Half of Carnoët is over 53.4, older than 91% of compared French towns
Couples with children: 16% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. Carnoët counted 673 residents and 340 households at the 2023 Census. Households headed by a manager or professional make up about one in 71 here (1.4%). 3.1% of homes are flats, a lower share than in 98% 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 Carnoët
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 93 second homes and occasional dwellings in Carnoët, 19% of its 500 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 100% 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 Carnoët’s residents are under 53.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 28% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Carnoët had 723 residents at the 2012 census and 673 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 93% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 66 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
1.5% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 98% 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
One household in 13 has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town. Empty homes are more common here than in 92% of compared French towns. To put it in context, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Here, nearly a fifth of homes are second homes.
From 2012 to 2023, 93% of compared French towns grew faster than Carnoët: −7%
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
Here the change came as −9% to 2017, then +2% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +3% in Côtes-d'Armor.
Carnoët ranks below 99% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 5.6%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Carnoët 53.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Here 28% of residents are 65 or over, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 22%. On average, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 112 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Côtes-d'Armor 52.9%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of single-parent households than 87% of compared French towns, at 13%
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
Each household has 2 people on average. The benchmark for single-parent households in the typical compared French town: 10%. More one-person households than in 76% of compared French towns: 42%.
€21,040 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.
Half of Carnoët’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €21,040 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 93% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a retired person than 82% of compared French towns, at 39%
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
By its share of households headed by a manual worker (11%), Carnoët is below two thirds of compared French towns. The share of households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Foreign nationals make up 12% in Carnoët, more than in 86% 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.
6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town, against 12% in Carnoët. On average, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Côtes-d'Armor has 2.7%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 78% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Carnoët sits above 58% of compared French towns for married residents (44%)
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
26% of residents 15 and over are single. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Graduates of higher education: 25%, a lower share than 70% 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: 21%, above 59% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 7th oldest of 41 French towns of 673 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Around Carnoët, 2 of 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carnoët | 53.4 | 28% | 19% | 12% |
| Carhaix-Plouguer 7,412 · 6.3 mi | 52.2 | 32% | 3.9% | 6% |
| Rostrenen 3,282 · 13.2 mi | 54.6 | 34% | 8.3% | 6.8% |
| Plougonven 3,382 · 15 mi | 49 | 28% | 7.1% | 1.9% |
| Gourin 3,960 · 15.7 mi | 55.3 | 33% | 7.6% | 4.3% |
| Plouigneau 5,014 · 17 mi | 47.3 | 25% | 5.6% | 2.2% |
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 Carnoët
What is the population of Carnoët?
673 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (723).
How old are Carnoët’s residents?
The median age is 53.4, older than 91% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Carnoët?
93, with occasional dwellings: 19% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Carnoët?
INSEE counts 81 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 12% of residents, and 80 foreign nationals (12%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Carnoët?
€21,040 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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