Flats: 2.2%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
The figure for single-parent households is 16% in Belhade and 10% in the typical compared French town. 3.2% of households rent social housing (HLM), a lower share than in 93% of compared French towns. The town had 227 residents in 100 households at the 2023 census. Census figures put households headed by a manager or professional at 5.3% locally.
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 Belhade
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 34 second homes and occasional dwellings in Belhade, 24% of its 140 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Belhade sits above 94% of compared French towns for second homes (24%)
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
Without a car: one household in 16, against 11% in the median compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 2.1% of homes are second homes. On the census count, 6.4% of households have no car. 6.6% of homes stand empty, fewer than in 51% of compared French towns.
A growing town: +14% since 2012, faster than 78% 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 +15%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Landes town +9%.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 81% of compared French towns: 9%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Belhade 45.9. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 45.9, Belhade is older than 62% of compared French towns. For comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. Residents aged 65 and over come to 19% here, about two in ten.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Landes 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Only 32% of households are one person living alone in Belhade
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
Average household size: 2.2 people. Just over a quarter of households are couples with children, a higher share than in 56% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €23,220 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 €23,220 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 80% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a manual worker than 62% of compared French towns, at 16%
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
Households headed by a retired person: 32% of the total. As a yardstick, 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).
Foreign nationals: 5.7%, a higher share than 62% 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.
About one in 16: that is how common immigrants are in Belhade (6.2%). That is lower than in 53% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Landes has 5.4%. Elsewhere, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
In Belhade, 22% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 77% 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
On the census count, 42% of residents 15 and over are married. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Graduates of higher education make up 19% in Belhade, less than in 89% 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
Adults with no qualification make up 23%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
19th highest median age among 41 French towns of 227 to 2,582
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.
Belhade is younger than 1 of its 4 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belhade | 45.9 | 19% | 24% | 6.2% |
| Belin-Béliet 6,275 · 9.7 mi | 41.1 | 17% | 2.5% | 4.1% |
| Salles 8,208 · 15 mi | 43 | 18% | 5.7% | 3.5% |
| Labouheyre 2,906 · 16.4 mi | 47.3 | 26% | 5.3% | 16% |
| Le Barp 5,806 · 16.5 mi | 41.9 | 16% | 1.9% | 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 Belhade
What is the population of Belhade?
227 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% more than in 2012 (200).
How old are Belhade’s residents?
The median age is 45.9, older than 62% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Belhade?
34, with occasional dwellings: 24% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Belhade?
INSEE counts 14 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.2% of residents, and 13 foreign nationals (5.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Belhade?
€23,220 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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