In Hinx, 4.5% of households have no car, fewer than in 92% of compared French towns
Half of Hinx’s residents are over 50.4, older than in 84% of compared French towns. The town had 1,894 residents in 840 households at the 2023 Census. Households headed by a manager or professional account for 4.4%. The figure for flats is 8.2% in Hinx and 30% in the typical compared French town.
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.
Hinx’s population moved +2% on 2012, less than in 60% 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
Hinx: 29% of residents are 65 or over, above 84% 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
■ Hinx 50.4. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 8.9%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Landes 51.9%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of one-person households than 88% of compared French towns, at 27%
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
On average, 2.2 people share a household. The wider picture: 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. At 26%, the share of couples with children is higher than in 54% of compared French towns. Where one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town, Hinx has 11%.
91% of homes are houses
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 in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 6.1% of homes stand empty. Second homes: 2.7%, near enough the figure in the typical compared French town.
Standard of living at the median: €25,740 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 €25,740 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 52% of compared French towns.
Hinx sits above 82% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (40%)
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
19% of households are headed by a manual worker; in the typical compared French town the figure is 14%. The wider picture: 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).
Hinx: 5.9% 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.
Foreign nationals make up about one in 20 here (4.9%). That is lower than in 55% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Landes has 5.4%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A larger share of married residents than 95% of compared French towns: 51%
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 single residents (20%), Hinx is below 91% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
In Hinx, 16% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 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
Where 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, Hinx has 27%. As a reference point, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
13th highest median age among 41 French towns of 1,894 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Around Hinx, 2 of 6 towns have a higher 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hinx | 50.4 | 29% | 2.7% | 5.9% |
| Narrosse 3,387 · 4 mi | 49.3 | 27% | 3% | 7.6% |
| Saint-Vincent-de-Paul 3,402 · 4.8 mi | 47.7 | 24% | 2.8% | 5.2% |
| Pontonx-sur-l'Adour 3,021 · 5.8 mi | 46.9 | 25% | 4.4% | 4.1% |
| Dax 22,109 · 6 mi | 49.3 | 29% | 17% | 9.7% |
| Saint-Paul-lès-Dax 14,481 · 6.6 mi | 51.3 | 32% | 10% | 6.6% |
| Pouillon 3,134 · 7.5 mi | 52.3 | 29% | 5.2% | 3% |
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 Hinx
What is the population of Hinx?
1,894 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (1,849).
How old are Hinx’s residents?
The median age is 50.4, older than 84% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Hinx?
25, with occasional dwellings: 2.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Hinx?
INSEE counts 110 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.9% of residents, and 93 foreign nationals (4.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Hinx?
€25,740 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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