Below 99% of compared French towns: 0.9% of homes are flats
In Geloux, 4.2% of households have no car, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. The town is home to 719 residents in 310 households, by the 2023 Census. For Geloux, the census puts households in social housing at 2.9%. Few places have as many couples with children: 31% here, more than in nearly four fifths of compared French towns.
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.
A −1% change since 2012: slower than 72% 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 −3% and the next six +2%.
A median age of 47: Geloux is older than 69% 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
■ Geloux 47. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 8.9% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. For Geloux, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 22%.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Landes 51.9%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 23% in Geloux, less than in 98% 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, 10% of households are single parents; in Geloux, 4.8%. For one-person households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 35%. Households average 2.4 people.
Second homes: 3.4%, a higher share than 66% 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
Of all households, 6.8% moved in during the last two years and 18% have stayed three decades or more. As a reference point, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Geloux has more empty homes than 63% of compared French towns, at 7.9%.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €25,810 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 €25,810 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 51% of compared French towns.
Geloux sits below 72% of compared French towns for households headed by a manager or professional (6.5%)
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 11%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. Lower than in 51% of compared French towns: 32% of households are headed by a retired person. To put it in context, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
2.1% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 91% 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.
In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Geloux has 0.8%. The wider picture: 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.
In Geloux, 18% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 98% of compared French towns
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
Set against 43% in the typical compared French town, just over half of residents 15 and over are married in Geloux. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 87% of compared French towns: 12%
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
With graduates of higher education at 32%, Geloux is ahead of 57% of compared French towns on that count. For adults with no qualification, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 19%.
The 15th oldest of 41 French towns of 719 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.
Older than Geloux: 4 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geloux | 47 | 22% | 3.4% | 2.1% |
| Saint-Pierre-du-Mont 10,092 · 9.4 mi | 44.5 | 22% | 2.2% | 10% |
| Mont-de-Marsan 31,592 · 9.5 mi | 42.8 | 22% | 2.9% | 9.3% |
| Tartas 3,169 · 13.1 mi | 51.8 | 31% | 2.8% | 3.9% |
| Morcenx-la-Nouvelle 5,022 · 14.1 mi | 55.9 | 34% | 5.9% | 7.1% |
| Rion-des-Landes 3,142 · 15.3 mi | 49.9 | 28% | 6.7% | 5.1% |
| Saint-Sever 5,043 · 15.6 mi | 48.9 | 28% | 3.4% | 3.9% |
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 Geloux
What is the population of Geloux?
719 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (723).
How old are Geloux’s residents?
The median age is 47, older than 69% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Geloux?
12, with occasional dwellings: 3.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Geloux?
INSEE counts 15 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.1% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (0.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Geloux?
€25,810 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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