Below 99% of compared French towns: 6.3% of residents are 15 to 24
Here 4.4% of households have no car, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. At the 2023 Census Nousse was home to 252 people in 110 households. Nearly a quarter of households are headed by a manual worker. Few places have so few one-person households: 27% here, fewer than in 87% 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 Nousse
An older town
Half of Nousse’s residents are under 52.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 31% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 4.7% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−2% since 2012: slower than 78% 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 −5% and the next six +3%.
Half of Nousse is over 52.2, older than 89% 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
■ Nousse 52.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 31%, against 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Landes 51.9%, France 51.8%.
14% of households are single parents, more than in 90% 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
Households here average 2.2 people each. Compared with other places, couples with children are scarce here: 23%, fewer than in 62% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households is 10%.
10% of homes are flats, below 86% 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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Put another way, about one in 20: 5% of homes are second homes. Across the comparison, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. The share of empty homes is 4.2%, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €24,740 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 median standard of living in Nousse is €24,740 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 63% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional: 14%, a higher share than 72% 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
Put another way, about one in three: nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person. To put it in context, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 3.5% of residents are immigrants in Nousse
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 foreign nationals is 4.3%; Nousse has 2.4%. That is lower than in 77% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Landes has 5.4%. To put it in context, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
Nousse: 54% of residents 15 and over are married, above 98% of compared French towns
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
Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, 18% of residents 15 and over are single in Nousse. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Nousse sits below 56% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (28%)
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
For Nousse, the census puts adults with no qualification at 19%. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 252 to 2,582 people, the 8th oldest
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.
Nearby, 1 of 6 towns have older populations than Nousse
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nousse | 52.2 | 31% | 5% | 3.5% |
| Pontonx-sur-l'Adour 3,021 · 7.3 mi | 46.9 | 25% | 4.4% | 4.1% |
| Tartas 3,169 · 7.7 mi | 51.8 | 31% | 2.8% | 3.9% |
| Saint-Vincent-de-Paul 3,402 · 9.1 mi | 47.7 | 24% | 2.8% | 5.2% |
| Narrosse 3,387 · 9.5 mi | 49.3 | 27% | 3% | 7.6% |
| Dax 22,109 · 11.5 mi | 49.3 | 29% | 17% | 9.7% |
| Pouillon 3,134 · 11.7 mi | 52.3 | 29% | 5.2% | 3% |
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 Nousse
What is the population of Nousse?
252 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (257).
How old are Nousse’s residents?
The median age is 52.2, older than 89% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Nousse?
6, with occasional dwellings: 5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Nousse?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.5% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (2.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Nousse?
€24,740 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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