Magescq sits below 97% of compared French towns for households without a car (3.5%)
By its share of second homes (8.9%), Magescq is above 87% of compared French towns. The town counted 2,698 residents and 1,150 households at the 2023 Census. Census figures put one-person households at 28% locally. Residents aged 15 to 24 are rarer here than in 84% 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 Magescq
Growing fast
Magescq had 1,935 residents at the 2012 census and 2,698 in 2023, up 39%: faster growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Faster growth than 99% of compared French towns: Magescq changed by +39% since 2012
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 +12%, and from 2017 to 2023 +24%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Landes town +9%.
Magescq sits below 75% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (18%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Magescq 41.4. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 41.4, Magescq is younger than 70% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 22% of residents are 65 or over 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%.
Couples with children make up 28% in Magescq, more than in 65% 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
On average, 2.3 people share a household. The comparison figure for couples with children is 25% in the typical compared French town. Magescq sits close to the norm on single-parent households: 10%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
6.4% of households rent social housing (HLM), below 80% 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
Some 15% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 11% who have been there 30 years or more. Flats: 18% of the total. Lower than in just over three quarters of compared French towns: 4.9% of homes stand empty. On average, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town.
Standard of living at the median: €25,360 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.
At €25,360 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 56% of compared French towns. One measure of hardship: 13.0% of residents are below the poverty line.
A lower share of households headed by a retired person than 78% of compared French towns, at 27%
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
With households headed by a manager or professional at 7.5%, Magescq is behind 63% of compared French towns on that count. For Magescq, the census puts households headed by a manual worker at 13%. Elsewhere, 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).
Magescq ranks below 60% of compared French towns on immigrants: 5.3%
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.
Census figures put foreign nationals at 3.8% in Magescq. 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.
Magescq ranks below 74% of compared French towns on single residents: 23%
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 Magescq, 43% of residents 15 and over are married. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 77% of compared French towns: 14%
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
Graduates of higher education: 28% here and 30% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (2,664 to 2,731 people), the 10th 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.
The youngest is Roissy-en-France (34), the oldest Piriac-sur-Mer (63.6).
No nearby town is as young as Magescq
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Magescq | 41.4 | 18% | 8.9% | 5.3% |
| Soustons 8,701 · 5.9 mi | 53.5 | 33% | 35% | 6% |
| Saint-Geours-de-Maremne 3,089 · 6.7 mi | 43.8 | 21% | 5.2% | 5.1% |
| Castets 2,516 · 7.9 mi | 47.3 | 24% | 7.5% | 7.6% |
| Saint-Paul-lès-Dax 14,481 · 8.3 mi | 51.3 | 32% | 10% | 6.6% |
| Tosse 3,556 · 8.5 mi | 45.8 | 23% | 9.8% | 4.2% |
| Saint-Vincent-de-Tyrosse 8,014 · 9.1 mi | 48.4 | 28% | 3.6% | 5.8% |
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 Magescq
What is the population of Magescq?
2,698 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 39% more than in 2012 (1,935).
How old are Magescq’s residents?
The median age is 41.4, younger than 70% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Magescq?
120, with occasional dwellings: 8.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Magescq?
INSEE counts 140 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.3% of residents, and 100 foreign nationals (3.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Magescq?
€25,360 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 13.0% 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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