A smaller share of one-person households than 99% of compared French towns: 21%
3.5% of households have no car; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%. By contrast, the median age in Ossages is 50.2, higher than in 84% of compared French towns. The town’s 210 households held 492 residents at the 2023 Census. Locally, 2% of homes are flats.
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.
Ossages changed by +2% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 63% 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 +4%; 2017 to 2023, −2%.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 98% of compared French towns: 6.5%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Ossages 50.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 24% here and 22% 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%.
Only 7.2% of households are single parents in Ossages
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
The share of couples with children is 28%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2.4 people.
In Ossages, 6.9% of homes are second homes, more than in 83% 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
Newcomers of less than two years account for nearly one in ten households, residents of 30 years or more for 33%. To put it in context, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Empty homes: 8.9% here and 6.7% in the typical compared French town.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €25,580 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 Ossages’ residents live in households with a standard of living below €25,580 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 54% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 27% in Ossages, more than in 98% 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
Here two in five households are headed by a retired person, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 32%. In the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker. The census found that 4.6% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Ossages.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
4.5% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 68% of compared French towns
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: 3.9% of the total. As a reference point, 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.
18% of residents 15 and over are single, below 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
51% of residents 15 and over are married; in the typical compared French town the figure is 43%. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Ossages sits below 59% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (27%)
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
Census figures put adults with no qualification at 20% in Ossages. Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Of 41 French towns its size (492 to 2,582 people), the 14th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
3 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Ossages
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ossages | 50.2 | 24% | 6.9% | 4.5% |
| Salies-de-Béarn 4,742 · 6.4 mi | 57.6 | 38% | 14% | 8.7% |
| Pouillon 3,134 · 6.9 mi | 52.3 | 29% | 5.2% | 3% |
| Orthez 10,881 · 7 mi | 50.7 | 30% | 2.9% | 7.7% |
| Peyrehorade 3,700 · 11.3 mi | 46.7 | 28% | 4.6% | 5.9% |
| Narrosse 3,387 · 11.7 mi | 49.3 | 27% | 3% | 7.6% |
| Dax 22,109 · 13.2 mi | 49.3 | 29% | 17% | 9.7% |
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 Ossages
What is the population of Ossages?
492 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (484).
How old are Ossages’ residents?
The median age is 50.2, older than 84% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Ossages?
17, with occasional dwellings: 6.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Ossages?
INSEE counts 22 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.5% of residents, and 19 foreign nationals (3.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Ossages?
€25,580 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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