Orx sits below 99% of compared French towns for households without a car (1.9%)
One in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town, against 1.8% in Orx. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 647, in 280 households. Residents aged 15 to 24 make up about one in 16 here (6.4%). On households headed by a manual worker, Orx sits higher than 92% of compared French towns: 23%.
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 Orx
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 43 second homes and occasional dwellings in Orx, 12% of its 350 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 74% 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.
Orx ranks above 90% of compared French towns on second homes: 12%
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
In the typical compared French town, 6.7% of homes stand empty; in Orx, 8.4%. Here, 14% of homes are flats. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For second homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 2.1%.
A +14% change since 2012: Orx grew faster than 80% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Landes town +9%. The first five years brought +10%; the six to 2023, +4%.
Half of Orx is over 48.9, older than 79% 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
■ Orx 48.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over account for 21%.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Landes 51.9%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 24% in Orx, less than in 96% 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 third of households are couples with children, against 25% in the median compared French town; 1.8% are single parents with their children (10%). On average, 2.3 people share a household. In the typical compared French town, one-person households come to 35%.
A median standard of living of €27,130 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 Orx is €27,130 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 62% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person make up 36% in Orx, more than in 70% 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 manager or professional: 7.2% here and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 32% 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).
Orx ranks below 87% of compared French towns on immigrants: 2.5%
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: 1.5%, below 86% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 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.
Orx ranks above 99% of compared French towns on married residents: 56%
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
Against a figure of 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of single residents in Orx comes in at 17%. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Orx ranks below 95% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 10%
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
32% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. As a reference point, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 15th oldest of 41 French towns of 647 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.
A younger town than 2 of the 6 around it: Orx
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orx | 48.9 | 21% | 12% | 2.5% |
| Bénesse-Maremne 3,780 · 2 mi | 42.6 | 18% | 6.3% | 4.5% |
| Labenne 7,183 · 3.6 mi | 44.5 | 22% | 13% | 4.3% |
| Capbreton 9,184 · 4 mi | 53.9 | 36% | 56% | 4.9% |
| Soorts-Hossegor 3,817 · 4.8 mi | 62.6 | 47% | 64% | 5.4% |
| Saint-Martin-de-Seignanx 6,238 · 4.8 mi | 45.9 | 25% | 3.8% | 4.8% |
| Ondres 6,533 · 5 mi | 45.8 | 22% | 12% | 4.4% |
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 Orx
What is the population of Orx?
647 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% more than in 2012 (566).
How old are Orx’s residents?
The median age is 48.9, older than 79% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Orx?
43, with occasional dwellings: 12% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Orx?
INSEE counts 16 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.5% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (1.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Orx?
€27,130 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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