Clèdes is older than 93% of compared French towns: a median age of 54.3
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put Clèdes’s population at 115, in 54 households. Census figures put households without a car at 3.6% here. Flats: 8.7%, below 89% 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 Clèdes
An older town
Half of Clèdes’ residents are under 54.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 27% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.2% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 10 homes empty (15%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower than most: ±0% since 2012, behind 70% 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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Landes town +9%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was +11%; from 2017 to 2023, −10%.
5.8% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 99% 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
■ Clèdes 54.3. The median compared French town: 44.
27% of residents are 65 or over (typical compared French town: 22%). In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 82 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.
42% of households are one person living alone, a share 75% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
There are 2.1 people in the average household. The usual figure: just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Clèdes sits close to the norm on couples with children: 25%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
15% of homes stand empty, a share 95% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Against a figure of 2.1% in the typical compared French town, the share of second homes in Clèdes comes in at 6.1%. In the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes is 6.7%.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €22,900 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.
At €22,900 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 82% of compared French towns.
67% of households are headed by a retired person, a share 99% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Where 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, Clèdes has 8.3%. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
4.2% of residents are immigrants, below 72% 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.
Where 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, Clèdes has 2.5%. The median compared commune in Landes has 5.4%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 72% of compared French towns. The share of immigrants in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Clèdes ranks below 98% of compared French towns on single residents: 18%
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 married residents trails 63% of compared French towns: 41%. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 85% of compared French towns: 20%
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
The census found that nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in Clèdes. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (115 to 2,582 people), the 7th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
No nearby town is as old as Clèdes
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clèdes | 54.3 | 27% | 6.1% | 4.2% |
| Aire-sur-l'Adour 6,211 · 8.4 mi | 52.8 | 32% | 4% | 6.7% |
| Hagetmau 4,624 · 11.2 mi | 53.2 | 31% | 1.9% | 4.3% |
| Saint-Sever 5,043 · 13.9 mi | 48.9 | 28% | 3.4% | 3.9% |
| Sauvagnon 3,579 · 14.8 mi | 42.9 | 18% | 0.4% | 4% |
| Serres-Castet 4,418 · 16.2 mi | 45.6 | 22% | 1.6% | 5.2% |
| Artix 3,477 · 17.7 mi | 46.3 | 25% | 1.1% | 8.7% |
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 Clèdes
What is the population of Clèdes?
115 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (115).
How old are Clèdes’ residents?
The median age is 54.3, older than 93% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Clèdes?
4, with occasional dwellings: 6.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Clèdes?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.2% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (2.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Clèdes?
€22,900 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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