Older than 95% of compared French towns: half of Binic-Étables-sur-Mer is over 56.4
Against a figure of 10% in the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households in Binic-Étables-sur-Mer comes in at 5.8%. Census day 2023: 7,041 residents and 3,650 households in the town. Households headed by a retired person account for 53%. 6.7% of households rent social housing (HLM), a lower share than in 78% of compared French towns.
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 Binic-Étables-sur-Mer
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 1,780 second homes and occasional dwellings in Binic-Étables-sur-Mer, 31% of its 5,720 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 73% 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 Binic-Étables-sur-Mer’s residents are under 56.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 37% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Above 95% of compared French towns: 31% of homes are second homes
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
Empty homes: 5.2% here and 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Flats account for 20%.
Slower growth than 54% of compared French towns: Binic-Étables-sur-Mer changed by +4% since 2012
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 the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Côtes-d'Armor town +3%.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 96% of compared French towns, at 37%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Binic-Étables-sur-Mer 56.4. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 7.5%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 87 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Côtes-d'Armor 52.9%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Couples with children: 17%, a lower share than 85% 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
One-person households: 42% here and 35% in the typical compared French town. For couples with children, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
The median resident lives on €29,430 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 Binic-Étables-sur-Mer’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €29,430 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 81% of compared French towns. As for poverty, 8.0% of residents are below the line.
A smaller share of households headed by a manual worker than 91% of compared French towns: 6.9%
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
About one in 11: that is how common households headed by a manager or professional are in Binic-Étables-sur-Mer (9.5%). 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).
Binic-Étables-sur-Mer ranks below 87% of compared French towns on immigrants: 2.5%
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.
The median compared commune in Côtes-d'Armor has 2.7%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 87% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Across Binic-Étables-sur-Mer, 1.3% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Fewer single residents than 97% of compared French towns: 19%
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 Binic-Étables-sur-Mer, 49%. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Adults with no qualification make up 13% in Binic-Étables-sur-Mer, less than in 85% 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%), Binic-Étables-sur-Mer is above 71% of compared French towns. On average, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The oldest of 41 French towns of 6,945 to 7,133 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 34.9 in Bailly-Romainvilliers to 56.4 in Binic-Étables-sur-Mer.
Binic-Étables-sur-Mer 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.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Binic-Étables-sur-Mer | 56.4 | 37% | 31% | 2.5% |
| Saint-Quay-Portrieux 3,224 · 2.7 mi | 63.2 | 47% | 52% | 2.2% |
| Pordic 7,454 · 3 mi | 49.3 | 26% | 7.7% | 1.7% |
| Plélo 3,344 · 6 mi | 41.7 | 18% | 5.7% | 2.1% |
| Plérin 14,425 · 6.1 mi | 50.2 | 28% | 7.7% | 2.8% |
| Plouha 4,634 · 6.4 mi | 62 | 44% | 31% | 2.4% |
| Saint-Brieuc 44,364 · 7.7 mi | 42.3 | 23% | 5% | 9.6% |
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 Binic-Étables-sur-Mer
What is the population of Binic-Étables-sur-Mer?
7,041 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (6,789).
How old are Binic-Étables-sur-Mer’s residents?
The median age is 56.4, older than 95% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 37% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Binic-Étables-sur-Mer?
1,780, with occasional dwellings: 31% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Binic-Étables-sur-Mer?
INSEE counts 180 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.5% of residents, and 94 foreign nationals (1.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Binic-Étables-sur-Mer?
€29,430 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 8.0% 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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