1.9% of homes are flats, below 99% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, 11% of households have no car; in Pouydesseaux, 3.7%. About one in 13: that is how common residents aged 15 to 24 are in Pouydesseaux (7.9%). Lower than in 83% of compared French towns: 25% of households are headed by a retired person. There were 380 households here at the 2023 Census, home to 869 residents.
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 Pouydesseaux
Fewer residents than in 2012
Pouydesseaux had 915 residents at the 2012 census and 869 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 88% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Pouydesseaux changed by −5% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 88% 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
In two steps, ±0% to 2017 and −5% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +9% in Landes.
Older than 61% of compared French towns: half of Pouydesseaux is over 45.6
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Pouydesseaux 45.6. The median compared French town: 44.
20% of residents are 65 or over, against 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Landes 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Only 25% of households are one person living alone in Pouydesseaux
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
Against a figure of 10% in the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households in Pouydesseaux comes in at 12%. The share of one-person households in the typical compared French town is 35%. In Pouydesseaux, 30% of households are couples with children.
Households in social housing: 2.4%, a lower share than 96% 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
Against a figure of 2.1% in the typical compared French town, the share of second homes in Pouydesseaux comes in at 3.7%. Empty homes are more common here than in 63% of compared French towns. Households in social housing: 12% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Nearly a fifth of households have been in place 30 years or more; 7.7% moved in within the last two years.
At the median, €24,840 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.
At €24,840 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 62% of compared French towns.
Above 69% of compared French towns: 17% of households are headed by a manual worker
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
Against a figure of 9.4% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional in Pouydesseaux comes in at 11%. The share of households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 73% of compared French towns: 4%
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.
On the census count, 4.1% of residents are foreign nationals. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
19% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 95% 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
Compared with 43% in the typical compared French town, 51% of residents 15 and over are married here. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
In Pouydesseaux, 16% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 67% 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
28% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
21st highest median age among 41 French towns of 869 to 2,582
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.
Nearby, 1 of 3 towns have older populations than Pouydesseaux
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pouydesseaux | 45.6 | 20% | 3.7% | 4% |
| Villeneuve-de-Marsan 2,508 · 5.7 mi | 48.9 | 29% | 2.7% | 4.2% |
| Mont-de-Marsan 31,592 · 9.7 mi | 42.8 | 22% | 2.9% | 9.3% |
| Saint-Pierre-du-Mont 10,092 · 11 mi | 44.5 | 22% | 2.2% | 10% |
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 Pouydesseaux
What is the population of Pouydesseaux?
869 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (915).
How old are Pouydesseaux’s residents?
The median age is 45.6, older than 61% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pouydesseaux?
16, with occasional dwellings: 3.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pouydesseaux?
INSEE counts 35 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4% of residents, and 36 foreign nationals (4.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Pouydesseaux?
€24,840 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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