Below 98% of compared French towns: 6.4% of residents are 15 to 24
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Escource counted 824 residents and 410 households at the 2023 Census. Flats account for 4.7%. Compared with 10% in the typical compared French town, 6% of households are single parents here.
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 Escource
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 81 second homes and occasional dwellings in Escource, 15% of its 550 homes: higher than in 91% of compared French towns. 90% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Growing fast
Escource had 633 residents at the 2012 census and 824 in 2023, up 30%: faster growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Escource’s residents are under 52 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 28% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5.1% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A larger share of second homes than 91% of compared French towns: 15%
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
The share of households without a car is 4.4%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 2.1% of homes are second homes. 22% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 9.2% moved in within the last two years. Empty homes are more common here than in 83% of compared French towns.
A +30% change since 2012: Escource grew faster than 96% 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 those years, the median Landes town changed +9% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +14%, then +14% to 2023.
A median age of 52: Escource is older than 89% 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
■ Escource 52. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 22% in the typical compared French town, 28% of residents are 65 or over here.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Landes 51.9%, France 51.8%.
22% of households are couples with children, below 67% of compared French towns
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%; Escource has 37%. Average household size: 2 people. Against that, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €24,040 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 residents live in households above €24,040 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 71% of compared French towns.
Escource ranks above 85% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 20%
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
37% of households are headed by a retired person, against 32% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. Census figures put households headed by a manager or professional at 6% in Escource.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 6.6% of Escource’s residents
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.
Immigrants make up a share higher than in half of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Landes has 5.4%. About one in 15: that is how common immigrants are in Escource (6.6%). This Landes town sits close to the norm on foreign nationals: 4.2%, about the same as 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.
A lower share of single residents than 91% of compared French towns, at 20%
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
Married residents make up 48%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 78% of compared French towns: 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
For Escource, the census puts adults with no qualification at 19%. Typically, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 824 to 2,582 people, the 9th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 3 are older than Escource
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Escource | 52 | 28% | 15% | 6.6% |
| Labouheyre 2,906 · 6.9 mi | 47.3 | 26% | 5.3% | 16% |
| Mimizan 7,673 · 10.7 mi | 56.3 | 36% | 47% | 6.4% |
| Morcenx-la-Nouvelle 5,022 · 11 mi | 55.9 | 34% | 5.9% | 7.1% |
| Parentis-en-Born 7,586 · 13.2 mi | 46.8 | 25% | 14% | 5.1% |
| Rion-des-Landes 3,142 · 17.5 mi | 49.9 | 28% | 6.7% | 5.1% |
| Biscarrosse 15,836 · 18 mi | 53.2 | 32% | 38% | 4.9% |
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 Escource
What is the population of Escource?
824 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 30% more than in 2012 (633).
How old are Escource’s residents?
The median age is 52, older than 89% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Escource?
81, with occasional dwellings: 15% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Escource?
INSEE counts 54 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.6% of residents, and 35 foreign nationals (4.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Escource?
€24,040 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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