Photo: Tangopaso · Public domainA larger share of second homes than 98% of compared French towns: 56%
The share of empty homes is 1.6%, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Census figures put couples with children at 13% in Capbreton. At 7.1%, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is lower than in 97% of compared French towns. This Landes town had 9,184 residents in 5,010 households at the 2023 Census.
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 Capbreton
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 6,740 second homes and occasional dwellings in Capbreton, 56% of its 11,940 homes: higher than in 98% of compared French towns. 47% 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 Capbreton’s residents are under 53.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 36% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Many people living alone
49% of Capbreton’s households are one person: higher than in 92% of compared French towns; 37% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Flats make up 48% in Capbreton, more than in 73% 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: 10% here and 12% in the typical compared French town. What’s more, on households without a car, Capbreton sits lower than 56% of compared French towns: 9.6%. The benchmark for flats in the typical compared French town: 30%.
From 2012 to 2023, Capbreton outgrew 74% of compared French towns: +11%
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 +5% to 2023.
Older than 92% of compared French towns: half of Capbreton is over 53.9
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Capbreton 53.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 22% in the typical compared French town, 36% of residents are 65 or over here.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 85 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Landes 51.9%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
A larger share of one-person households than 92% of compared French towns: 49%
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 share of single-parent households is 9%, against 10% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Households here average 1.8 people each.
€27,860 a year: the median standard of living
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 €27,860 a year: higher than in 69% of compared French towns. 14.0% of the population lives below the poverty line.
Capbreton: 46% of households are headed by a retired person, above 94% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4%; Capbreton has 7.8%. On top of that, households headed by a manual worker are rarer here than in 88% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 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).
Immigrants: 4.9%, a lower share than 65% 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 share of foreign nationals is 2.9%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Capbreton sits below 72% of compared French towns for married residents (39%)
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
The share of single residents trails 61% of compared French towns: 24%. The usual figure: 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Capbreton sits below 83% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (13%)
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 Capbreton’s residents 15 and over who have left education hold a higher-education diploma, against 30% in the median compared French town; 13% have no diploma (19%).
4th highest median age among 41 French towns of 9,016 to 9,339
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 Magny-le-Hongre (34.9), the youngest, and Sarzeau (63.6), the oldest.
Capbreton and its 6 nearest towns: 1 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capbreton | 53.9 | 36% | 56% | 4.9% |
| Soorts-Hossegor 3,817 · 1.6 mi | 62.6 | 47% | 64% | 5.4% |
| Bénesse-Maremne 3,780 · 3.2 mi | 42.6 | 18% | 6.3% | 4.5% |
| Labenne 7,183 · 3.4 mi | 44.5 | 22% | 13% | 4.3% |
| Seignosse 4,056 · 4.2 mi | 49.6 | 29% | 71% | 6.3% |
| Ondres 6,533 · 5.6 mi | 45.8 | 22% | 12% | 4.4% |
| Tosse 3,556 · 5.8 mi | 45.8 | 23% | 9.8% | 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 Capbreton
What is the population of Capbreton?
9,184 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% more than in 2012 (8,238).
How old are Capbreton’s residents?
The median age is 53.9, older than 92% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 36% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Capbreton?
6,740, with occasional dwellings: 56% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Capbreton?
INSEE counts 450 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.9% of residents, and 270 foreign nationals (2.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Capbreton?
€27,860 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 14.0% 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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