A median age of 61.7: Gouarec is older than 99% of compared French towns
Households in social housing: 0.9% here and 12% in the typical compared French town. For Gouarec, the census puts households headed by a retired person at 53%. Flats are rarer here than in 85% of compared French towns. This Côtes-d'Armor town had 866 residents in 340 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 Gouarec
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 72 second homes and occasional dwellings in Gouarec, 16% of its 450 homes: higher than in 92% of compared French towns. 94% 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 Gouarec’s residents are under 61.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 45% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 19% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Gouarec had 906 residents at the 2012 census and 866 in 2023, down 4%: slower growth than in 86% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Gouarec ranks above 92% of compared French towns on second homes: 16%
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 last two years, one in ten households moved in; at the other end, 25% have stayed 30 years or more. At 9.1%, the share of empty homes is higher than in 73% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Households without a car: 10% here and 11% in the typical compared French town.
Since 2012, Gouarec has changed by −4%, slower than 86% 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 population moved +2%, and from 2017 to 2023 −6%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Côtes-d'Armor town +3%.
Gouarec sits above 99% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (45%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Gouarec 61.7. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 9.3% in Gouarec and 11% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
59% women, 41% men
About 70 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.
A lower share of couples with children than 99% of compared French towns, at 8.1%
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
45% of households are one person living alone, against 35% in the typical compared French town. Gouarec has more single-parent households than 63% of compared French towns, at 11%. On average, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Households average 1.9 people.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €22,800 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 €22,800 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 83% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional: 2.9%, a lower share than 98% of compared French towns
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
Here, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker. Set beside that, nearly one in ten 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 higher share of foreign nationals than 81% of compared French towns, at 10%
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.
In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants; in Gouarec, 11%. The median compared commune in Côtes-d'Armor has 2.7%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 73% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
Gouarec ranks below 87% of compared French towns on married residents: 36%
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
By its share of single residents (32%), Gouarec is above 86% of compared French towns. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
A larger share of adults with no qualification than 91% of compared French towns: 30%
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
Graduates of higher education: 19%, below 88% of compared French towns.
The 2nd oldest of 41 French towns of 866 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).
Gouarec is older than every town around it
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 Gouarec
What is the population of Gouarec?
866 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (906).
How old are Gouarec’s residents?
The median age is 61.7, older than 99% of compared French towns. 11% are under 18 and 45% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Gouarec?
72, with occasional dwellings: 16% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Gouarec?
INSEE counts 92 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 11% of residents, and 86 foreign nationals (10%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Gouarec?
€22,800 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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