A median age of 53.5: Arengosse is older than 91% of compared French towns
Where 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town, Arengosse has 2.4%. The town is home to 711 residents in 330 households, by the 2023 Census. Households headed by a manager or professional: 1.5% of the total. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Landes 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 Arengosse
An older town
Half of Arengosse’s residents are under 53.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 33% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 55 homes empty (14%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower growth than 66% of compared French towns: Arengosse changed by +1% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +9% for the median Landes town, the change came in two steps: −3% from 2012 to 2017, then +4% to 2023.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 7.2%, a lower share than 96% 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
■ Arengosse 53.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 33%, above 91% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Landes 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Fewer one-person households than 70% of compared French towns: 31%
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 Landes median and the France median
Living alone · share
A household here holds 2.2 people on average. On average, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Little separates the share of couples with children here, 25%, from the figure in the typical compared French town.
In Arengosse, 3.5% of homes are flats, fewer than in 98% 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
One household in 16 has no car (median compared French town: 11%). The share of flats in the typical compared French town is 30%. Census figures put households without a car at 6.1% in Arengosse. At 14%, the share of empty homes is higher than in 93% of compared French towns.
A typical living standard of €24,330 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 €24,330 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 68% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a manual worker than 99% of compared French towns: 28%
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
43% of households are headed by a retired person; in the typical compared French town the figure is 32%. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 5.9% of Arengosse’s residents
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 Landes has 5.4%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 55% of compared French towns. Immigrants make up about one in 17 here (5.9%). On foreign nationals, 4% here is much 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.
Only 20% of residents 15 and over are single in Arengosse
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 Arengosse, half of residents 15 and over are married, beside 43% in the typical compared French town. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 97% of compared French towns, at 15%
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
30% of adults out of school have no qualification, against 19% in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 711 to 2,582 people, the 7th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Arengosse sits below 1 of its 6 closest neighbors on 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arengosse | 53.5 | 33% | 4.5% | 5.9% |
| Morcenx-la-Nouvelle 5,022 · 6.6 mi | 55.9 | 34% | 5.9% | 7.1% |
| Rion-des-Landes 3,142 · 9.3 mi | 49.9 | 28% | 6.7% | 5.1% |
| Tartas 3,169 · 12 mi | 51.8 | 31% | 2.8% | 3.9% |
| Labouheyre 2,906 · 15.6 mi | 47.3 | 26% | 5.3% | 16% |
| Saint-Pierre-du-Mont 10,092 · 16.2 mi | 44.5 | 22% | 2.2% | 10% |
| Pontonx-sur-l'Adour 3,021 · 16.4 mi | 46.9 | 25% | 4.4% | 4.1% |
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 Arengosse
What is the population of Arengosse?
711 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (704).
How old are Arengosse’s residents?
The median age is 53.5, older than 91% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 33% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Arengosse?
18, with occasional dwellings: 4.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Arengosse?
INSEE counts 42 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.9% of residents, and 28 foreign nationals (4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Arengosse?
€24,330 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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