Fewer flats than 99% of compared French towns: 2.2%
The share of households headed by a manager or professional is 3.1%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Census figures put households without a car at 3.3% in Le Moustoir. More second homes than in 87% of compared French towns: 9.6%. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 656, in 310 households.
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 Le Moustoir
Fewer residents than in 2012
Le Moustoir had 690 residents at the 2012 census and 656 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 88% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower than most: −5% since 2012, behind 88% 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 −3%; 2017 to 2023, −2%.
Le Moustoir is older than 68% of compared French towns: a median age of 46.7
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Le Moustoir 46.7. The median compared French town: 44.
On residents aged 15 to 24, 11% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town. Residents aged 65 and over come to 22% in Le Moustoir, about two in ten.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Côtes-d'Armor 52.9%, France 51.8%.
Le Moustoir sits below 72% of compared French towns for couples with children (21%)
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
37% of households are one person living alone (typical compared French town: 35%). By way of comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Census figures put single-parent households at 8.2% in Le Moustoir.
Le Moustoir sits below 77% of compared French towns for households in social housing (6.8%)
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
12% of households arrived within the last two years, while 21% have stayed 30 years or more. Empty homes make up 6.6%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
€24,550 a year is the median standard of living here
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 €24,550 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 66% of compared French towns.
Le Moustoir: 40% of households are headed by a retired person, above 83% 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 18% of households are headed by a manual worker, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 14%. The benchmark for households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town: 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 78% of compared French towns: 3.5%
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: 2.3%, below 75% of compared French towns. The median compared commune in Côtes-d'Armor has 2.7%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 78% of compared French towns. For immigrants, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
23% of residents 15 and over are single, below 74% 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
Married residents account for 43%. By way of comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
15% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 74% 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
A quarter of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. The usual figure: nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 656 to 2,582 people: this is the 18th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Every neighbor is older than Le Moustoir
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Moustoir | 46.7 | 22% | 9.6% | 3.5% |
| Carhaix-Plouguer 7,412 · 3.1 mi | 52.2 | 32% | 3.9% | 6% |
| Rostrenen 3,282 · 8.9 mi | 54.6 | 34% | 8.3% | 6.8% |
| Gourin 3,960 · 10.2 mi | 55.3 | 33% | 7.6% | 4.3% |
| Châteauneuf-du-Faou 3,651 · 15.8 mi | 51.2 | 30% | 15% | 7.4% |
| Le Faouët 2,814 · 16.1 mi | 56.1 | 37% | 8.2% | 3.8% |
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 Le Moustoir
What is the population of Le Moustoir?
656 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (690).
How old are Le Moustoir’s residents?
The median age is 46.7, older than 68% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Le Moustoir?
35, with occasional dwellings: 9.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Le Moustoir?
INSEE counts 23 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.5% of residents, and 15 foreign nationals (2.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Le Moustoir?
€24,550 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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