In Ousse, 18% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
In Ousse, 2.4% of households have no car, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in 27: 3.7% of homes are flats. 3.9% of homes stand empty, a lower share than in 89% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 1,672 people lived here, in 680 households.
Throughout this page, the Pyrénées-Atlantiques 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 Ousse
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 10% single parents with children; 18% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A growing town: +5% since 2012, faster than 52% 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
Ousse is older than 69% of compared French towns: a median age of 46.9
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Ousse 46.9. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over; in Ousse, 20%. About one in ten: that is how common residents aged 15 to 24 are in Ousse (9.7%).
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Atlantiques 52.5%, France 51.8%.
34% of households are couples with children, more than in 89% of compared French towns
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 Pyrénées-Atlantiques median and the France median
Living alone · share
The average household has 2.5 people. On average, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 10%.
In Ousse, 3.6% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 92% 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
6.1% of households arrived within the last two years, while 22% have stayed 30 years or more. On average, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Second homes: 1.7%, near enough the figure in the typical compared French town.
At the median, €31,190 a year to live on
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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €31,190 a year: higher than in 89% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a manager or professional than 79% of compared French towns, at 16%
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
Where nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, Ousse has 30%. Just over one in ten households are headed by a manual worker. To put it in context, 9.4% of 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).
A smaller share of foreign nationals than 82% of compared French towns: 1.8%
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 median compared commune in Pyrénées-Atlantiques has 7.7%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 69% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%. 4.5% of residents are immigrants, or about one in 22.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Ousse, 54% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 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
Single residents: 18% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 99% of compared French towns: 7.6%
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
Where 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, Ousse has 44%. Typically, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (1,672 to 2,582 people), the 15th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Ousse and its 6 nearest towns: 2 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Ousse
What is the population of Ousse?
1,672 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (1,587).
How old are Ousse’s residents?
The median age is 46.9, older than 69% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Ousse?
12, with occasional dwellings: 1.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Ousse?
INSEE counts 75 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.5% of residents, and 30 foreign nationals (1.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Ousse?
€31,190 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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