A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of compared French towns: 6.2%
Households headed by a retired person: 47% here and 32% in the typical compared French town. Census day 2023: 297 residents and 140 households in Ousse-Suzan. 13% of households are single parents. At 5.4%, the share of households without a car is lower than in 85% 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 Ousse-Suzan
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 19 second homes and occasional dwellings in Ousse-Suzan, 11% of its 180 homes: higher than in 89% of compared French towns. 88% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Growing fast
Ousse-Suzan had 253 residents at the 2012 census and 297 in 2023, up 17%: faster growth than in 86% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Flats make up 3.8% in Ousse-Suzan, less than in 97% 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
Set against 6.7% in the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten homes stand empty in Ousse-Suzan. In the typical compared French town, the share of flats is 30%. 11% of homes are second homes. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
A +17% change since 2012: Ousse-Suzan grew faster than 86% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +9% for the median Landes town, the change came in two steps: +9% from 2012 to 2017, then +7% to 2023.
Ousse-Suzan is older than 84% of compared French towns: a median age of 50.4
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Ousse-Suzan 50.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 22% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over in Ousse-Suzan comes in at 24%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Landes 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Ousse-Suzan ranks below 74% of compared French towns on one-person households: 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
Average household size: 2.1 people. Few places have as many couples with children: 26% here, more than in 54% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
At the median, €25,450 a year to live on
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 €25,450 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 55% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 9.9% in Ousse-Suzan, less than in 77% 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
In Ousse-Suzan, 6.6% of households are headed by a manager or professional, beside 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
3.5% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 78% 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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Ousse-Suzan comes in at 2.2%. By way of comparison, 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.
20% of residents 15 and over are single, below 90% 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
Married residents make up 40%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
26% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 66% 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
In Ousse-Suzan, 16% of adults out of school have no qualification, beside 19% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 297 to 2,582 people: this is the 13th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 2 are older than Ousse-Suzan
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ousse-Suzan | 50.4 | 24% | 11% | 3.5% |
| Rion-des-Landes 3,142 · 9.2 mi | 49.9 | 28% | 6.7% | 5.1% |
| Tartas 3,169 · 9.2 mi | 51.8 | 31% | 2.8% | 3.9% |
| Morcenx-la-Nouvelle 5,022 · 9.2 mi | 55.9 | 34% | 5.9% | 7.1% |
| Saint-Pierre-du-Mont 10,092 · 13.5 mi | 44.5 | 22% | 2.2% | 10% |
| Mont-de-Marsan 31,592 · 14.1 mi | 42.8 | 22% | 2.9% | 9.3% |
| Pontonx-sur-l'Adour 3,021 · 14.6 mi | 46.9 | 25% | 4.4% | 4.1% |
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 Ousse-Suzan
What is the population of Ousse-Suzan?
297 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 17% more than in 2012 (253).
How old are Ousse-Suzan’s residents?
The median age is 50.4, older than 84% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Ousse-Suzan?
19, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Ousse-Suzan?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.5% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (2.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Ousse-Suzan?
€25,450 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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