A higher share of empty homes than 93% of compared French towns, at 14%
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 28%, against 22% in the typical compared French town. Census figures put second homes at 4.6% in Peyrehorade. 5.6% of households are headed by a manager or professional, a lower share than in 80% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Peyrehorade was home to 3,700 people in 1,630 households.
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 Peyrehorade
Empty homes
The census found 270 homes empty (14%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Peyrehorade changed by +2% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 60% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +9% in Landes.
A median age of 46.7: Peyrehorade is older than 68% 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
■ Peyrehorade 46.7. The median compared French town: 44.
11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, against 9.5% in Peyrehorade.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Landes 51.9%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
A lower share of couples with children than 55% of compared French towns, at 24%
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 2.2 people on average. The usual figure: 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 9.7%.
A higher share of households without a car than 58% of compared French towns, at 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
16% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 13% moved in within the last two years. In the typical compared French town, 11% of households have no car.
€23,920 a year: the median standard of living
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 Peyrehorade’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €23,920 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 72% of compared French towns. Residents below the poverty line make up 16.0%.
Peyrehorade sits above 77% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (18%)
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
Compared with 32% in the typical compared French town, just over a third of households are headed by a retired person here. The comparison figure for households headed by a manual worker is 14% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 5.9% of Peyrehorade’s residents
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 lower than in 55% of compared French towns. About one in 17: that is how common immigrants are in Peyrehorade (5.9%). At 4.7%, the share of foreign nationals is in line with the figure 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.
44% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 57% 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
25% of residents 15 and over are single, or about one in four. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Peyrehorade sits below 83% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (21%)
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
24% of adults out of school have no qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 19%. Typically, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
19th highest median age among 41 French towns of 3,671 to 3,727
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Pont-de-l'Isère is the youngest (38.6); Cabourg the oldest (63.9).
Peyrehorade sits below 5 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peyrehorade | 46.7 | 28% | 4.6% | 5.9% |
| Pouillon 3,134 · 6.6 mi | 52.3 | 29% | 5.2% | 3% |
| Salies-de-Béarn 4,742 · 10.6 mi | 57.6 | 38% | 14% | 8.7% |
| Dax 22,109 · 10.9 mi | 49.3 | 29% | 17% | 9.7% |
| Saint-Geours-de-Maremne 3,089 · 11.1 mi | 43.8 | 21% | 5.2% | 5.1% |
| Narrosse 3,387 · 11.3 mi | 49.3 | 27% | 3% | 7.6% |
| Saint-Vincent-de-Tyrosse 8,014 · 12.6 mi | 48.4 | 28% | 3.6% | 5.8% |
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 Peyrehorade
What is the population of Peyrehorade?
3,700 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (3,613).
How old are Peyrehorade’s residents?
The median age is 46.7, older than 68% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Peyrehorade?
92, with occasional dwellings: 4.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Peyrehorade?
INSEE counts 220 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.9% of residents, and 170 foreign nationals (4.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Peyrehorade?
€23,920 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 16.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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