Fewer households in social housing than 94% of compared French towns: 3.1%
The median age in Bégard is 47.9, higher than in nearly three quarters of compared French towns. Put another way, about one in 21: 4.8% of households are headed by a manager or professional. Census day 2023: 4,889 residents and 2,130 households locally. Second homes: 5.5% here and 2.1% in the typical compared French town.
Throughout this page, the Côtes-d'Armor 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 Bégard
Empty homes
The census found 320 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.
A change of +2% since 2012 leaves Bégard behind 62% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was ±0%; from 2017 to 2023, +2%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Côtes-d'Armor town +3%.
Bégard ranks above 69% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 25%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bégard 47.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Where just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, Bégard has 9.2%. Typically, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Côtes-d'Armor 52.9%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children: 23%, a lower share than 59% 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 Côtes-d'Armor median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 2.2 people in the average household. The wider picture: a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. More one-person households than in 56% of compared French towns: 37%. 9.8% of households are single parents, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
In Bégard, 12% of homes stand empty, 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
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, 11% of homes are flats here. What’s more, at 9.6%, the share of households without a car is lower than in 56% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, empty homes come to 6.7%.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €24,710 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €24,710 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 64% of compared French towns. Below the poverty threshold: 13.0% of the population.
Bégard ranks above 86% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 21%
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
Set against 32% in the typical compared French town, 35% of households are headed by a retired person in Bégard. To put it in context, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker 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 90% of compared French towns: 2.1%
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.
Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 1.5% of residents are foreign nationals here. To put it in context, 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.
More married residents than 50% of compared French towns: 43%
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
A quarter of residents 15 and over are single.
Graduates of higher education: 22%, a lower share than 80% 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
Here 23% of adults out of school have no qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 19%. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
13th highest median age among 41 French towns of 4,849 to 4,926
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 Mourmelon-le-Grand (30.8), the youngest, and Quiberon (63.9), the oldest.
Around Bégard, 3 of 6 towns have a higher 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bégard | 47.9 | 25% | 5.5% | 2.1% |
| Grâces 2,601 · 7.7 mi | 52.7 | 33% | 3.4% | 3.5% |
| La Roche-Jaudy 2,629 · 8 mi | 49 | 26% | 13% | 3.4% |
| Pabu 2,771 · 8 mi | 54 | 36% | 3.2% | 3.6% |
| Guingamp 7,111 · 8.1 mi | 41 | 21% | 4% | 5.6% |
| Ploubezre 3,780 · 8.6 mi | 43.7 | 23% | 6.8% | 2.6% |
| Ploumagoar 5,414 · 9.8 mi | 45.5 | 24% | 2.5% | 1.7% |
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 Bégard
What is the population of Bégard?
4,889 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (4,803).
How old are Bégard’s residents?
The median age is 47.9, older than 74% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bégard?
140, with occasional dwellings: 5.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bégard?
INSEE counts 100 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.1% of residents, and 73 foreign nationals (1.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bégard?
€24,710 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 13.0% 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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