Households without a car: 2.2%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
Set against 6.7% in the typical compared French town, 1.5% of homes stand empty in Sainte-Colombe. The town is home to 633 residents in 270 households, by the 2023 Census. About one in 53: that is how common flats are in Sainte-Colombe (1.9%). Compared with other places, households headed by a manual worker are common here: 21%, more than in 87% 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 Sainte-Colombe
Fewer residents than in 2012
Sainte-Colombe had 668 residents at the 2012 census and 633 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 89% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower than most: −5% since 2012, behind 89% 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
The median Landes town changed +9% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought ±0% and the next six −5%.
Sainte-Colombe is older than 80% of compared French towns: a median age of 49.2
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Sainte-Colombe 49.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 9.5%, below 73% of compared French towns. Census figures put residents aged 65 and over at 22% in Sainte-Colombe.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Landes 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Fewer one-person households than 98% of compared French towns: 22%
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
In the typical compared French town, a quarter of households are couples with children; in Sainte-Colombe, 31%. The comparison figure for one-person households is 35% in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households account for 3.5%.
In Sainte-Colombe, 9% of homes are second homes, more than in 87% 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
Just over a fifth of households have been in place 30 years or more; 6.4% moved in within the last two years. In the typical compared French town, 2.1% of homes are second homes. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
A typical living standard of €25,440 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.
Half of Sainte-Colombe’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €25,440 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 55% of compared French towns.
36% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 67% of compared French towns
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
Census figures put households headed by a manager or professional at 10% in Sainte-Colombe. In the typical compared French town, 32% of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
3.5% of residents are immigrants, below 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.
With foreign nationals at 2.4%, Sainte-Colombe is behind 73% of compared French towns on that count. In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A higher share of married residents than 95% of compared French towns, at 52%
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
Here nearly a fifth of residents 15 and over are single, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
15% of adults out of school have no qualification, below 71% 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
29% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. The wider picture: nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 633 to 2,582 people, the 15th 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).
3 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Sainte-Colombe
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Colombe | 49.2 | 22% | 9% | 3.5% |
| Hagetmau 4,624 · 2.6 mi | 53.2 | 31% | 1.9% | 4.3% |
| Saint-Sever 5,043 · 5.1 mi | 48.9 | 28% | 3.4% | 3.9% |
| Saint-Pierre-du-Mont 10,092 · 13.7 mi | 44.5 | 22% | 2.2% | 10% |
| Mont-de-Marsan 31,592 · 14.8 mi | 42.8 | 22% | 2.9% | 9.3% |
| Aire-sur-l'Adour 6,211 · 15 mi | 52.8 | 32% | 4% | 6.7% |
| Tartas 3,169 · 15.7 mi | 51.8 | 31% | 2.8% | 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 Sainte-Colombe
What is the population of Sainte-Colombe?
633 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (668).
How old are Sainte-Colombe’s residents?
The median age is 49.2, older than 80% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Sainte-Colombe?
27, with occasional dwellings: 9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Sainte-Colombe?
INSEE counts 22 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.5% of residents, and 15 foreign nationals (2.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Sainte-Colombe?
€25,440 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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