Photo: Kelly Walter · CC BY-SA 3.0Older than 99% of compared French towns: half of Soorts-Hossegor is over 62.6
By its share of empty homes (2.8%), Soorts-Hossegor is below 96% of compared French towns. On couples with children, Soorts-Hossegor sits lower than 92% of compared French towns: 15%. The 2023 Census counted 3,817 residents in 1,950 households. Here, 1.3% of households rent social housing (HLM).
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 Soorts-Hossegor
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 3,740 second homes and occasional dwellings in Soorts-Hossegor, 64% of its 5,860 homes: higher than in 99% of compared French towns. 56% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Soorts-Hossegor’s residents are under 62.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 47% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 16% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Many graduates
49% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 22% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Soorts-Hossegor, 64% of homes are second homes, more than in 99% 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
One household in 18 has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town. Set beside that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Census figures put households without a car at 5.7% in Soorts-Hossegor. On flats, Soorts-Hossegor sits higher than 62% of compared French towns: 38%.
Soorts-Hossegor’s population moved +1% on 2012, less than in 67% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +9% in Landes. Here the change came as −6% to 2017, then +7% to 2023.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 99% of compared French towns, at 47%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Soorts-Hossegor 62.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Here 5.7% of residents are 15 to 24, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. Typically, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 86 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Landes 51.9%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Only 5.4% of households are single parents in Soorts-Hossegor
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
On average, 1.9 people share a household. The benchmark for single-parent households in the typical compared French town: 10%. Compared with other places, one-person households are common here: 39%, more than in 68% of compared French towns.
Standard of living at the median: €33,080 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 Soorts-Hossegor’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €33,080 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. Residents below the poverty line make up 10.0%.
Households headed by a retired person: 54%, a higher share than 99% 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
Households headed by a manual worker: 4.4% here and 14% in the typical compared French town. On households headed by a manager or professional, Soorts-Hossegor sits higher than 64% of compared French towns: 12%. To put it in context, 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).
5.4% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 60% 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.
Foreign nationals: 3.9% of the total. Set beside 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.
Fewer single residents than 98% of compared French towns: 18%
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
Just over half of residents 15 and over are married (typical compared French town: 43%). The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
9.7% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 96% 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
In Soorts-Hossegor, nearly half of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 2nd oldest of 41 French towns of 3,784 to 3,851 people
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Chauconin-Neufmontiers (34.4), the oldest Saint-Palais-sur-Mer (68.1).
No nearby town is as old as Soorts-Hossegor
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soorts-Hossegor | 62.6 | 47% | 64% | 5.4% |
| Capbreton 9,184 · 1.6 mi | 53.9 | 36% | 56% | 4.9% |
| Seignosse 4,056 · 2.6 mi | 49.6 | 29% | 71% | 6.3% |
| Bénesse-Maremne 3,780 · 3.2 mi | 42.6 | 18% | 6.3% | 4.5% |
| Tosse 3,556 · 4.5 mi | 45.8 | 23% | 9.8% | 4.2% |
| Labenne 7,183 · 5 mi | 44.5 | 22% | 13% | 4.3% |
| Saint-Vincent-de-Tyrosse 8,014 · 5.6 mi | 48.4 | 28% | 3.6% | 5.8% |
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 Soorts-Hossegor
What is the population of Soorts-Hossegor?
3,817 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (3,792).
How old are Soorts-Hossegor’s residents?
The median age is 62.6, older than 99% of compared French towns. 12% are under 18 and 47% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Soorts-Hossegor?
3,740, with occasional dwellings: 64% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Soorts-Hossegor?
INSEE counts 200 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.4% of residents, and 150 foreign nationals (3.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Soorts-Hossegor?
€33,080 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 10.0% 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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