1.9% of households have no car, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
Set against 2.1% in the typical compared French town, 7.2% of homes are second homes in Saubrigues. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 1,659, in 700 households. Across Saubrigues, 21% of households are one person living alone. At 7.3%, the share of flats is lower than in 92% 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 Saubrigues
Growing fast
Saubrigues had 1,385 residents at the 2012 census and 1,659 in 2023, up 20%: faster growth than in 90% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +20% change since 2012: Saubrigues grew faster than 90% 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 +2%, and from 2017 to 2023 +17%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Landes town +9%.
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 93% of compared French towns: 7.9%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saubrigues 48. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 48, Saubrigues is older than 74% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 22%.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Landes 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children make up 27% in Saubrigues, more than in 59% 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
Households here average 2.4 people each. As a yardstick, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. On single-parent households, Saubrigues sits lower than 50% of compared French towns: 10%.
Households in social housing make up 1.3% in Saubrigues, less than in 98% 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
Set against 6.7% in the typical compared French town, 3.9% of homes stand empty in Saubrigues. Households in social housing: 12% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €28,200 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 Saubrigues’ residents live in households with a standard of living below €28,200 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 72% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 6.7% in Saubrigues, less than in 92% 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
Here just over a third of households are headed by a retired person, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 32%. On average, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. Census figures put households headed by a manager or professional at 15% in Saubrigues.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 73% of compared French towns: 4.1%
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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Saubrigues comes in at 2.1%. In the typical compared French town, immigrants come to 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
18% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 98% 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
Set against 43% in the typical compared French town, 53% of residents 15 and over are married in Saubrigues. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 93% of compared French towns: 11%
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 the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in Saubrigues, 37%. Across the comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 1,659 to 2,582 people: this is 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).
Saubrigues sits below 2 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saubrigues | 48 | 22% | 7.2% | 4.1% |
| Bénesse-Maremne 3,780 · 3 mi | 42.6 | 18% | 6.3% | 4.5% |
| Saint-Vincent-de-Tyrosse 8,014 · 4.1 mi | 48.4 | 28% | 3.6% | 5.8% |
| Tosse 3,556 · 5.9 mi | 45.8 | 23% | 9.8% | 4.2% |
| Saint-Martin-de-Seignanx 6,238 · 5.9 mi | 45.9 | 25% | 3.8% | 4.8% |
| Labenne 7,183 · 6 mi | 44.5 | 22% | 13% | 4.3% |
| Capbreton 9,184 · 6 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 Saubrigues
What is the population of Saubrigues?
1,659 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 20% more than in 2012 (1,385).
How old are Saubrigues’ residents?
The median age is 48, older than 74% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saubrigues?
57, with occasional dwellings: 7.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saubrigues?
INSEE counts 67 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.1% of residents, and 35 foreign nationals (2.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saubrigues?
€28,200 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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