Photo: Snoopy 31 · CC BY-SA 4.0In Narrosse, 4% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 93% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, 11% of households have no car; in Narrosse, 4.7%. Flats: 13% of the total. With a median age of 49.3, Narrosse is older than four fifths of compared French towns. There were 1,540 households locally at the 2023 Census, home to 3,387 residents.
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.
Since 2012, Narrosse has grown +8%, faster than 64% 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 whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Landes town +9%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought +3%; 2017 to 2023, +6%.
Residents aged 65 and over: 27%, a higher share than 76% 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
■ Narrosse 49.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 9.1%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 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.
A smaller share of one-person households than 74% of compared French towns: 31%
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, 12% of households are single parents in Narrosse. By way of comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. For Narrosse, the census puts couples with children at 23%.
In Narrosse, 9.8% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 61% 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
Turnover: 14% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 20% have lived in their home 30 years or more. The wider picture: just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. At 8.1%, the share of empty homes is higher than in 66% of compared French towns. Nothing unusual on second homes: 3%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
A typical living standard of €25,540 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.
Half of residents live in households above €25,540 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 54% of compared French towns. The poverty rate is 11.0%.
Households headed by a retired person make up 40% in Narrosse, more than in 85% of compared French towns
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 manual worker make up about one in seven here (15%). 4% of Narrosse’s households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 40% by a retired person (32%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A larger share of foreign nationals than 62% of compared French towns: 5.8%
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.
In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%; Narrosse has 7.6%. That is higher than in 58% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Landes has 5.4%. The benchmark for foreign nationals in the typical compared French town: 4.3%.
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 91% of compared French towns, at 20%
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: 48% here and 43% in the typical compared French town. On average, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Narrosse sits below 67% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (25%)
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
Narrosse has fewer adults with no qualification than 50% of compared French towns, at 19%. On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
10th highest median age among 41 French towns of 3,356 to 3,419
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 Porcheville (37.3), the youngest, and Saint-Cast-le-Guildo (64.9), the oldest.
Median age: 3 of the 6 towns around Narrosse are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Narrosse | 49.3 | 27% | 3% | 7.6% |
| Dax 22,109 · 2.1 mi | 49.3 | 29% | 17% | 9.7% |
| Saint-Paul-lès-Dax 14,481 · 3.3 mi | 51.3 | 32% | 10% | 6.6% |
| Saint-Vincent-de-Paul 3,402 · 4.1 mi | 47.7 | 24% | 2.8% | 5.2% |
| Pouillon 3,134 · 6.3 mi | 52.3 | 29% | 5.2% | 3% |
| Pontonx-sur-l'Adour 3,021 · 7.4 mi | 46.9 | 25% | 4.4% | 4.1% |
| Saint-Geours-de-Maremne 3,089 · 10.9 mi | 43.8 | 21% | 5.2% | 5.1% |
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 Narrosse
What is the population of Narrosse?
3,387 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (3,123).
How old are Narrosse’s residents?
The median age is 49.3, older than 80% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Narrosse?
52, with occasional dwellings: 3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Narrosse?
INSEE counts 260 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.6% of residents, and 200 foreign nationals (5.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Narrosse?
€25,540 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 11.0% 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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