0.6% of homes are flats, below 99% of compared French towns
The median age in Fargues is 49.3, higher than in just over four fifths of compared French towns. About one in five: that is how common one-person households are in Fargues (22%). At the 2023 Census Fargues was home to 314 people in 130 households. In Fargues, 8% of households are headed by a manual worker, beside 14% in the typical compared French town.
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.
−3% since 2012: slower than 82% 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
The median Landes town changed +9% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +2% and the next six −5%.
27% of residents are 65 or over, a share 77% of compared French towns don’t reach
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Fargues 49.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 10% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 83 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.
29% of households are couples with children, more than in 70% 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
Households average 2.4 people. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 83% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Below 93% of compared French towns: 4.2% of households have no car
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
Empty homes: 7.7% here and 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in 17: 5.8% of homes are second homes. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Against that, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town.
A median standard of living of €25,980 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.
Living standards centre on €25,980 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 50% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a retired person than 85% of compared French towns: 41%
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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For comparison, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 0.9% of residents are immigrants in Fargues
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.
0.3% of residents are foreign nationals (typical compared French town: 4.3%). 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.
A smaller share of single residents than 99% of compared French towns: 15%
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 figure for married residents is 56% in Fargues and 43% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 25% of residents 15 and over are single.
Graduates of higher education make up 27% in Fargues, less than in 62% 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
Adults with no qualification: 18% of the total. By way of comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
14th highest median age among 41 French towns of 314 to 2,582
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.
A younger town than 2 of the 6 around it: Fargues
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fargues | 49.3 | 27% | 5.8% | 0.9% |
| Saint-Sever 5,043 · 6.5 mi | 48.9 | 28% | 3.4% | 3.9% |
| Hagetmau 4,624 · 8.7 mi | 53.2 | 31% | 1.9% | 4.3% |
| Aire-sur-l'Adour 6,211 · 9.5 mi | 52.8 | 32% | 4% | 6.7% |
| Saint-Pierre-du-Mont 10,092 · 10.9 mi | 44.5 | 22% | 2.2% | 10% |
| Mont-de-Marsan 31,592 · 11.6 mi | 42.8 | 22% | 2.9% | 9.3% |
| Villeneuve-de-Marsan 2,508 · 13.4 mi | 48.9 | 29% | 2.7% | 4.2% |
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 Fargues
What is the population of Fargues?
314 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (324).
How old are Fargues’ residents?
The median age is 49.3, older than 81% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Fargues?
9, with occasional dwellings: 5.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Fargues?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.9% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Fargues?
€25,980 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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