Azur sits above 95% of compared French towns for second homes (34%)
1.3% of homes stand empty, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. There were 450 households in Azur at the 2023 Census, home to 988 residents. Households without a car make up about one in 63 here (1.6%). The town has fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 97% of compared French towns, at 7.1%.
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 Azur
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 230 second homes and occasional dwellings in Azur, 34% of its 690 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 97% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Growing fast
Azur had 652 residents at the 2012 census and 988 in 2023, up 52%: faster growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Fewer flats than 97% of compared French towns: 4.2%
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
Households in social housing: 3.5% here and 12% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town.
A growing town: +52% since 2012, faster than 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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was +29%; from 2017 to 2023, +17%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Landes town +9%.
Older than 60% of compared French towns: half of Azur is over 45.6
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Azur 45.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over account for 22%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Landes 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households make up 6.3% in Azur, less than in 94% 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 Landes median and the France median
Living alone · share
32% of households are couples with children (typical compared French town: 25%). In the typical compared French town, 10% of households are single parents. Locally, 30% of households are one person living alone.
The median resident lives on €25,960 a year per consumption unit
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 €25,960 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 50% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a retired person than 65% of compared French towns: 30%
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
The share of households headed by a manager or professional trails 64% of compared French towns: 7.5%. Elsewhere, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. The census found that just over one in ten households are headed by a manual worker in Azur.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Azur, 3.1% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 81% 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.
Foreign nationals make up 2%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 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.
Only 20% of residents 15 and over are single in Azur
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
Few places have as many married residents: 44% here, more than in nearly three fifths of compared French towns. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 80% of compared French towns: 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
Here 32% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. The usual figure: 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 21st oldest of 41 French towns this size
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.
4 of 6 neighbors are older than Azur
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Azur | 45.6 | 22% | 34% | 3.1% |
| Soustons 8,701 · 3.4 mi | 53.5 | 33% | 35% | 6% |
| Magescq 2,698 · 4.3 mi | 41.4 | 18% | 8.9% | 5.3% |
| Tosse 3,556 · 7.5 mi | 45.8 | 23% | 9.8% | 4.2% |
| Seignosse 4,056 · 8.2 mi | 49.6 | 29% | 71% | 6.3% |
| Saint-Geours-de-Maremne 3,089 · 8.5 mi | 43.8 | 21% | 5.2% | 5.1% |
| Saint-Vincent-de-Tyrosse 8,014 · 9.1 mi | 48.4 | 28% | 3.6% | 5.8% |
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 Azur
What is the population of Azur?
988 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 52% more than in 2012 (652).
How old are Azur’s residents?
The median age is 45.6, older than 60% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Azur?
230, with occasional dwellings: 34% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Azur?
INSEE counts 31 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.1% of residents, and 20 foreign nationals (2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Azur?
€25,960 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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