More second homes than 92% of compared French towns: 18%
Single-parent households make up 6.4%, against 10% in the typical compared French town. Sanguinet’s 2,190 households held 4,741 residents at the 2023 Census. Locally, 7.3% of residents are 15 to 24. 3.8% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 91% 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 Sanguinet
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 520 second homes and occasional dwellings in Sanguinet, 18% of its 2,880 homes: higher than in 92% of compared French towns. 94% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Growing fast
Sanguinet had 3,504 residents at the 2012 census and 4,741 in 2023, up 35%: faster growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
12% of homes are flats, below 84% 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 that moved in under two years ago: 11%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 11%. 5.6% of households have no car, a lower share than in 83% of compared French towns. Sanguinet sits close to the norm on empty homes: 5.9%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
From 2012 to 2023, Sanguinet outgrew 98% of compared French towns: +35%
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%. The first five years brought +19%; the six to 2023, +13%.
Half of Sanguinet is over 48.6, older than 77% 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
■ Sanguinet 48.6. The median compared French town: 44.
26% of Sanguinet’s residents are 65 or older, against 28% in the median Landes town and 22% in the median compared French town; 20% are under 18.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Landes 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Fewer one-person households than 70% of compared French towns: 31%
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
Households here average 2.2 people each. Typically, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, couples with children are scarce here: 24%, fewer than in 55% of compared French towns.
A median of €28,770 a year per consumption unit
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.
Living standards centre on €28,770 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 77% of compared French towns. Under the poverty line sit 8.0% of residents.
Sanguinet: 41% of households are headed by a retired person, above 85% 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
In Sanguinet, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manual worker, beside 14% in the typical compared French town. At the same time, the town has more households headed by a manager or professional than 58% of compared French towns, at 11%. 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).
Sanguinet ranks below 84% of compared French towns on immigrants: 2.8%
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.
By its share of foreign nationals (1.8%), Sanguinet is below 82% of compared French towns. Against that, 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.
Single residents: 17%, a lower share than 99% 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
The share of married residents tops 91% of compared French towns: 50%. Across the comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 86% of compared French towns, at 12%
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
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, 34% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification here. As a reference point, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 4,704 to 4,781 people: this is the 11th 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.
Chasseneuil-du-Poitou is the youngest (36.3); Salies-de-Béarn the oldest (57.6).
Older than Sanguinet: 3 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sanguinet | 48.6 | 26% | 18% | 2.8% |
| Biscarrosse 15,836 · 7.4 mi | 53.2 | 32% | 38% | 4.9% |
| Parentis-en-Born 7,586 · 9.3 mi | 46.8 | 25% | 14% | 5.1% |
| La Teste-de-Buch 27,566 · 9.7 mi | 52.4 | 33% | 26% | 4.6% |
| Le Teich 9,180 · 10.1 mi | 45.1 | 21% | 6.8% | 3.6% |
| Gujan-Mestras 22,153 · 10.1 mi | 52.5 | 31% | 16% | 3.2% |
| Salles 8,208 · 11.4 mi | 43 | 18% | 5.7% | 3.5% |
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 Sanguinet
What is the population of Sanguinet?
4,741 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 35% more than in 2012 (3,504).
How old are Sanguinet’s residents?
The median age is 48.6, older than 77% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Sanguinet?
520, with occasional dwellings: 18% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Sanguinet?
INSEE counts 130 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.8% of residents, and 84 foreign nationals (1.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Sanguinet?
€28,770 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 8.0% 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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