51 | 29% | 8.1% | 6.1% |
| Capesterre-Belle-Eau 17,684 · 14.3 mi | 49.8 | 26% | 2.6% | 8.8% |
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 Terre-de-Bas
What is the population of Terre-de-Bas?
873 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 21% fewer than in 2012 (1,109).
How old are Terre-de-Bas’ residents?
The median age is 59.9, older than 98% of compared French towns. 9.1% are under 18 and 40% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Terre-de-Bas?
230, with occasional dwellings: 33% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Terre-de-Bas?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.8% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (0.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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