Labenne sits above 90% of compared French towns for second homes (13%)
Households without a car: 4% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. Labenne has fewer households headed by a manual worker than 76% of compared French towns, at 10%. At the 2023 Census, 7,183 people lived in the town, in 3,280 households. Empty homes: 4.1% of the total.
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 Labenne
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 530 second homes and occasional dwellings in Labenne, 13% of its 3,980 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 73% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Growing fast
Labenne had 5,105 residents at the 2012 census and 7,183 in 2023, up 41%: faster growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
8.2% of households rent social housing (HLM), below 70% 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
In the typical compared French town, 30% of homes are flats; in Labenne, 33%. The usual figure: 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town.
A +41% change since 2012: faster than 99% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +30%, and from 2017 to 2023 +9%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Landes town +9%.
8.9% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 83% 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
■ Labenne 44.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Labenne’s residents are over 44.5, older than in 53% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. The census found that just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over in the town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Landes 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Below 79% of compared French towns: 8.1% of households are single parents
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 2.1 people in the average household. More couples with children than in 56% of compared French towns: 26%. Typically, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Here 36% of households are one person living alone, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 35%.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €27,720 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.
Half of residents live in households above €27,720 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 68% of compared French towns. Poverty touches 9.0% of residents.
A lower share of households headed by a retired person than 66% of compared French towns, at 30%
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
In the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional; in Labenne, 11%. The wider picture: nearly a third 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).
In Labenne, 4.3% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 71% 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.
By its share of foreign nationals (2.8%), Labenne is below 68% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Landes has 5.4%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 71% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
40% of residents 15 and over are married, below 72% 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
Across Labenne, 24% of residents 15 and over are single. In the median compared French town 43% are married and 6.1% in a PACS; here it is 40% and 9.6%, and 6.6% are widowed.
Below 84% of compared French towns: 13% of adults out of school have no qualification
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
Two in five adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. The benchmark for adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town: 19%.
Among 41 French towns of 7,090 to 7,282 people, the 17th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Égly (35.7), the youngest, and Trégunc (56.6), the oldest.
Labenne and its 6 nearest towns: 5 of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labenne | 44.5 | 22% | 13% | 4.3% |
| Ondres 6,533 · 2.2 mi | 45.8 | 22% | 12% | 4.4% |
| Capbreton 9,184 · 3.4 mi | 53.9 | 36% | 56% | 4.9% |
| Tarnos 12,957 · 4.1 mi | 46 | 23% | 6.9% | 6.3% |
| Bénesse-Maremne 3,780 · 4.5 mi | 42.6 | 18% | 6.3% | 4.5% |
| Saint-Martin-de-Seignanx 6,238 · 4.7 mi | 45.9 | 25% | 3.8% | 4.8% |
| Soorts-Hossegor 3,817 · 5 mi | 62.6 | 47% | 64% | 5.4% |
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 Labenne
What is the population of Labenne?
7,183 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 41% more than in 2012 (5,105).
How old are Labenne’s residents?
The median age is 44.5, older than 53% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Labenne?
530, with occasional dwellings: 13% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Labenne?
INSEE counts 310 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.3% of residents, and 200 foreign nationals (2.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Labenne?
€27,720 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 9.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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