More households headed by a manual worker than 98% of compared French towns: 26%
Flats make up 12%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. The 2023 Census counted 2,906 residents in 1,320 households. Couples with children make up about one in five here (19%). The median age in Labouheyre is 47.3, higher than in 71% 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.
What stands out about the people of Labouheyre
Immigrants
INSEE counts 500 immigrants in Labouheyre (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 16% of residents, against 5.4% for the median compared commune in Landes. 13% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Labouheyre grew +9% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 67% 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 change was +3%; from 2017 to 2023, +6%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Landes town +9%.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 72% of compared French towns: 26%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Labouheyre 47.3. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 9.6% in Labouheyre and 11% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Landes 51.9%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of one-person households than 55% of compared French towns, at 34%
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 2.2 people in the average household. In the typical compared French town, 35% of households are one person living alone. At 9.6%, single-parent households sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
A town of second homes: 5.3% of its homes
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
9.2% of households have no car, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Across Labouheyre, nearly one in ten homes stand empty.
The median resident lives on €22,540 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.
Living standards centre on €22,540 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 85% of compared French towns. Some 17.0% of residents fall below the poverty line.
Fewer households headed by a manager or professional than 91% of compared French towns: 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
Compared with 32% in the typical compared French town, 40% of households are headed by a retired person here. Measured more widely, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Labouheyre sits above 87% of compared French towns for immigrants (16%)
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 higher than in 87% of compared French towns. For comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 13% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A higher share of single residents than 63% of compared French towns, at 27%
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
Census figures put married residents at 43% in Labouheyre. Typically, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 99% of compared French towns, at 12%
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
Set against 19% in the typical compared French town, just over a third of adults out of school have no qualification in Labouheyre. For comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
18th highest median age among 41 French towns of 2,881 to 2,931
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 Avord (32.5), the youngest, and Batz-sur-Mer (60.3), the oldest.
2 of 3 neighbors are older than Labouheyre
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labouheyre | 47.3 | 26% | 5.3% | 16% |
| Morcenx-la-Nouvelle 5,022 · 12.3 mi | 55.9 | 34% | 5.9% | 7.1% |
| Parentis-en-Born 7,586 · 12.4 mi | 46.8 | 25% | 14% | 5.1% |
| Mimizan 7,673 · 16.3 mi | 56.3 | 36% | 47% | 6.4% |
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 Labouheyre
What is the population of Labouheyre?
2,906 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (2,659).
How old are Labouheyre’s residents?
The median age is 47.3, older than 71% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Labouheyre?
81, with occasional dwellings: 5.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Labouheyre?
INSEE counts 460 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 16% of residents, and 370 foreign nationals (13%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Labouheyre?
€22,540 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 17.0% 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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