A median age of 53.8: Buanes is older than 92% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households is 10%; Buanes has 4.6%. At the 2023 Census, 236 people lived locally, in 110 households. Households without a car account for 3.9%. Few places have so few households headed by a manual worker: 9.2% here, fewer than in 82% 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 Buanes
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 21 second homes and occasional dwellings in Buanes, 15% of its 140 homes: higher than in 91% of compared French towns. 86% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Buanes had 276 residents at the 2012 census and 236 in 2023, down 14%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Buanes’ residents are under 53.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 22% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 4.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes: 15%, a higher share than 91% 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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of second homes is 2.1%. 16% of homes are flats, or about one in six. At 6.2%, the share of empty homes is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town.
A −14% change since 2012: slower 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
Here the change came as −6% to 2017, then −9% to 2023.
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of compared French towns: 6.1%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Buanes 53.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Census figures put residents aged 65 and over at 22% in Buanes. Measured more widely, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 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%.
Buanes ranks below 75% of compared French towns on one-person households: 30%
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
Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, 24% of households are couples with children in Buanes. On average, 2.1 people share a household. Typically, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
A median standard of living of €23,800 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €23,800 a year: lower than in 74% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a retired person than 56% of compared French towns: 34%
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 manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
3.4% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 79% 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.
In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Buanes, 1.6%. Against that, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
Married residents: 50%, a higher share than 91% 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 Buanes, a fifth of residents 15 and over are single, beside 25% in the typical compared French town. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 92% of compared French towns, at 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
Against a figure of 19% in the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification in Buanes comes in at 18%. In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification.
7th highest median age among 41 French towns of 236 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Every neighbor is younger than Buanes
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buanes | 53.8 | 22% | 15% | 3.4% |
| Aire-sur-l'Adour 6,211 · 8 mi | 52.8 | 32% | 4% | 6.7% |
| Saint-Sever 5,043 · 8.1 mi | 48.9 | 28% | 3.4% | 3.9% |
| Hagetmau 4,624 · 9.5 mi | 53.2 | 31% | 1.9% | 4.3% |
| Saint-Pierre-du-Mont 10,092 · 12.2 mi | 44.5 | 22% | 2.2% | 10% |
| Mont-de-Marsan 31,592 · 12.8 mi | 42.8 | 22% | 2.9% | 9.3% |
| Villeneuve-de-Marsan 2,508 · 13.6 mi | 48.9 | 29% | 2.7% | 4.2% |
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 Buanes
What is the population of Buanes?
236 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% fewer than in 2012 (276).
How old are Buanes’ residents?
The median age is 53.8, older than 92% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Buanes?
21, with occasional dwellings: 15% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Buanes?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.4% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (1.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Buanes?
€23,800 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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