3.4% of homes are flats, fewer than in 98% of compared French towns
Here 2.7% of households rent social housing (HLM), where the figure in the typical compared French town is 12%. On the census count, 5.3% of households are single parents. 4.8% of homes stand empty, fewer than in 77% of compared French towns. Cère’s 190 households held 420 residents 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.
From 2012 to 2023, 57% of compared French towns grew faster than Cère: +3%
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 +1% and the next six +2%.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 87% of compared French towns, at 8.6%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Cère 45.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 20%, below 63% of compared French towns. On average, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Landes 51.9%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of one-person households than 81% of compared French towns, at 29%
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
Households average 2.3 people. To put it in context, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Higher than in 70% of compared French towns: 29% of households are couples with children.
Cère ranks below 98% of compared French towns on households without a car: 3.2%
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
5.3% of homes are second homes (typical compared French town: 2.1%). The wider picture: just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town.
At the median, €26,300 a year to live on
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 residents live in households above €26,300 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 54% of compared French towns.
Above 77% of compared French towns: 18% of households are headed by a manual worker
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
The share of households headed by a manager or professional is 11%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 29% of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Cère ranks below 79% of compared French towns on immigrants: 3.3%
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.
By its share of foreign nationals (2.4%), Cère is below 73% of compared French towns. 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.
19% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 95% 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 the typical compared French town, 43% of residents 15 and over are married; in Cère, 46%. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Adults with no qualification: 14%, a lower share than 79% 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
Nearly a quarter of Cère’s residents 15 and over who have left education hold a higher-education diploma, against 30% in the median compared French town; 14% have no diploma (19%).
Among 41 French towns of 420 to 2,582 people, the 19th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Older than Cère: 3 of the 5 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cère | 45.9 | 20% | 5.3% | 3.3% |
| Mont-de-Marsan 31,592 · 7.3 mi | 42.8 | 22% | 2.9% | 9.3% |
| Saint-Pierre-du-Mont 10,092 · 8 mi | 44.5 | 22% | 2.2% | 10% |
| Villeneuve-de-Marsan 2,508 · 13.1 mi | 48.9 | 29% | 2.7% | 4.2% |
| Saint-Sever 5,043 · 16.4 mi | 48.9 | 28% | 3.4% | 3.9% |
| Tartas 3,169 · 17.7 mi | 51.8 | 31% | 2.8% | 3.9% |
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 Cère
What is the population of Cère?
420 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (407).
How old are Cère’s residents?
The median age is 45.9, older than 63% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Cère?
11, with occasional dwellings: 5.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Cère?
INSEE counts 14 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.3% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (2.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Cère?
€26,300 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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