A lower share of households headed by a manager or professional than 93% of compared French towns, at 3.9%
Residents aged 15 to 24: 8.1%, below 92% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 2,338 residents in Ychoux, living in 1,030 households. Locally, 7.3% of homes are flats. This Landes town has fewer households in social housing than just over three quarters of compared French towns, at 7.1%.
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 Ychoux
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 140 second homes and occasional dwellings in Ychoux, 11% of its 1,250 homes: higher than in 89% of compared French towns. 80% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Ychoux, 11% of homes are second homes, more than in 89% 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
Here 7.1% of households have no car, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. In the typical compared French town, second homes come to 2.1%. About one in 16: that is how common empty homes are in Ychoux (6.2%).
Since 2012, Ychoux has grown +10%, faster than 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +9% in Landes. Here the change came as +8% to 2017, then +2% to 2023.
Ychoux is older than 63% of compared French towns: a median age of 45.9
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Ychoux 45.9. The median compared French town: 44.
22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, against 24% in Ychoux.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Landes 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Ychoux ranks below 86% of compared French towns on single-parent households: 7.4%
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
In the typical compared French town, a quarter of households are couples with children; in Ychoux, 29%. 31% of households are one person living alone. The usual figure: 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
€25,680 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €25,680 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 53% of compared French towns. One measure of hardship: 10.0% of residents are below the poverty line.
Households headed by a manual worker: 24%, a higher share than 94% 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
37% of households are headed by a retired person, against 32% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for households headed by a manual worker is 14% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 8.4% in Ychoux, more than in 63% 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.
Foreign nationals account for 4.2%. Elsewhere, 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.
17% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 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, 43% of residents 15 and over are married; in Ychoux, 51%. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
21% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 83% 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
About one in five: that is how common adults with no qualification are in Ychoux (19%). By way of comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 2,338 to 2,582 people, the 19th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
4 of 6 neighbors are older than Ychoux
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ychoux | 45.9 | 24% | 11% | 8.4% |
| Parentis-en-Born 7,586 · 5.9 mi | 46.8 | 25% | 14% | 5.1% |
| Labouheyre 2,906 · 8.5 mi | 47.3 | 26% | 5.3% | 16% |
| Biscarrosse 15,836 · 11.9 mi | 53.2 | 32% | 38% | 4.9% |
| Sanguinet 4,741 · 12.3 mi | 48.6 | 26% | 18% | 2.8% |
| Belin-Béliet 6,275 · 14.4 mi | 41.1 | 17% | 2.5% | 4.1% |
| Salles 8,208 · 16.1 mi | 43 | 18% | 5.7% | 3.5% |
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 Ychoux
What is the population of Ychoux?
2,338 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (2,118).
How old are Ychoux’s residents?
The median age is 45.9, older than 63% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Ychoux?
140, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Ychoux?
INSEE counts 200 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.4% of residents, and 99 foreign nationals (4.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Ychoux?
€25,680 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 10.0% 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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