A median age of 57.6: Escalans is older than 97% of compared French towns
The share of flats trails 99% of compared French towns: 1.9%. 4.6% of households have no car, fewer than in 91% of compared French towns. Escalans had 215 residents in 110 households at the 2023 Census. One-person households come to 28% in the town, about three in ten.
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 Escalans
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 46 second homes and occasional dwellings in Escalans, 30% of its 150 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Escalans had 264 residents at the 2012 census and 215 in 2023, down 19%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Escalans’ residents are under 57.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 35% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.1% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Escalans, 30% of homes are second homes, more than in 95% 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
With empty homes at 1.2%, Escalans is behind 99% of compared French towns on that count. Measured more widely, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. In the last two years, 8.5% of households moved in; at the other end, 26% have stayed 30 years or more.
Escalans changed by −19% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 99% 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 whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Landes town +9%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought −2%; 2017 to 2023, −17%.
6.1% 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
■ Escalans 57.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 35%, against 22% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Landes 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Escalans sits below 84% of compared French towns for couples with children (17%)
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 people. The share of couples with children in the typical compared French town is 25%. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €24,630 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 €24,630 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 65% of compared French towns.
Above 99% of compared French towns: 58% of households are headed by a retired person
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
Here, 9.2% of households are headed by a manager or professional. In the typical compared French town, 32% 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).
A larger share of immigrants than 67% of compared French towns: 9.3%
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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Escalans comes in at 6.9%. The median compared commune in Landes has 5.4%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in two thirds 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.
A lower share of single residents than 99% of compared French towns, at 17%
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
43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, against 49% in Escalans. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Only 22% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Escalans
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
A fifth of adults out of school have no qualification, a higher share than in 53% of compared French towns. The benchmark for graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town: 30%.
Of 41 French towns its size (215 to 2,582 people), the 5th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Escalans is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Escalans
What is the population of Escalans?
215 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 19% fewer than in 2012 (264).
How old are Escalans’ residents?
The median age is 57.6, older than 97% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 35% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Escalans?
46, with occasional dwellings: 30% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Escalans?
INSEE counts 20 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 9.3% of residents, and 15 foreign nationals (6.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Escalans?
€24,630 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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