A lower share of households headed by a manager or professional than 99% of compared French towns, at 2%
Half of Pomarez’s residents are over 50.4, older than in 84% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 1,642 people lived locally, in 720 households. Households in social housing account for 1.2%. Here 5.8% of households have no car, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%.
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.
Pomarez grew +9% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 68% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +3%, and from 2017 to 2023 +6%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Landes town +9%.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 94% of compared French towns: 7.7%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Pomarez 50.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 22% in the typical compared French town, nearly a third of residents are 65 or over here. Against that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 85 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.
Couples with children: 21%, a lower share than 68% 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
Average household size: 2.2 people. Few places have as many single-parent households: 11% here, more than in 63% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Set against 35% in the typical compared French town, 34% of households are one person living alone in Pomarez.
Fewer flats than 74% of compared French towns: 17%
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
3.9% of homes are second homes (typical compared French town: 2.1%). Add to that, on empty homes, Pomarez sits higher than three fifths of compared French towns: 7.7%. As a reference point, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. Of all households, 12% moved in during the last two years and 22% have stayed three decades or more.
Half above, half below €24,700 a year in 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 Pomarez’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €24,700 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 64% of compared French towns.
Pomarez sits above 88% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (42%)
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 14% in the typical compared French town, 17% of households are headed by a manual worker here. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a retired person come to 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Pomarez, 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.
2.5% of residents are foreign nationals; in the typical compared French town the figure is 4.3%. The median compared commune in Landes has 5.4%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 78% of compared French towns. 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.
A lower share of single residents than 83% of compared French towns, at 21%
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
Against a figure of 43% in the typical compared French town, the share of married residents in Pomarez comes in at 41%. Set beside that, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
In Pomarez, 24% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 73% 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
The share of adults with no qualification tops 62% of compared French towns: 21%. To put it in context, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 1,642 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Pomarez is younger than 4 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Pomarez
What is the population of Pomarez?
1,642 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (1,500).
How old are Pomarez’s residents?
The median age is 50.4, older than 84% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 32% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pomarez?
32, with occasional dwellings: 3.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pomarez?
INSEE counts 58 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.5% of residents, and 40 foreign nationals (2.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Pomarez?
€24,700 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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