A lower share of households headed by a manager or professional than 98% of compared French towns, at 2.6%
Against a figure of 35% in the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households in Candresse comes in at 26%. For Candresse, the census puts flats at 7%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 872 residents in 390 households.
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 growing town: +11% since 2012, faster than 73% 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
The median Landes town changed +9% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +3% and the next six +8%.
Below 91% of compared French towns: 8.2% of residents are 15 to 24
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Candresse 49.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Candresse’s residents are over 49.1, older than in 80% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24. On the census count, just over a quarter of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Landes 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Candresse ranks above 78% of compared French towns on couples with children: 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
The typical household size is 2.3 people. In the typical compared French town, 25% of households are couples with children. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households without a car than 97% of compared French towns, at 3.4%
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
Set against 6.7% in the typical compared French town, 4.8% of homes stand empty in Candresse. Households without a car: 11% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Turnover: 9.6% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 23% have lived in their home 30 years or more.
Median living standard: €27,370 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 €27,370 a year: higher than in 65% of compared French towns.
39% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 79% 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
Set against 14% in the typical compared French town, just over one in ten households are headed by a manual worker in Candresse. By way of comparison, nearly a third 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).
Below 69% of compared French towns: 4.5% of residents are immigrants
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.
3.5% of residents are foreign nationals. Across the comparison, 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.
Single residents: 20%, a lower share than 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
In Candresse, 46% of residents 15 and over are married, beside 43% in the typical compared French town. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 81% of compared French towns: 14%
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 Candresse, 31% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. The usual figure: 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 872 to 2,582 people, the 15th 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 4 of the 6 around it: Candresse
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candresse | 49.1 | 26% | 2.2% | 4.5% |
| Narrosse 3,387 · 1.7 mi | 49.3 | 27% | 3% | 7.6% |
| Saint-Vincent-de-Paul 3,402 · 3.3 mi | 47.7 | 24% | 2.8% | 5.2% |
| Dax 22,109 · 3.6 mi | 49.3 | 29% | 17% | 9.7% |
| Saint-Paul-lès-Dax 14,481 · 4.2 mi | 51.3 | 32% | 10% | 6.6% |
| Pontonx-sur-l'Adour 3,021 · 6 mi | 46.9 | 25% | 4.4% | 4.1% |
| Pouillon 3,134 · 7.2 mi | 52.3 | 29% | 5.2% | 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 Candresse
What is the population of Candresse?
872 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% more than in 2012 (784).
How old are Candresse’s residents?
The median age is 49.1, older than 80% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Candresse?
9, with occasional dwellings: 2.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Candresse?
INSEE counts 39 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.5% of residents, and 31 foreign nationals (3.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Candresse?
€27,370 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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