Only 2.1% of households have no car in Clermont
Just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, against 20% in Clermont. In 2023, the Census found 736 residents locally, living in 310 households. Households headed by a retired person account for 36%. Flats are rarer here than in 99% 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 Clermont
Fewer residents than in 2012
Clermont had 797 residents at the 2012 census and 736 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 94% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Clermont’s residents are under 51.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 23% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5.7% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 94% of compared French towns grew faster than Clermont: −8%
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
In two steps, −3% to 2017 and −5% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +9% in Landes.
Older than 87% of compared French towns: half of Clermont is over 51.2
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Clermont 51.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 9.2%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 23%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Landes 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Only 7.8% of households are single parents in Clermont
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
Each household has 2.4 people on average. Couples with children are more common here than in half of compared French towns. As a reference point, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
98% of homes are houses
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 last two years, 7.2% of households moved in; at the other end, 26% have stayed 30 years or more. Second homes: 2.4%, near enough the figure in the typical compared French town.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €27,440 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.
Half of Clermont’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €27,440 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 65% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a manual worker than 79% of compared French towns: 19%
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
6.8% of households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town: 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
4.3% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 71% 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.
2.4% of residents are foreign nationals, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 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.
Clermont ranks above 99% of compared French towns on married residents: 56%
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
Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, 18% of residents 15 and over are single in Clermont. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 81% of compared French towns, at 22%
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 Clermont comes in at 15%. Elsewhere, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 736 to 2,582 people, the 11th 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 Clermont: 2 of the 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clermont | 51.2 | 23% | 2.4% | 4.3% |
| Pouillon 3,134 · 5.2 mi | 52.3 | 29% | 5.2% | 3% |
| Narrosse 3,387 · 5.8 mi | 49.3 | 27% | 3% | 7.6% |
| Dax 22,109 · 7.7 mi | 49.3 | 29% | 17% | 9.7% |
| Saint-Vincent-de-Paul 3,402 · 8.3 mi | 47.7 | 24% | 2.8% | 5.2% |
| Saint-Paul-lès-Dax 14,481 · 9.1 mi | 51.3 | 32% | 10% | 6.6% |
| Pontonx-sur-l'Adour 3,021 · 9.5 mi | 46.9 | 25% | 4.4% | 4.1% |
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 Clermont
What is the population of Clermont?
736 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (797).
How old are Clermont’s residents?
The median age is 51.2, older than 87% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Clermont?
8, with occasional dwellings: 2.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Clermont?
INSEE counts 31 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.3% of residents, and 18 foreign nationals (2.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Clermont?
€27,440 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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