Saubusse ranks above 96% of compared French towns on single-parent households: 15%
The figure for households in social housing is 5.7% in Saubusse and 12% in the typical compared French town. 1,093 residents in 470 households: that is Saubusse at the 2023 Census. The census found that 9% of homes are flats here. At 7%, the share of second homes is higher than in 83% 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 Saubusse
Growing fast
Saubusse had 876 residents at the 2012 census and 1,093 in 2023, up 25%: faster growth than in 94% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 68 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +25% change since 2012: faster than 94% 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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Landes town +9%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was +28%; from 2017 to 2023, −2%.
A smaller share of residents aged 65 and over than 72% of compared French towns: 19%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saubusse 43.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24 (typical compared French town: 11%). As a yardstick, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. The median age in Saubusse is 43.6, lower than in 53% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Landes 51.9%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 28%, a lower share than 85% 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 share of couples with children tops 72% of compared French towns: 29%. As a reference point, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Households here average 2.4 people each.
Households without a car make up 4.7% in Saubusse, less than in 90% 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, just over one in ten homes stand empty in Saubusse. As a yardstick, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. 18% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 8.4% moved in within the last two years.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €25,390 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 residents live in households above €25,390 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 56% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person: 29%, a lower share than 70% 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
11% of households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. In Saubusse, 17% of households are headed by a manual worker. As a reference point, nearly a third 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).
A lower share of immigrants than 65% of compared French towns, at 4.9%
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.
The share of foreign nationals stands at 3.5%. On average, 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.
A smaller share of single residents than 75% of compared French towns: 23%
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
42% are married and 9.5% in a PACS, against 43% and 6.1% in the median compared French town; 6.1% are widowed. As a yardstick, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Saubusse ranks below 63% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 26%
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
Adults with no qualification: 17% here and 19% in the typical compared French town. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (1,093 to 2,582 people), the 15th youngest
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.
Around Saubusse, 5 of 6 towns have a higher 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saubusse | 43.6 | 19% | 7% | 4.9% |
| Saint-Geours-de-Maremne 3,089 · 2.4 mi | 43.8 | 21% | 5.2% | 5.1% |
| Saint-Vincent-de-Tyrosse 8,014 · 5.6 mi | 48.4 | 28% | 3.6% | 5.8% |
| Dax 22,109 · 7.2 mi | 49.3 | 29% | 17% | 9.7% |
| Tosse 3,556 · 7.3 mi | 45.8 | 23% | 9.8% | 4.2% |
| Saint-Paul-lès-Dax 14,481 · 7.8 mi | 51.3 | 32% | 10% | 6.6% |
| Magescq 2,698 · 8 mi | 41.4 | 18% | 8.9% | 5.3% |
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 Saubusse
What is the population of Saubusse?
1,093 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 25% more than in 2012 (876).
How old are Saubusse’s residents?
The median age is 43.6, younger than 53% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saubusse?
40, with occasional dwellings: 7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saubusse?
INSEE counts 53 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.9% of residents, and 38 foreign nationals (3.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saubusse?
€25,390 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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