Flats: 1.2%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, just over one in ten households have no car; in Gourbera, 2.2%. This Landes town had 364 residents in 160 households at the 2023 census. Roughly two in ten: 18% of households are headed by a retired person. Lower than in 97% of compared French towns: 6.9% of residents are 15 to 24.
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 Gourbera
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 20 second homes and occasional dwellings in Gourbera, 11% of its 190 homes: higher than in 88% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
More second homes than 88% of compared French towns: 11%
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
Households that moved in under two years ago: 6.2%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 19%. On empty homes, Gourbera sits lower than 73% of compared French towns: 5.1%. The comparison figure for second homes is 2.1% in the typical compared French town.
−2% since 2012, a pace below 78% 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
Here the change came as ±0% to 2017, then −2% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +9% in Landes.
Half of Gourbera is over 49.8, older than 82% 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
■ Gourbera 49.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over come to 21% in Gourbera, about two in ten.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 84 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Landes 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 19% of households are one person living alone
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
There are 2.3 people in the average household. Measured more widely, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. 21% of households are single parents, a higher share than in 99% of compared French towns. Couples with children make up 25%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €29,750 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 €29,750 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 83% of compared French towns.
In Gourbera, 26% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 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 manager or professional: 14%, above 74% of compared French towns.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Gourbera ranks below 99% of compared French towns on foreign nationals: 0.6%
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.
Compared with 6.5% in the typical compared French town, 2.4% of residents are immigrants here. That is lower than in 88% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Landes has 5.4%. Foreign nationals make up 4.3% 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 95% of compared French towns, at 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
By its share of married residents (50%), Gourbera is above 91% of compared French towns. Typically, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification make up 11% in Gourbera, less than in 92% 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, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in Gourbera, 35%. By way of comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 14th oldest of 41 French towns of 364 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.
Gourbera sits below 1 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gourbera | 49.8 | 21% | 11% | 2.4% |
| Saint-Vincent-de-Paul 3,402 · 4.3 mi | 47.7 | 24% | 2.8% | 5.2% |
| Saint-Paul-lès-Dax 14,481 · 5.1 mi | 51.3 | 32% | 10% | 6.6% |
| Pontonx-sur-l'Adour 3,021 · 6 mi | 46.9 | 25% | 4.4% | 4.1% |
| Dax 22,109 · 7.1 mi | 49.3 | 29% | 17% | 9.7% |
| Castets 2,516 · 7.1 mi | 47.3 | 24% | 7.5% | 7.6% |
| Narrosse 3,387 · 7.6 mi | 49.3 | 27% | 3% | 7.6% |
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 Gourbera
What is the population of Gourbera?
364 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (371).
How old are Gourbera’s residents?
The median age is 49.8, older than 82% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Gourbera?
20, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Gourbera?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.4% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Gourbera?
€29,750 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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