1.7% of homes are flats, below 99% of compared French towns
Where 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, Sort-en-Chalosse has 7.2%. Put another way, about one in 34: 2.9% of households have no car. On households headed by a manual worker, Sort-en-Chalosse sits lower than 87% of compared French towns: 7.9%. The town had 885 residents in 370 households at the 2023 census.
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 Sort-en-Chalosse
An older town
Half of Sort-en-Chalosse’s residents are under 51.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 28% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.1% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 83% of compared French towns grew faster than Sort-en-Chalosse: −3%
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.
Sort-en-Chalosse is older than 86% of compared French towns: a median age of 51.1
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Sort-en-Chalosse 51.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 22% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over in Sort-en-Chalosse comes in at 28%.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Landes 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Sort-en-Chalosse ranks below 98% of compared French towns on one-person households: 22%
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
Couples with children: 28%, above nearly two thirds of compared French towns. The benchmark for one-person households in the typical compared French town: 35%. Each household has 2.4 people on average. Fewer single-parent households than in 63% of compared French towns: 9.3%.
4.2% of homes are second homes, a share 73% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 68% of compared French towns: 5.5%. Elsewhere, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Households that moved in under two years ago: 6.5%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 33%.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €25,600 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €25,600 a year: lower than in 54% of compared French towns.
7.1% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 67% 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
The census found that a third of households are headed by a retired person in Sort-en-Chalosse. The usual figure: nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Sort-en-Chalosse ranks below 74% of compared French towns on immigrants: 3.9%
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 median compared commune in Landes has 5.4%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 74% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants. Foreign nationals make up about one in 42 here (2.4%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents: 54%, a higher 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
In the typical compared French town, 25% of residents 15 and over are single; in Sort-en-Chalosse, 18%. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
Graduates of higher education make up 25% in Sort-en-Chalosse, less than in 67% 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
On the census count, 20% of adults out of school have no qualification. Set beside that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 885 to 2,582 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Around Sort-en-Chalosse, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sort-en-Chalosse | 51.1 | 28% | 4.2% | 3.9% |
| Narrosse 3,387 · 4.2 mi | 49.3 | 27% | 3% | 7.6% |
| Saint-Vincent-de-Paul 3,402 · 6 mi | 47.7 | 24% | 2.8% | 5.2% |
| Dax 22,109 · 6.2 mi | 49.3 | 29% | 17% | 9.7% |
| Pouillon 3,134 · 6.3 mi | 52.3 | 29% | 5.2% | 3% |
| Saint-Paul-lès-Dax 14,481 · 7.3 mi | 51.3 | 32% | 10% | 6.6% |
| Pontonx-sur-l'Adour 3,021 · 7.3 mi | 46.9 | 25% | 4.4% | 4.1% |
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 Sort-en-Chalosse
What is the population of Sort-en-Chalosse?
885 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (917).
How old are Sort-en-Chalosse’s residents?
The median age is 51.1, older than 86% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Sort-en-Chalosse?
17, with occasional dwellings: 4.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Sort-en-Chalosse?
INSEE counts 34 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.9% of residents, and 22 foreign nationals (2.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Sort-en-Chalosse?
€25,600 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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