Half of Philondenx is over 54.5, older than 93% of compared French towns
Second homes make up 9.8%, against 2.1% in the typical compared French town. There were 83 households in Philondenx at the 2023 Census, home to 187 residents. Locally, 2.9% of homes are flats. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% 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 Philondenx
Fewer residents than in 2012
Philondenx had 213 residents at the 2012 census and 187 in 2023, down 12%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Philondenx’s residents are under 54.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 29% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−12% since 2012: slower than 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Landes town +9%.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 83% of compared French towns, at 29%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Philondenx 54.5. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 9% in Philondenx and 11% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over 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%.
Philondenx: 31% of households are couples with children, above 81% 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
Here 38% of households are one person living alone, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 35%. The comparison figure for couples with children is 25% in the typical compared French town.
In Philondenx, 8.8% of homes stand empty, more than in 71% 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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For empty homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.7%. Nearly one in ten households have no car. Without a car: one household in 12, against 11% in the median compared French town.
€24,240 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 residents live in households above €24,240 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 68% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a retired person than 91% of compared French towns: 44%
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 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. On the census count, nearly a fifth of households are headed by a manual worker. The usual figure: 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).
3.7% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 76% 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.
The median compared commune in Landes has 5.4%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 76% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. 3.2% of residents are foreign nationals, or about one in 31.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents: 44%, a higher share than 58% 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
For Philondenx, the census puts single residents at 24%. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
Philondenx sits below 85% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (20%)
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
Against a figure of 19% in the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification in Philondenx comes in at 21%. Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Of 41 French towns its size (187 to 2,582 people), the 7th 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.
Philondenx is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philondenx | 54.5 | 29% | 9.8% | 3.7% |
| Hagetmau 4,624 · 10 mi | 53.2 | 31% | 1.9% | 4.3% |
| Sauvagnon 3,579 · 11.8 mi | 42.9 | 18% | 0.4% | 4% |
| Aire-sur-l'Adour 6,211 · 12.7 mi | 52.8 | 32% | 4% | 6.7% |
| Serres-Castet 4,418 · 13.4 mi | 45.6 | 22% | 1.6% | 5.2% |
| Artix 3,477 · 13.5 mi | 46.3 | 25% | 1.1% | 8.7% |
| Saint-Sever 5,043 · 14.8 mi | 48.9 | 28% | 3.4% | 3.9% |
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 Philondenx
What is the population of Philondenx?
187 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% fewer than in 2012 (213).
How old are Philondenx’s residents?
The median age is 54.5, older than 93% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Philondenx?
10, with occasional dwellings: 9.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Philondenx?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.7% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (3.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Philondenx?
€24,240 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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