Éréac is older than 94% of compared French towns: a median age of 54.8
1.8% of households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in 83: 1.2% of homes are flats. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 98% of compared French towns. Éréac had 675 residents in 290 households at the 2023 Census.
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 Éréac
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 53 second homes and occasional dwellings in Éréac, 12% of its 430 homes: higher than in 90% 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 Éréac’s residents are under 54.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 37% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 14% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 86 homes empty (20%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
20% of homes stand empty, more than in 99% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of second homes is 2.1%; Éréac has 12%. The usual figure: 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 8.4% of households have no car.
±0% since 2012: slower than 69% 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
The years 2012 to 2017 brought +1%; 2017 to 2023, −1%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Côtes-d'Armor town +3%.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 96% of compared French towns: 37%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Éréac 54.8. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 8.8% in Éréac and 11% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 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.
21% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 68% 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
Households average 2.1 people. Few places have so few single-parent households: 8.6% here, fewer than in 72% of compared French towns. Typically, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. One-person households: 34% here and 35% in the typical compared French town.
At the median, €21,730 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €21,730 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 90% of compared French towns.
49% of households are headed by a retired person, a share 97% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Households headed by a manual worker: 17%, above just over two thirds of compared French towns. As a yardstick, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Éréac ranks above 63% of compared French towns on foreign nationals: 5.9%
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.
That is lower than in 50% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Côtes-d'Armor has 2.7%. For foreign nationals, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. Locally, 6.5% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents make up 22% in Éréac, less than in 77% 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
On married residents, Éréac sits lower than 59% of compared French towns: 42%. To put it in context, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Below 97% of compared French towns: 15% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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: 37% here and 19% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (675 to 2,582 people), the 7th 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.
Éréac is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Éréac | 54.8 | 37% | 12% | 6.5% |
| Broons 2,943 · 5.2 mi | 48.9 | 30% | 5.7% | 2.2% |
| Merdrignac 3,139 · 6.1 mi | 49.6 | 29% | 6.8% | 5.5% |
| Plénée-Jugon 2,579 · 6.8 mi | 43.8 | 22% | 7.6% | 2.9% |
| Le Mené 6,556 · 8.6 mi | 46.1 | 25% | 13% | 13% |
| Caulnes 2,501 · 8.8 mi | 46.1 | 28% | 5.8% | 2.9% |
| Jugon-les-Lacs 2,541 · 9.1 mi | 42 | 21% | 20% | 3.6% |
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 Éréac
What is the population of Éréac?
675 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (674).
How old are Éréac’s residents?
The median age is 54.8, older than 94% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 37% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Éréac?
53, with occasional dwellings: 12% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Éréac?
INSEE counts 44 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.5% of residents, and 39 foreign nationals (5.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Éréac?
€21,730 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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