A median age of 51.8: Tartas is older than 88% of compared French towns
With households in social housing at 2.6%, Tartas is behind 95% of compared French towns on that count. Few places have as many households headed by a retired person: 42% here, more than in 89% of compared French towns. The town is home to 3,169 residents in 1,560 households, by the 2023 Census. About one in five: that is how common couples with children are in Tartas (19%).
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 Tartas
An older town
Half of Tartas’ residents are under 51.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 31% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 12% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 230 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.
Slower than most: ±0% since 2012, behind 71% 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 whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Landes town +9%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought +2%; 2017 to 2023, −3%.
Tartas ranks above 89% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 31%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Tartas 51.8. The median compared French town: 44.
8.2% of residents are 15 to 24; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%. Measured more widely, 22% of residents are 65 or over 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.
More one-person households than 73% of compared French towns: 41%
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
10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town, against 11% in Tartas. By way of comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2 people.
A larger share of empty homes than 90% of compared French towns: 12%
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
Of all households, 13% moved in during the last two years and 20% have stayed three decades or more. In the typical compared French town, empty homes come to 6.7%. Car-free households: one in eight, where the median compared French town has 11%.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €23,640 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 Tartas’ residents live in households with a standard of living below €23,640 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 75% of compared French towns. As for poverty, 17.0% of residents are below the line.
In Tartas, 5.8% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 78% 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
14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, against 18% in Tartas. By way of comparison, 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).
Fewer immigrants than 74% of compared French towns: 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.
In Tartas, 3% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 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.
23% of residents 15 and over are single, below 71% 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
Where 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, Tartas has 41%. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
16% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 95% 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
29% of adults out of school have no qualification, against 19% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town: 30%.
12th highest median age among 41 French towns of 3,149 to 3,189
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Longperrier is the youngest (33.7); Meschers-sur-Gironde the oldest (66.1).
Every neighbor is younger than Tartas
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tartas | 51.8 | 31% | 2.8% | 3.9% |
| Pontonx-sur-l'Adour 3,021 · 7 mi | 46.9 | 25% | 4.4% | 4.1% |
| Rion-des-Landes 3,142 · 9 mi | 49.9 | 28% | 6.7% | 5.1% |
| Saint-Vincent-de-Paul 3,402 · 10.9 mi | 47.7 | 24% | 2.8% | 5.2% |
| Saint-Sever 5,043 · 12.6 mi | 48.9 | 28% | 3.4% | 3.9% |
| Narrosse 3,387 · 13.8 mi | 49.3 | 27% | 3% | 7.6% |
| Saint-Paul-lès-Dax 14,481 · 14.5 mi | 51.3 | 32% | 10% | 6.6% |
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 Tartas
What is the population of Tartas?
3,169 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (3,182).
How old are Tartas’ residents?
The median age is 51.8, older than 88% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Tartas?
51, with occasional dwellings: 2.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Tartas?
INSEE counts 120 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.9% of residents, and 94 foreign nationals (3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Tartas?
€23,640 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 17.0% 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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