Half of Gaujacq is over 55.9, older than 95% of compared French towns
Nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, against 2.5% in Gaujacq. In 2023, the Census found 437 residents locally, living in 200 households. Census figures put households in social housing at 0.5% here. Fewer one-person households than in 92% of compared French towns: 26%.
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 Gaujacq
An older town
Half of Gaujacq’s residents are under 55.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 36% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 10% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Gaujacq changed by −3% from 2012 to 2023, behind 80% 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
More residents aged 65 and over than 95% of compared French towns: 36%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Gaujacq 55.9. The median compared French town: 44.
In Gaujacq, 8% of residents are 15 to 24, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Landes 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 5.1% of households are single parents
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
Here nearly a quarter of households are couples with children, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%. Across the comparison, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. There are 2.2 people in the average household.
Flats: 7.9%, a lower share than 90% 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
Here 9.7% of homes stand empty, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 6.7%. Few places have as many second homes: 4% here, more than in 71% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for flats is 30% in the typical compared French town. In Gaujacq, nearly one in ten households have no car.
€22,650 a year: the median standard of living
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 €22,650 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 84% of compared French towns.
Gaujacq: 49% of households are headed by a retired person, above 97% of compared French towns
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 manual worker make up 20%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, nearly a third 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).
Gaujacq: 6.2% of residents are immigrants
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.
The median compared commune in Landes has 5.4%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 53% of compared French towns. Put another way, about one in 16: 6.2% of residents are immigrants. Foreign nationals are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 4.4%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Gaujacq sits above 92% of compared French towns for married residents (50%)
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 share of single residents trails 79% of compared French towns: 22%. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education make up 23% in Gaujacq, less than in 77% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%; Gaujacq has 23%. The comparison figure for graduates of higher education is 30% in the typical compared French town.
5th highest median age among 41 French towns of 437 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Every neighbor is younger than Gaujacq
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gaujacq | 55.9 | 36% | 4% | 6.2% |
| Hagetmau 4,624 · 7.6 mi | 53.2 | 31% | 1.9% | 4.3% |
| Orthez 10,881 · 10.6 mi | 50.7 | 30% | 2.9% | 7.7% |
| Saint-Sever 5,043 · 11.8 mi | 48.9 | 28% | 3.4% | 3.9% |
| Pouillon 3,134 · 13 mi | 52.3 | 29% | 5.2% | 3% |
| Tartas 3,169 · 13.5 mi | 51.8 | 31% | 2.8% | 3.9% |
| Pontonx-sur-l'Adour 3,021 · 14 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 Gaujacq
What is the population of Gaujacq?
437 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (449).
How old are Gaujacq’s residents?
The median age is 55.9, older than 95% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 36% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Gaujacq?
9, with occasional dwellings: 4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Gaujacq?
INSEE counts 27 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.2% of residents, and 19 foreign nationals (4.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Gaujacq?
€22,650 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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