2.3% of households have no car, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
In Orist, 3.9% of homes are flats, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. Here, 24% of households are one person living alone. Lower than in 77% of compared French towns: 27% of households are headed by a retired person. Census day 2023: 814 residents and 330 households in the town.
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 Orist
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 54 second homes and occasional dwellings in Orist, 13% of its 410 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 98% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 8.7% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Orist had 681 residents at the 2012 census and 814 in 2023, up 20%: faster growth than in 90% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
0.3% of households rent social housing (HLM), below 99% 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
Second homes: 13% here and 2.1% in the typical compared French town. 9.5% of households moved in less than two years ago; 21% have been in their home 30 years or more. By way of comparison, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town.
Orist grew +20% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 90% 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 population moved +6%, and from 2017 to 2023 +13%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Landes town +9%.
18% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 77% 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
■ Orist 41.9. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 41.9, Orist is younger than 66% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. Residents aged 15 to 24 make up about one in 11 here (9.1%).
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Landes 51.9%, France 51.8%.
34% of households are couples with children, 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
A household here holds 2.4 people on average. Elsewhere, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. 8.7% of households are single parents, a lower share than in 71% of compared French towns.
Median living standard: €25,460 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 Orist is €25,460 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 55% of compared French towns.
18% of households are headed by a manual worker, a share 72% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
In Orist, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional. Households headed by a manual worker make up 14% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 77% of compared French towns: 3.6%
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.
Foreign nationals: 2% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Landes has 5.4%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 77% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 83% of compared French towns: 21% of residents 15 and over are single
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
Here, 44% of residents 15 and over are married. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
13% of adults out of school have no qualification, below 82% of compared French towns
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
Against a figure of 30% in the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education in Orist comes in at 33%. In the typical compared French town, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification.
Of 41 French towns its size (814 to 2,582 people), the 8th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Orist is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orist | 41.9 | 18% | 13% | 3.6% |
| Saint-Geours-de-Maremne 3,089 · 4 mi | 43.8 | 21% | 5.2% | 5.1% |
| Saint-Vincent-de-Tyrosse 8,014 · 6.5 mi | 48.4 | 28% | 3.6% | 5.8% |
| Peyrehorade 3,700 · 7.2 mi | 46.7 | 28% | 4.6% | 5.9% |
| Dax 22,109 · 7.5 mi | 49.3 | 29% | 17% | 9.7% |
| Tosse 3,556 · 8.5 mi | 45.8 | 23% | 9.8% | 4.2% |
| Saint-Paul-lès-Dax 14,481 · 8.5 mi | 51.3 | 32% | 10% | 6.6% |
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 Orist
What is the population of Orist?
814 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 20% more than in 2012 (681).
How old are Orist’s residents?
The median age is 41.9, younger than 66% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Orist?
54, with occasional dwellings: 13% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Orist?
INSEE counts 29 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.6% of residents, and 17 foreign nationals (2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Orist?
€25,460 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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