A median age of 55.6: Baigts is older than 95% of compared French towns
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 331 residents in 160 households: that is Baigts at the 2023 Census. Across Baigts, 4.4% of households have no car. Set against 35% in the typical compared French town, 31% of households are one person living alone here.
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 Baigts
An older town
Half of Baigts’ residents are under 55.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 34% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.7% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 26 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Baigts had 346 residents at the 2012 census and 331 in 2023, down 4%: slower growth than in 86% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−4% since 2012, a pace below 86% 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
In two steps, +5% to 2017 and −9% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +9% in Landes.
Above 92% of compared French towns: 34% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Baigts 55.6. The median compared French town: 44.
In Baigts, nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. Against 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: Landes 51.9%, France 51.8%.
9.4% of households are single parents, fewer than in 60% 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
Each household has 2.1 people on average. For single-parent households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 10%. Couples with children are more common here than in 50% of compared French towns.
A lower share of flats than 97% of compared French towns, at 4%
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 that moved in under two years ago: 5.7%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 23%. At 13%, the share of empty homes is higher than in 92% of compared French towns. Second homes: 4.4%, above 74% of compared French towns.
Standard of living at the median: €23,470 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 median standard of living in Baigts is €23,470 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 77% of compared French towns.
40% of households are headed by a retired person, a share 85% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Here 19% of households are headed by a manual worker, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 14%. To put it in context, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Baigts ranks below 81% of compared French towns on immigrants: 3%
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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 1.5% of residents are foreign nationals in Baigts. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Baigts ranks below 89% of compared French towns on single residents: 20%
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
Census figures put married residents at 43% in Baigts. As a reference point, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Baigts ranks below 69% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 25%
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
In the typical compared French town, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification; in Baigts, 17%. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 5th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Every neighbor is younger than Baigts
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baigts | 55.6 | 34% | 4.4% | 3% |
| Tartas 3,169 · 9.7 mi | 51.8 | 31% | 2.8% | 3.9% |
| Pontonx-sur-l'Adour 3,021 · 9.8 mi | 46.9 | 25% | 4.4% | 4.1% |
| Hagetmau 4,624 · 10.2 mi | 53.2 | 31% | 1.9% | 4.3% |
| Narrosse 3,387 · 11 mi | 49.3 | 27% | 3% | 7.6% |
| Saint-Vincent-de-Paul 3,402 · 11.3 mi | 47.7 | 24% | 2.8% | 5.2% |
| Pouillon 3,134 · 11.8 mi | 52.3 | 29% | 5.2% | 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 Baigts
What is the population of Baigts?
331 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (346).
How old are Baigts’ residents?
The median age is 55.6, older than 95% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 34% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Baigts?
9, with occasional dwellings: 4.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Baigts?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (1.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Baigts?
€23,470 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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