Only 1.7% of households have no car in Gouts
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 6%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. 271 residents in 120 households: that is Gouts at the 2023 Census. Across Gouts, 8% of homes are second homes. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% 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.
Slower growth than 54% of compared French towns: Gouts changed by +4% since 2012
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 change was +6% from 2012 to 2017 and −2% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Landes town +9%.
Gouts is older than 79% of compared French towns: a median age of 49
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Gouts 49. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 27%, above 78% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 114 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Landes 51.9%, France 51.8%.
4.2% of households are single parents, fewer than in 99% 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
30% of households are couples with children, against 25% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 29% of households are one person living alone.
A lower share of flats than 94% of compared French towns, at 5.7%
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
20% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 5.9% moved in within the last two years. Gouts has more empty homes than 63% of compared French towns, at 8%.
The median resident lives on €25,370 a year per consumption unit
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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €25,370 a year: lower than in 56% of compared French towns.
Gouts ranks below 92% of compared French towns on households headed by a manager or professional: 4.2%
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
17% of households are headed by a manual worker; in the typical compared French town the figure is 14%. In the typical compared French town, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional. Census figures put households headed by a retired person at 37% in Gouts.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 79% of compared French towns: 3.3%
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 nearly four fifths of compared French towns. As a reference point, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. About one in 38: that is how common foreign nationals are in Gouts (2.6%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Gouts ranks below 89% of compared French towns on single residents: 21%
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, nearly half of residents 15 and over are married in Gouts. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Gouts sits below 73% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (24%)
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
Compared with other places, adults with no qualification are common here: 19%, more than in 50% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (271 to 2,582 people), the 15th oldest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Median age: 3 of the 6 towns around Gouts are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gouts | 49 | 27% | 8% | 3.3% |
| Tartas 3,169 · 3.5 mi | 51.8 | 31% | 2.8% | 3.9% |
| Pontonx-sur-l'Adour 3,021 · 7.2 mi | 46.9 | 25% | 4.4% | 4.1% |
| Saint-Vincent-de-Paul 3,402 · 10.7 mi | 47.7 | 24% | 2.8% | 5.2% |
| Saint-Sever 5,043 · 10.8 mi | 48.9 | 28% | 3.4% | 3.9% |
| Rion-des-Landes 3,142 · 12.1 mi | 49.9 | 28% | 6.7% | 5.1% |
| Narrosse 3,387 · 12.6 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 Gouts
What is the population of Gouts?
271 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (261).
How old are Gouts’ residents?
The median age is 49, older than 79% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Gouts?
11, with occasional dwellings: 8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Gouts?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.3% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (2.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Gouts?
€25,370 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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