Above 99% of compared French towns: 40% of households are couples with children
In the typical compared French town, the share of flats is 30%; Lacrabe has 2.4%. This Landes town had 287 residents in 120 households at the 2023 census. Residents aged 15 to 24 make up about one in 16 here (6.2%). Households without a car are rarer here than in 94% 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 Lacrabe
A town of families
40% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 22% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Lacrabe had 243 residents at the 2012 census and 287 in 2023, up 18%: faster growth than in 88% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +18% change since 2012: faster than 88% 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
The median Landes town changed +9% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +10% and the next six +7%.
Lacrabe sits above 79% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (28%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Lacrabe 43.5. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Lacrabe is 43.5, lower than in 54% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 111 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Landes 51.9%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of one-person households than 99% of compared French towns: 21%
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
Average household size: 2.5 people. For one-person households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 35%.
8.7% of homes stand empty, a share 70% of compared French towns don’t reach
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. In the last two years, 7.8% of households moved in; at the other end, 23% have stayed 30 years or more. By way of comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. 2.2% of homes are second homes, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
Half above, half below €24,760 a year in standard of living
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 Lacrabe’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €24,760 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 63% of compared French towns.
Lacrabe ranks above 99% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 28%
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, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional; in Lacrabe, 8.1%. Measured more widely, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. Here, 38% of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Lacrabe ranks below 88% of compared French towns on immigrants: 2.3%
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.
With foreign nationals at 1.6%, Lacrabe is behind 85% of compared French towns on that count. Immigrants make up 6.5% in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 18% of residents 15 and over are single in Lacrabe
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
43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, against 48% in Lacrabe. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 67% of compared French towns: 16%
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
28% of Lacrabe’s residents 15 and over who have left education hold a higher-education diploma, against 30% in the median compared French town; 16% have no diploma (19%).
41 French towns of 287 to 2,582 people: this is the 13th youngest
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.
No nearby town is as young as Lacrabe
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lacrabe | 43.5 | 28% | 2.2% | 2.3% |
| Hagetmau 4,624 · 2.7 mi | 53.2 | 31% | 1.9% | 4.3% |
| Saint-Sever 5,043 · 9.8 mi | 48.9 | 28% | 3.4% | 3.9% |
| Orthez 10,881 · 12.9 mi | 50.7 | 30% | 2.9% | 7.7% |
| Artix 3,477 · 15 mi | 46.3 | 25% | 1.1% | 8.7% |
| Mourenx 5,695 · 17 mi | 51 | 29% | 0.4% | 15% |
| Aire-sur-l'Adour 6,211 · 17.4 mi | 52.8 | 32% | 4% | 6.7% |
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 Lacrabe
What is the population of Lacrabe?
287 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 18% more than in 2012 (243).
How old are Lacrabe’s residents?
The median age is 43.5, younger than 54% of compared French towns. 27% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lacrabe?
3, with occasional dwellings: 2.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lacrabe?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.3% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (1.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lacrabe?
€24,760 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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