A median age of 53.6: Labastide is older than 92% of compared French towns
4.5% of homes are flats (typical compared French town: 30%). At 1.5%, the share of households in social housing is lower than in 98% of compared French towns. Labastide’s 67 households held 147 residents at the 2023 Census. One-person households account for 31%.
Throughout this page, the Hautes-Pyrénées 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 Labastide
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 11 second homes and occasional dwellings in Labastide, 12% of its 95 homes: higher than in 89% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Labastide had 164 residents at the 2012 census and 147 in 2023, down 10%: slower growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Labastide’s residents are under 53.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 23% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 4.1% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 16 homes empty (17%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
More empty homes than 98% of compared French towns: 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
In the typical compared French town, 2.1% of homes are second homes; in Labastide, 12%. Fewer households without a car than in 81% of compared French towns: 6%. Set beside that, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Turnover: 13% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 36% have lived in their home 30 years or more.
Slower than most: −10% since 2012, behind 97% 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 Hautes-Pyrénées town changed ±0% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −4% and the next six −6%.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 6.2% of residents are 15 to 24
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Labastide 53.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: nearly a quarter of the total. On average, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 112 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hautes-Pyrénées 53.4%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children make up 31% in Labastide, more than in 79% 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 Hautes-Pyrénées median and the France median
Living alone · share
With single-parent households at 7.7%, Labastide is behind 83% of compared French towns on that count. As a reference point, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Households here average 2.2 people each.
A typical living standard of €23,650 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €23,650 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 75% of compared French towns.
Labastide ranks below 89% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 23%
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 manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The share of households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town is 32%. Across Labastide, 15% of households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Labastide, 1.4% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 97% of compared French towns
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 figure for foreign nationals is 2.1% in Labastide and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Labastide, 20% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 93% of compared French towns
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
Where 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, Labastide has 49%. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
Labastide sits above 57% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (32%)
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
Adults with no qualification make up about one in six here (18%). The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 7th oldest of 41 French towns of 147 to 2,582 people
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Of the 5 towns nearest Labastide, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labastide | 53.6 | 23% | 12% | 1.4% |
| Lannemezan 5,811 · 6.3 mi | 51.8 | 30% | 3.2% | 10% |
| Bagnères-de-Bigorre 7,114 · 10.4 mi | 56 | 37% | 43% | 7.5% |
| Montréjeau 2,648 · 11.4 mi | 53.9 | 35% | 4% | 8.1% |
| Barbazan-Debat 3,478 · 16.4 mi | 50.1 | 30% | 2% | 5.6% |
| Soues 2,988 · 17.4 mi | 49.8 | 28% | 1.5% | 7.3% |
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 Labastide
What is the population of Labastide?
147 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% fewer than in 2012 (164).
How old are Labastide’s residents?
The median age is 53.6, older than 92% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Labastide?
11, with occasional dwellings: 12% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Labastide?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.4% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (2.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Labastide?
€23,650 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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