Lesperon sits above 92% of compared French towns for second homes (18%)
Set against 6.7% in the typical compared French town, 3.8% of homes stand empty in Lesperon. Few places have so few residents aged 15 to 24: 8.3% here, fewer than in 90% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Lesperon was home to 1,043 people in 480 households. On the census count, 5% of households rent social housing (HLM).
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 Lesperon
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 110 second homes and occasional dwellings in Lesperon, 18% of its 610 homes: higher than in 92% of compared French towns. 83% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Lesperon, 12% of homes are flats, fewer than in 84% 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
8% of households arrived within the last two years, while 22% have stayed 30 years or more. Lesperon has fewer households without a car than 72% of compared French towns, at 7.2%.
A change of +1% since 2012 leaves Lesperon behind 65% 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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Landes town +9%.
Half of Lesperon is over 48.7, older than 78% 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
■ Lesperon 48.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 25% here and 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Landes 51.9%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 33% in Lesperon, less than in 62% 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
The typical household size is 2.2 people. One-person households make up 35% in the typical compared French town. Nearly a quarter of households are couples with children. Compared with other places, single-parent households are common here: 10%, more than in just over half of compared French towns.
The median resident lives on €24,100 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €24,100 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 70% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a retired person than 79% of compared French towns, at 38%
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 make up 7.1%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. In Lesperon, 18% of households are headed by a manual worker. For households headed by a retired person, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Foreign nationals: 3.3%, a lower share than 60% 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.
6.3% of residents are immigrants. That is lower than in 52% 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 lower share of single residents than 82% of compared French towns, at 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
In Lesperon, 43% of residents 15 and over are married. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 72% of compared French towns: 24%
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
In the typical compared French town, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification; in Lesperon, 21%. Against that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 15th oldest of 41 French towns of 1,043 to 2,582 people
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
2 of 6 neighbors are older than Lesperon
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lesperon | 48.7 | 25% | 18% | 6.3% |
| Castets 2,516 · 6.9 mi | 47.3 | 24% | 7.5% | 7.6% |
| Rion-des-Landes 3,142 · 8.3 mi | 49.9 | 28% | 6.7% | 5.1% |
| Morcenx-la-Nouvelle 5,022 · 9.4 mi | 55.9 | 34% | 5.9% | 7.1% |
| Pontonx-sur-l'Adour 3,021 · 14.8 mi | 46.9 | 25% | 4.4% | 4.1% |
| Magescq 2,698 · 14.8 mi | 41.4 | 18% | 8.9% | 5.3% |
| Saint-Vincent-de-Paul 3,402 · 15.5 mi | 47.7 | 24% | 2.8% | 5.2% |
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 Lesperon
What is the population of Lesperon?
1,043 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% more than in 2012 (1,032).
How old are Lesperon’s residents?
The median age is 48.7, older than 78% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lesperon?
110, with occasional dwellings: 18% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lesperon?
INSEE counts 65 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.3% of residents, and 35 foreign nationals (3.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lesperon?
€24,100 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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