A median age of 52.8: Brassempouy is older than 90% of compared French towns
Here 50% of households are headed by a retired person, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 32%. Census day 2023: 279 residents and 130 households in Brassempouy. Single-parent households account for 3.8%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
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 Brassempouy
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 21 second homes and occasional dwellings in Brassempouy, 13% of its 170 homes: higher than in 90% 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 ↓
An older town
Half of Brassempouy’s residents are under 52.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 30% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Brassempouy, 3.7% of households have no car, fewer than in 96% 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
Flats: 5.3%, below 95% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for households without a car is 11% in the typical compared French town. The share of second homes stands at 13%. Nearly one in ten homes stand empty, a higher share than in 69% of compared French towns.
A change of −2% since 2012 leaves Brassempouy behind 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
In two steps, −6% to 2017 and +4% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +9% in Landes.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 7.5% in Brassempouy, less than in 95% 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
■ Brassempouy 52.8. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over is 22%; Brassempouy has 30%. The wider picture: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 117 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Landes 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Brassempouy ranks above 81% of compared French towns on couples with children: 31%
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. Across the comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%; Brassempouy has 34%.
€25,660 a year is the median standard of living here
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 Brassempouy’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €25,660 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 53% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a manager or professional than 78% 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 manual worker make up 12%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 5.3% in Brassempouy, less than in 60% 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.
The median compared commune in Landes has 5.4%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 60% of compared French towns. 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals, or about one in 23. Immigrants make up 6.5% 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.
20% of residents 15 and over are single, below 90% 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
43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, against 47% in Brassempouy. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 57% of compared French towns: 18%
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 Brassempouy, 31% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. To put it in context, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 279 to 2,582 people: this is the 8th oldest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
A younger town than 1 of the 6 around it: Brassempouy
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brassempouy | 52.8 | 30% | 13% | 5.3% |
| Hagetmau 4,624 · 5.5 mi | 53.2 | 31% | 1.9% | 4.3% |
| Saint-Sever 5,043 · 10.7 mi | 48.9 | 28% | 3.4% | 3.9% |
| Orthez 10,881 · 10.7 mi | 50.7 | 30% | 2.9% | 7.7% |
| Tartas 3,169 · 14.5 mi | 51.8 | 31% | 2.8% | 3.9% |
| Pouillon 3,134 · 15.1 mi | 52.3 | 29% | 5.2% | 3% |
| Pontonx-sur-l'Adour 3,021 · 15.8 mi | 46.9 | 25% | 4.4% | 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 Brassempouy
What is the population of Brassempouy?
279 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (285).
How old are Brassempouy’s residents?
The median age is 52.8, older than 90% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Brassempouy?
21, with occasional dwellings: 13% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Brassempouy?
INSEE counts 15 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.3% of residents, and 12 foreign nationals (4.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Brassempouy?
€25,660 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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