9.8% of households are couples with children, below 99% of compared French towns
In Guingamp, 29% of households have no car, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. Still, 5.9% of households are headed by a manager or professional, a lower share than in 77% of compared French towns. This Côtes-d'Armor town had 7,111 residents in 4,160 households at the 2023 Census. Census figures put residents aged 15 to 24 at 20% locally.
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 Guingamp
Many people living alone
64% of Guingamp’s households are one person: higher than in 99% of compared French towns; 52% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Empty homes
The census found 760 homes empty (15%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower growth than 77% of compared French towns: Guingamp changed by −2% 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
The first five years brought −5%; the six to 2023, +3%.
A median age of 41: Guingamp is younger than 72% 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
■ Guingamp 41. The median compared French town: 44.
Locally, 21% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 83 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Côtes-d'Armor 52.9%, France 51.8%.
64% of households are one person living alone, a share 99% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Where 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town, Guingamp has 11%. Set beside that, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
More empty homes than 95% of compared French towns: 15%
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
26% of households moved in less than two years ago; 11% have been in their home 30 years or more. On average, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, flats are common here: 63%, more than in 86% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of households in social housing is 12%; Guingamp has 25%.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €20,520 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.
Half of residents live in households above €20,520 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 95% of compared French towns. Below the poverty line: 29.0% of residents.
Guingamp sits above 74% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (18%)
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
The share of households headed by a retired person is 29%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. 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).
5.6% of residents in Guingamp are immigrants
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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 57% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Côtes-d'Armor has 2.7%. Put another way, about one in 18: 5.6% of residents are immigrants. Guingamp sits close to the norm on foreign nationals: 4.4%, about the same as 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.
Married residents make up 25% in Guingamp, less than in 99% 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
Single residents: 43%, above 99% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 74% of compared French towns: 23%
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
Against a figure of 19% in the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification in Guingamp comes in at 23%. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
12th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 7,013 to 7,206
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 Sathonay-Camp (35.7), the oldest Trégunc (56.6).
Every neighbor is older than Guingamp
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guingamp | 41 | 21% | 4% | 5.6% |
| Pabu 2,771 · 0.8 mi | 54 | 36% | 3.2% | 3.6% |
| Grâces 2,601 · 1.1 mi | 52.7 | 33% | 3.4% | 3.5% |
| Ploumagoar 5,414 · 1.8 mi | 45.5 | 24% | 2.5% | 1.7% |
| Châtelaudren-Plouagat 3,974 · 7.9 mi | 42.5 | 23% | 3.3% | 1.9% |
| Bégard 4,889 · 8.1 mi | 47.9 | 25% | 5.5% | 2.1% |
| Plélo 3,344 · 10.2 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 Guingamp
What is the population of Guingamp?
7,111 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (7,235).
How old are Guingamp’s residents?
The median age is 41, younger than 72% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Guingamp?
200, with occasional dwellings: 4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Guingamp?
INSEE counts 400 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.6% of residents, and 310 foreign nationals (4.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Guingamp?
€20,520 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 29.0% 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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