A lower share of households without a car than 99% of compared French towns, at 1.7%
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 97% of compared French towns. 1,826 residents in 780 households: that is Saubion at the 2023 Census. Census figures put flats at 7.5% locally. The share of households headed by a manager or professional is 17%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town.
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 Saubion
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 110 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saubion, 12% of its 940 homes: higher than in 89% of compared French towns. 97% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Growing fast
Saubion had 1,381 residents at the 2012 census and 1,826 in 2023, up 32%: faster growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 14% single parents with children; 18% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Saubion sits above 89% of compared French towns for second homes (12%)
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
The share of empty homes trails 72% of compared French towns: 5.2%. The comparison figure for second homes is 2.1% in the typical compared French town.
Faster growth than 97% of compared French towns: Saubion changed by +32% since 2012
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 +9% and the next six +22%.
Below 85% of compared French towns: 8.8% of residents are 15 to 24
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saubion 46.1. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Saubion is 46.1, higher than in 64% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. Census figures put residents aged 65 and over at 22% locally.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Landes 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children: 35%, a higher share than 92% 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
The typical household size is 2.3 people. One-person households make up about one in four here (25%). Single-parent households are more common here than in 91% of compared French towns.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €28,440 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 Saubion’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €28,440 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 74% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker: 9.3%, a lower share than 81% 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
27% of households are headed by a retired person (typical compared French town: 32%). Against that, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Foreign nationals: 2.5%, a lower share than 71% 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.
Here 4.8% of residents are immigrants, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 6.5%. That is lower than in 65% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Landes has 5.4%. By way of comparison, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
Saubion sits below 77% of compared French towns for single residents (22%)
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 trails 66% of compared French towns: 41%. As a reference point, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Saubion ranks below 95% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 10%
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
In Saubion, 44% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (1,826 to 2,582 people), the 19th 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.
4 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Saubion
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saubion | 46.1 | 22% | 12% | 4.8% |
| Tosse 3,556 · 1.4 mi | 45.8 | 23% | 9.8% | 4.2% |
| Saint-Vincent-de-Tyrosse 8,014 · 2.2 mi | 48.4 | 28% | 3.6% | 5.8% |
| Seignosse 4,056 · 2.4 mi | 49.6 | 29% | 71% | 6.3% |
| Bénesse-Maremne 3,780 · 2.9 mi | 42.6 | 18% | 6.3% | 4.5% |
| Soorts-Hossegor 3,817 · 3.6 mi | 62.6 | 47% | 64% | 5.4% |
| Capbreton 9,184 · 4.7 mi | 53.9 | 36% | 56% | 4.9% |
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 Saubion
What is the population of Saubion?
1,826 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 32% more than in 2012 (1,381).
How old are Saubion’s residents?
The median age is 46.1, older than 64% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saubion?
110, with occasional dwellings: 12% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saubion?
INSEE counts 88 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.8% of residents, and 46 foreign nationals (2.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saubion?
€28,440 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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