In Hontanx, 3.7% of homes are flats, fewer than in 98% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Here, 4% of households have no car. In 2023, the Census found 608 residents in Hontanx, living in 280 households. 7.6% of residents are 15 to 24 (typical compared French town: 11%).
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.
Since 2012, Hontanx has grown +13%, faster than 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
In two steps, +12% to 2017 and +1% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +9% in Landes.
A median age of 46.9: Hontanx 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
■ Hontanx 46.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 22% in the typical compared French town, just over a quarter of residents are 65 or over here.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Landes 51.9%, France 51.8%.
30% of households are couples with children, a share 77% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Households here average 2.2 people each. Lower than in 87% of compared French towns: 7.3% of households are single parents. The usual figure: a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Little separates the share of one-person households here, 35%, from the figure in the typical compared French town.
Hontanx: 5.5% of homes are second homes, above 79% 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
15% of households moved in less than two years ago; 26% have been in their home 30 years or more. Elsewhere, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Few places have as many empty homes: 10% here, more than in 81% of compared French towns.
Standard of living at the median: €25,380 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €25,380 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 56% of compared French towns.
In Hontanx, 18% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 76% 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
The share of households headed by a manager or professional trails 66% of compared French towns: 7.2%. 37% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 72% of compared French towns. The benchmark for households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town: 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 3% of residents are immigrants in Hontanx
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.
Here 1.5% of residents are foreign nationals, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. By way of comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. That is lower than in 82% 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 smaller share of single residents than 85% of compared French towns: 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
For Hontanx, the census puts married residents at 44%. The wider picture: a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Hontanx sits below 85% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (20%)
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 19% in the typical compared French town, 20% of adults out of school have no qualification here. As a yardstick, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 16th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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 5 towns around Hontanx 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hontanx | 46.9 | 26% | 5.5% | 3% |
| Villeneuve-de-Marsan 2,508 · 5.4 mi | 48.9 | 29% | 2.7% | 4.2% |
| Aire-sur-l'Adour 6,211 · 8 mi | 52.8 | 32% | 4% | 6.7% |
| Mont-de-Marsan 31,592 · 12.2 mi | 42.8 | 22% | 2.9% | 9.3% |
| Saint-Pierre-du-Mont 10,092 · 12.8 mi | 44.5 | 22% | 2.2% | 10% |
| Saint-Sever 5,043 · 15.9 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 Hontanx
What is the population of Hontanx?
608 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% more than in 2012 (537).
How old are Hontanx’s residents?
The median age is 46.9, older than 69% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Hontanx?
18, with occasional dwellings: 5.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Hontanx?
INSEE counts 18 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (1.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Hontanx?
€25,380 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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