Below 99% of compared French towns: 2.5% of households have no car
Residents aged 15 to 24: 7.2% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. By contrast, more couples with children than in 88% of compared French towns: 33%. There were 370 households in Bascons at the 2023 Census, home to 855 residents. Locally, 2.6% of homes are flats.
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 Bascons
Fewer residents than in 2012
Bascons had 897 residents at the 2012 census and 855 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 87% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−5% since 2012, a pace below 87% 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 −6%; from 2017 to 2023, +1%.
A median age of 50.6: Bascons is older than 85% 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
■ Bascons 50.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over account for 23%.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Landes 51.9%, France 51.8%.
25% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 95% 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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. On average, 2.3 people share a household. Against that, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Bascons sits above 73% of compared French towns for empty homes (9.1%)
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 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For empty homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.7%. Second homes make up about one in 26 here (3.8%).
€27,430 a year: the median standard of living
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 €27,430 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 65% of compared French towns.
19% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 80% 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
In Bascons, 30% of households are headed by a retired person, beside 32% in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manager or professional account for 6.9%. Against that, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
2.1% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 90% 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.
Here 1.9% of residents are foreign nationals, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. Against that, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Landes has 5.4%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 90% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents: 16%, a lower share than 99% 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
55% of residents 15 and over are married, against 43% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
Adults with no qualification: 15%, a lower share than 70% of compared French towns
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, 29% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. The share of adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town is 19%.
The 13th oldest of 41 French towns of 855 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Around Bascons, 2 of 6 towns have a higher 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bascons | 50.6 | 23% | 3.8% | 2.1% |
| Mont-de-Marsan 31,592 · 5.5 mi | 42.8 | 22% | 2.9% | 9.3% |
| Saint-Pierre-du-Mont 10,092 · 5.6 mi | 44.5 | 22% | 2.2% | 10% |
| Villeneuve-de-Marsan 2,508 · 7.2 mi | 48.9 | 29% | 2.7% | 4.2% |
| Saint-Sever 5,043 · 8.9 mi | 48.9 | 28% | 3.4% | 3.9% |
| Aire-sur-l'Adour 6,211 · 11.7 mi | 52.8 | 32% | 4% | 6.7% |
| Hagetmau 4,624 · 14.6 mi | 53.2 | 31% | 1.9% | 4.3% |
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 Bascons
What is the population of Bascons?
855 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (897).
How old are Bascons’ residents?
The median age is 50.6, older than 85% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bascons?
16, with occasional dwellings: 3.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bascons?
INSEE counts 18 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.1% of residents, and 16 foreign nationals (1.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bascons?
€27,430 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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