0.6% of households rent social housing (HLM), below 99% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24; in Le Frêche, 7.2%. At the 2023 Census, 367 people lived locally, in 180 households. Census figures put flats at 2% locally. Households headed by a manual worker are more common here than in 85% 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 Le Frêche
One home in 10 is a second home
The census counted 22 second homes and occasional dwellings in Le Frêche, 10% of its 220 homes: higher than in 88% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Le Frêche’s residents are under 50.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 30% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.7% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Le Frêche had 385 residents at the 2012 census and 367 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 87% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
10% of homes are second homes, a share 88% 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
In Le Frêche, 6.7% of households have no car, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. Higher than in 79% of compared French towns: 10% of homes stand empty. To put it in context, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Turnover: 6.3% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 26% have lived in their home 30 years or more.
Since 2012, Le Frêche has changed by −5%, slower than 87% 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 +4%; from 2017 to 2023, −8%.
Older than 86% of compared French towns: half of Le Frêche is over 50.9
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Le Frêche 50.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 22% in the typical compared French town, 30% of residents are 65 or over in Le Frêche.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Landes 51.9%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
23% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 61% of compared French towns
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
Set against 10% in the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten households are single parents in Le Frêche. The usual figure: a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Households here average 2.1 people each. 36% of households are one person living alone, more than in 53% of compared French towns.
A typical living standard of €24,620 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 €24,620 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 65% of compared French towns.
The largest group of households: retired (32%)
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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Lower than in 54% of compared French towns: 32% 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).
Immigrants make up 5.9% of Le Frêche’s residents
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.
Immigrants make up about one in 17 here (5.9%). That is lower than in 55% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Landes has 5.4%. On foreign nationals, 4.4% here is much the same as 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 21% of residents 15 and over are single in Le Frêche
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
Married residents: 44% of the total. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Below 73% of compared French towns: 24% of adults out of school hold a higher-education 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
Adults with no qualification come to 19% in Le Frêche, about two in ten. As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 11th 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).
Le Frêche is younger than 2 of its 5 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Frêche | 50.9 | 30% | 10% | 5.9% |
| Villeneuve-de-Marsan 2,508 · 4 mi | 48.9 | 29% | 2.7% | 4.2% |
| Mont-de-Marsan 31,592 · 12.4 mi | 42.8 | 22% | 2.9% | 9.3% |
| Saint-Pierre-du-Mont 10,092 · 13.6 mi | 44.5 | 22% | 2.2% | 10% |
| Aire-sur-l'Adour 6,211 · 15.3 mi | 52.8 | 32% | 4% | 6.7% |
| Eauze 4,108 · 17.8 mi | 54.2 | 33% | 8.4% | 20% |
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 Le Frêche
What is the population of Le Frêche?
367 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (385).
How old are Le Frêche’s residents?
The median age is 50.9, older than 86% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Le Frêche?
22, with occasional dwellings: 10% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Le Frêche?
INSEE counts 22 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.9% of residents, and 16 foreign nationals (4.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Le Frêche?
€24,620 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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