In Bats, 1.5% of households have no car, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
Households headed by a manual worker make up 31%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. At the 2023 Census, 328 people lived in Bats, in 130 households. Census figures put one-person households at 19% in the town. Fewer flats than in 93% of compared French towns: 6.7%.
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.
A +6% change since 2012: Bats grew faster than 57% 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 population moved −1%, and from 2017 to 2023 +8%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Landes town +9%.
Only 9.2% of residents are 15 to 24 in Bats
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bats 44.5. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over trails 59% of compared French towns: 21%. By contrast, half of Bats’s residents are over 44.5, older than in 53% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Landes 51.9%, France 51.8%.
7.7% of households are single parents, below 83% 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
The typical household size is 2.5 people. Across the comparison, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Here, nearly a quarter of households are couples with children.
In Bats, 9.3% of homes stand empty, more than in 75% 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
The figure for second homes is 4% in Bats and 2.1% in the typical compared French town. At the same time, households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, empty homes come to 6.7%. Recent arrivals (under two years) make up nearly one in ten households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 24%.
A median of €25,450 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 €25,450 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 55% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a retired person than 79% of compared French towns: 38%
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
7.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 96% of compared French towns: 1.5%
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 96% of compared French towns. For immigrants, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.5%. Here, 0.6% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
17% of residents 15 and over are single, below 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
In Bats, 48% of residents 15 and over are married, beside 43% in the typical compared French town. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 69% of compared French towns: 16%
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, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in Bats, 26%. The wider picture: 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 17th youngest of 41 French towns of 328 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Among its 5 nearest neighbors, 3 are older than Bats
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bats | 44.5 | 21% | 4% | 1.5% |
| Hagetmau 4,624 · 6.5 mi | 53.2 | 31% | 1.9% | 4.3% |
| Saint-Sever 5,043 · 8.9 mi | 48.9 | 28% | 3.4% | 3.9% |
| Aire-sur-l'Adour 6,211 · 10.6 mi | 52.8 | 32% | 4% | 6.7% |
| Saint-Pierre-du-Mont 10,092 · 15.5 mi | 44.5 | 22% | 2.2% | 10% |
| Mont-de-Marsan 31,592 · 16.3 mi | 42.8 | 22% | 2.9% | 9.3% |
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 Bats
What is the population of Bats?
328 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (308).
How old are Bats’ residents?
The median age is 44.5, older than 53% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bats?
6, with occasional dwellings: 4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bats?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.5% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bats?
€25,450 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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