Photo: Havang(nl) · CC0Soustons is older than 92% of compared French towns: a median age of 53.5
In the typical compared French town, 32% of households are headed by a retired person; in Soustons, 42%. This Landes town had 8,701 residents in 4,310 households at the 2023 Census. The share of households in social housing stands at 6.6%. Few places have so few empty homes: 4% here, fewer than in 87% 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 Soustons
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 2,480 second homes and occasional dwellings in Soustons, 35% of its 7,070 homes: higher than in 96% of compared French towns. 32% 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 Soustons’ residents are under 53.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 33% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Growing fast
Soustons had 7,398 residents at the 2012 census and 8,701 in 2023, up 18%: faster growth than in 87% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes: 35%, a higher share than 96% 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
6.2% of households have no car; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%. In the typical compared French town, the share of second homes is 2.1%. The census found that just over two in five homes are flats in Soustons.
From 2012 to 2023, Soustons outgrew 87% of compared French towns: +18%
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 +6% and the next six +10%.
Below 96% of compared French towns: 7.2% 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
■ Soustons 53.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 22% in the typical compared French town, a third of residents are 65 or over in Soustons. To put it in context, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 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 7.2% of households are single parents in Soustons
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
Each household has 2 people on average. Nearly a fifth of households are couples with children, fewer than in 77% of compared French towns. Single-parent households: 10% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%; Soustons has 38%.
A median standard of living of €26,960 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 €26,960 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 61% of compared French towns. Residents below the poverty line make up 11.0%.
A lower share of households headed by a manual worker than 83% of compared French towns, at 8.8%
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 manager or professional make up about one in ten here (10%). For comparison, 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).
4.3% of residents are foreign nationals, more than in 50% 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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 55% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Landes has 5.4%. 6% of residents are immigrants, or about one in 17.
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 74% 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
Married residents are more common here than in just over half of compared French towns. Elsewhere, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Soustons sits above 64% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (34%)
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
17% of adults out of school have no qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 19%. As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 8,573 to 8,825 people: this is the 4th 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.
Saint-Jory is the youngest (34.3); Le Grau-du-Roi the oldest (62.3).
A younger town than 1 of the 6 around it: Soustons
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soustons | 53.5 | 33% | 35% | 6% |
| Tosse 3,556 · 4.2 mi | 45.8 | 23% | 9.8% | 4.2% |
| Seignosse 4,056 · 4.9 mi | 49.6 | 29% | 71% | 6.3% |
| Magescq 2,698 · 5.9 mi | 41.4 | 18% | 8.9% | 5.3% |
| Saint-Vincent-de-Tyrosse 8,014 · 6.1 mi | 48.4 | 28% | 3.6% | 5.8% |
| Saint-Geours-de-Maremne 3,089 · 6.7 mi | 43.8 | 21% | 5.2% | 5.1% |
| Soorts-Hossegor 3,817 · 7.4 mi | 62.6 | 47% | 64% | 5.4% |
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 Soustons
What is the population of Soustons?
8,701 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 18% more than in 2012 (7,398).
How old are Soustons’ residents?
The median age is 53.5, older than 92% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 33% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Soustons?
2,480, with occasional dwellings: 35% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Soustons?
INSEE counts 520 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6% of residents, and 370 foreign nationals (4.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Soustons?
€26,960 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 11.0% 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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