Half of Uza is over 57.7, older than 97% of compared French towns
50% of households are headed by a retired person; in the typical compared French town the figure is 32%. The 2023 Census counted 180 residents in 90 households. Across Uza, 6.4% of homes are flats. Compared with other places, single-parent households are scarce here: 5.6%, fewer than in 98% 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 Uza
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 44 second homes and occasional dwellings in Uza, 31% of its 140 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 98% 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 Uza’s residents are under 57.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 33% 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.
In Uza, 31% of homes are second homes, more than in 95% 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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. On the census count, 4.3% of homes stand empty. The usual figure: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Nothing unusual on households without a car: 11%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Uza grew +13% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 78% 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
In two steps, +23% to 2017 and −8% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +9% in Landes.
Uza sits below 99% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (4.4%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Uza 57.7. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over; in Uza, 33%. By way of comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 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.
Fewer one-person households than 86% of compared French towns: 28%
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
A household here holds 2 people on average. At 22%, the share of couples with children is lower than in 64% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
€24,490 a year: the median standard of living
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.
Living standards centre on €24,490 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 66% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a manager or professional than 80% of compared French towns, at 5.6%
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 make up 17%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 63% of compared French towns: 5%
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 account for 3.9%. 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.
Single residents: 18%, a lower share than 98% 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
Census figures put married residents at 44% in Uza. Measured more widely, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
In Uza, 14% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 78% 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
By its share of graduates of higher education (36%), Uza is above 70% of compared French towns. Adults with no qualification: 19% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Among 41 French towns of 180 to 2,582 people, the 5th 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).
No nearby town is as old as Uza
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uza | 57.7 | 33% | 31% | 5% |
| Castets 2,516 · 10.8 mi | 47.3 | 24% | 7.5% | 7.6% |
| Mimizan 7,673 · 12.3 mi | 56.3 | 36% | 47% | 6.4% |
| Morcenx-la-Nouvelle 5,022 · 14.5 mi | 55.9 | 34% | 5.9% | 7.1% |
| Rion-des-Landes 3,142 · 15.6 mi | 49.9 | 28% | 6.7% | 5.1% |
| Magescq 2,698 · 17.4 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 Uza
What is the population of Uza?
180 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% more than in 2012 (159).
How old are Uza’s residents?
The median age is 57.7, older than 97% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 33% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Uza?
44, with occasional dwellings: 31% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Uza?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (3.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Uza?
€24,490 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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