Households headed by a retired person: 58%, a higher share than 99% of compared French towns
Against a figure of 12% in the typical compared French town, the share of households in social housing in Vert comes in at 0.6%. Locally, nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24. Fewer flats than in 97% of compared French towns: 4.1%. Census day 2023: 235 residents and 120 households locally.
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 Vert
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 27 second homes and occasional dwellings in Vert, 18% of its 150 homes: higher than in 92% of compared French towns. 89% 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 Vert’s residents are under 52 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 31% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Only 2.8% of households have no car in Vert
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
In Vert, 4.6% of homes stand empty, beside 6.7% in the typical compared French town. At the same time, 18% of homes are second homes, a higher share than in 92% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town.
A change of −1% since 2012 leaves Vert behind 75% 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 those years, the median Landes town changed +9% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +13%, then −13% to 2023.
Older than 89% of compared French towns: half of Vert is over 52
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Vert 52. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 31%, against 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 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.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 4.3% of households are single parents
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
38% of households are one person living alone; in the typical compared French town the figure is 35%. The benchmark for single-parent households in the typical compared French town: 10%. For Vert, the census puts couples with children at 23%.
A median of €24,670 a year per consumption unit
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 Vert’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €24,670 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 64% of compared French towns.
In Vert, 3.6% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 95% 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
With households headed by a manual worker at 21%, Vert is ahead of 86% of compared French towns on that count. As a reference point, 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 75% of compared French towns: 3.8%
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 share of foreign nationals is 2.1%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. By way of 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.
A larger share of married residents than 95% of compared French towns: 51%
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
Single residents make up 22%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
24% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 71% 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
Adults with no qualification make up 16%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
The 9th oldest of 41 French towns of 235 to 2,582 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Vert sits below 1 of its 3 closest neighbors on 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vert | 52 | 31% | 18% | 3.8% |
| Mont-de-Marsan 31,592 · 14.6 mi | 42.8 | 22% | 2.9% | 9.3% |
| Saint-Pierre-du-Mont 10,092 · 15.1 mi | 44.5 | 22% | 2.2% | 10% |
| Morcenx-la-Nouvelle 5,022 · 16.8 mi | 55.9 | 34% | 5.9% | 7.1% |
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 Vert
What is the population of Vert?
235 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% fewer than in 2012 (238).
How old are Vert’s residents?
The median age is 52, older than 89% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vert?
27, with occasional dwellings: 18% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vert?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.8% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (2.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vert?
€24,670 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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