Photo: Inosque · CC BY-SA 3.0In Bénesse-Maremne, 3.8% of households have no car, fewer than in 95% of compared French towns
Nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in just over four fifths of compared French towns. Bénesse-Maremne is home to 3,780 residents in 1,790 households, by the 2023 Census. Locally, 6.3% of homes are second homes.
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 Bénesse-Maremne
Growing fast
Bénesse-Maremne had 2,498 residents at the 2012 census and 3,780 in 2023, up 51%: faster growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +51% change since 2012: Bénesse-Maremne grew 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Landes town +9%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought +29%; 2017 to 2023, +17%.
18% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 76% 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
■ Bénesse-Maremne 42.6. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Bénesse-Maremne is 42.6, lower than in just over three fifths of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Landes 51.9%, France 51.8%.
8.7% of households are single parents, fewer than in 71% 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. Against that, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, one-person households are common here: 35%, more than in 51% of compared French towns. 25% of households are couples with children, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
Bénesse-Maremne: 31% of homes are flats, above 52% 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
Long tenure is the mark of 10% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 12% (under two years). On empty homes, Bénesse-Maremne sits higher than 54% of compared French towns: 7.1%.
The median resident lives on €25,750 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.
The median standard of living in Bénesse-Maremne is €25,750 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 52% of compared French towns. The share living below the poverty line is 12.0%.
Households headed by a retired person make up 26% in Bénesse-Maremne, less than in 81% 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
Lower than in 53% of compared French towns: 8.9% of households are headed by a manager or professional. Typically, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manual worker make up about one in seven here (14%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 4.5% of residents are immigrants in Bénesse-Maremne
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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in just over two thirds of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Landes has 5.4%. In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants. Locally, 3.3% 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.
Bénesse-Maremne ranks below 86% of compared French towns on married residents: 36%
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
For Bénesse-Maremne, the census puts single residents at 26%. By way of comparison, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification: 11%, a lower share than 91% 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
37% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. The comparison figure for adults with no qualification is 19% in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 3,743 to 3,817 people: this is the 12th youngest
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 Chauconin-Neufmontiers (34.4), the youngest, and Soorts-Hossegor (62.6), the oldest.
Every neighbor is older than Bénesse-Maremne
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bénesse-Maremne | 42.6 | 18% | 6.3% | 4.5% |
| Capbreton 9,184 · 3.2 mi | 53.9 | 36% | 56% | 4.9% |
| Soorts-Hossegor 3,817 · 3.2 mi | 62.6 | 47% | 64% | 5.4% |
| Saint-Vincent-de-Tyrosse 8,014 · 3.8 mi | 48.4 | 28% | 3.6% | 5.8% |
| Seignosse 4,056 · 4.2 mi | 49.6 | 29% | 71% | 6.3% |
| Tosse 3,556 · 4.3 mi | 45.8 | 23% | 9.8% | 4.2% |
| Labenne 7,183 · 4.5 mi | 44.5 | 22% | 13% | 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 Bénesse-Maremne
What is the population of Bénesse-Maremne?
3,780 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 51% more than in 2012 (2,498).
How old are Bénesse-Maremne’s residents?
The median age is 42.6, younger than 61% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bénesse-Maremne?
130, with occasional dwellings: 6.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bénesse-Maremne?
INSEE counts 170 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.5% of residents, and 130 foreign nationals (3.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bénesse-Maremne?
€25,750 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 12.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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