A median age of 56.4: Parleboscq is older than 96% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 451 residents in 220 households: that is Parleboscq at the 2023 Census. In Parleboscq, 44% of households are headed by a retired person. Empty homes: 9.4%, above 75% 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 Parleboscq
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 44 second homes and occasional dwellings in Parleboscq, 15% of its 290 homes: higher than in 91% of compared French towns. 89% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Parleboscq’s residents are under 56.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 35% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Parleboscq had 511 residents at the 2012 census and 451 in 2023, down 12%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A lower share of flats than 99% of compared French towns, at 2.1%
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 make up 15%, against 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. The census found that 3.8% of households have no car in Parleboscq.
−12% since 2012, a pace below 98% 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 −1%; 2017 to 2023, −11%.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 35% in Parleboscq, more than in 94% 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
■ Parleboscq 56.4. The median compared French town: 44.
7.9% of residents are 15 to 24 (typical compared French town: 11%). Measured more widely, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Landes 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Fewer couples with children than 72% of compared French towns: 20%
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
There are 2.1 people in the average household. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Against that, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. One-person households make up 33%, against 35% in the typical compared French town.
A median standard of living of €23,630 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.
Living standards centre on €23,630 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 76% of compared French towns.
Below 88% of compared French towns: 4.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional
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
14% of households are headed by a manual worker. To put it in context, 9.4% of 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).
A higher share of foreign nationals than 70% of compared French towns, at 7.1%
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.
The median compared commune in Landes has 5.4%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in three fifths of compared French towns. Here, 8% of residents are immigrants. As a reference point, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
Parleboscq 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
Single residents: 21%, below 86% of compared French towns. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Parleboscq ranks below 67% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 25%
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
Nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, against 21% in Parleboscq. To put it in context, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 451 to 2,582 people, the 5th 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).
No nearby town is as old as Parleboscq
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parleboscq | 56.4 | 35% | 15% | 8% |
| Eauze 4,108 · 6.6 mi | 54.2 | 33% | 8.4% | 20% |
| Condom 6,473 · 17.1 mi | 53.9 | 34% | 5% | 17% |
| Villeneuve-de-Marsan 2,508 · 17.1 mi | 48.9 | 29% | 2.7% | 4.2% |
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 Parleboscq
What is the population of Parleboscq?
451 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% fewer than in 2012 (511).
How old are Parleboscq’s residents?
The median age is 56.4, older than 96% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 35% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Parleboscq?
44, with occasional dwellings: 15% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Parleboscq?
INSEE counts 36 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8% of residents, and 32 foreign nationals (7.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Parleboscq?
€23,630 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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