Below 99% of compared French towns: 6.2% of residents are 15 to 24
34% of households are headed by a manual worker, against 14% in the typical compared French town. Census day 2023: 424 residents and 190 households in Garein. Second homes account for 6.3%. On one-person households, Garein sits lower than 78% of compared French towns: 30%.
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 Garein
Empty homes
The census found 33 homes empty (14%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 74% of compared French towns grew faster than Garein: −1%
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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +2%, then −3% to 2023. Over those years, the median Landes town changed +9% and the median compared French town +5%.
Half of Garein is over 47.7, older than 73% 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
■ Garein 47.7. The median compared French town: 44.
About one in five: that is how common residents aged 65 and over are in Garein (22%).
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Landes 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Only 7.9% of households are single parents in Garein
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 2.2 people on average. For single-parent households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 10%. 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, against 26% in Garein.
Garein ranks above 93% of compared French towns on empty homes: 14%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car is 11%; Garein has 8%. Here, 8.8% of homes are flats. Fewer households in social housing than in four fifths of compared French towns: 6.3%. For comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
Standard of living at the median: €25,620 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.
The median standard of living in Garein is €25,620 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 53% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a retired person than 96% 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
With households headed by a manager or professional at 7.7%, Garein is behind 62% of compared French towns on that count. As a reference point, 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).
14% of residents are immigrants, more than in 83% 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.
4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, against 9% in Garein. The median compared commune in Landes has 5.4%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 83% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 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.
A smaller share of single residents than 96% of compared French towns: 19%
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 48% in Garein. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
26% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 65% 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: 22%, above 65% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 15th oldest of 41 French towns of 424 to 2,582 people
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.
Garein is younger than 3 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garein | 47.7 | 22% | 6.3% | 14% |
| Morcenx-la-Nouvelle 5,022 · 13.2 mi | 55.9 | 34% | 5.9% | 7.1% |
| Mont-de-Marsan 31,592 · 13.4 mi | 42.8 | 22% | 2.9% | 9.3% |
| Saint-Pierre-du-Mont 10,092 · 13.6 mi | 44.5 | 22% | 2.2% | 10% |
| Rion-des-Landes 3,142 · 16.7 mi | 49.9 | 28% | 6.7% | 5.1% |
| Tartas 3,169 · 16.9 mi | 51.8 | 31% | 2.8% | 3.9% |
| Labouheyre 2,906 · 17.3 mi | 47.3 | 26% | 5.3% | 16% |
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 Garein
What is the population of Garein?
424 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (428).
How old are Garein’s residents?
The median age is 47.7, older than 73% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Garein?
15, with occasional dwellings: 6.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Garein?
INSEE counts 58 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 14% of residents, and 38 foreign nationals (9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Garein?
€25,620 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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