Half of Grâces is over 52.7, older than 90% of compared French towns
Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, 9.4% of homes are flats in Grâces. There were 1,260 households locally at the 2023 Census, home to 2,601 residents. The census found that 48% of households are headed by a retired person here. 6% of households have no car, fewer than in 80% 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 Grâces
An older town
Half of Grâces’ residents are under 52.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 33% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, Grâces outgrew 53% of compared French towns: +6%
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 change was +3% from 2012 to 2017 and +3% from 2017 to 2023.
33% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 91% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Grâces 52.7. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (9.5%), Grâces is below 72% of compared French towns. Typically, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 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.
Grâces ranks below 82% of compared French towns on couples with children: 18%
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
Average household size: 2 people. In the typical compared French town, a quarter of households are couples with children. 39% of households are one person living alone, a higher share than in 67% of compared French towns. With single-parent households at 8.7%, Grâces is behind 71% of compared French towns on that count.
Grâces sits below 94% of compared French towns for households in social housing (3.1%)
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
8.3% of homes stand empty; in the typical compared French town the figure is 6.7%. Locally, 3.4% of homes are second homes. For households in social housing, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 12%.
Standard of living at the median: €25,570 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €25,570 a year: lower than in 54% of compared French towns. The share living below the poverty line is 10.0%.
Grâces ranks below 77% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 9.9%
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
7.9% of households are headed by a manager or professional; in the typical compared French town the figure is 9.4%. Typically, 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).
Immigrants make up 3.5% in Grâces, less than in 78% 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.
Foreign nationals: 1.8% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. 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.
50% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 90% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Just over a fifth of residents 15 and over are single (typical compared French town: 25%). In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 67% of compared French towns: 26%
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, a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification. For graduates of higher education, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%.
The 5th oldest of 41 French towns of 2,578 to 2,625 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 Bourguébus (34.6), the oldest Bessèges (59.4).
A younger town than 1 of the 6 around it: Grâces
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grâces | 52.7 | 33% | 3.4% | 3.5% |
| Guingamp 7,111 · 1.1 mi | 41 | 21% | 4% | 5.6% |
| Pabu 2,771 · 1.8 mi | 54 | 36% | 3.2% | 3.6% |
| Ploumagoar 5,414 · 2.2 mi | 45.5 | 24% | 2.5% | 1.7% |
| Bégard 4,889 · 7.7 mi | 47.9 | 25% | 5.5% | 2.1% |
| Châtelaudren-Plouagat 3,974 · 8.7 mi | 42.5 | 23% | 3.3% | 1.9% |
| Plélo 3,344 · 11.1 mi | 41.7 | 18% | 5.7% | 2.1% |
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 Grâces
What is the population of Grâces?
2,601 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (2,464).
How old are Grâces’ residents?
The median age is 52.7, older than 90% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 33% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Grâces?
49, with occasional dwellings: 3.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Grâces?
INSEE counts 91 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.5% of residents, and 48 foreign nationals (1.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Grâces?
€25,570 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 10.0% 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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