Half of Lézardrieux is over 58.8, older than 98% of compared French towns
The figure for couples with children is 15% in Lézardrieux and 25% in the typical compared French town. 5.3% of households rent social housing (HLM), a lower share than in 85% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 1,623 people lived here, in 830 households. Census figures put households headed by a retired person at 52% 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 Lézardrieux
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 320 second homes and occasional dwellings in Lézardrieux, 25% of its 1,250 homes: higher than in 94% 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 Lézardrieux’s residents are under 58.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 40% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 14% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
More second homes than 94% of compared French towns: 25%
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
6.4% of homes are flats; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. Compared with other places, households without a car are scarce here: 8.6%, fewer than in 62% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. For Lézardrieux, the census puts empty homes at 7.6%.
Lézardrieux changed by +1% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 65% 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 median Côtes-d'Armor town changed +3% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −8% and the next six +10%.
Lézardrieux ranks above 98% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 40%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Lézardrieux 58.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Here 7.1% of residents are 15 to 24, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. Set beside that, 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.
Single-parent households make up 5.9% in Lézardrieux, less than in 96% 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
On average, 1.9 people share a household. To put it in context, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Higher than in nearly three quarters of compared French towns: 41% of households are one person living alone.
€25,380 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.
Half of Lézardrieux’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €25,380 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 56% of compared French towns.
9.1% of households are headed by a manual worker, fewer than in 82% 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
By its share of households headed by a manager or professional (5.9%), Lézardrieux is below 77% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Lézardrieux, 2% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 91% 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.
By its share of foreign nationals (1.4%), Lézardrieux is below 88% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Côtes-d'Armor has 2.7%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 91% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
More married residents than 88% of compared French towns: 49%
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
21% of residents 15 and over are single, against 25% in the typical compared French town. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 73% of compared French towns, at 15%
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, 31% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. Against that, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 1,623 to 2,582 people: this is the 4th 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.
Nearby, 5 of 6 towns have older populations than Lézardrieux
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lézardrieux | 58.8 | 40% | 25% | 2% |
| Paimpol 7,341 · 3 mi | 61.5 | 44% | 17% | 2.9% |
| Ploubazlanec 2,932 · 3.4 mi | 62 | 43% | 40% | 2% |
| Plouézec 3,147 · 6.6 mi | 61.6 | 42% | 29% | 2.2% |
| La Roche-Jaudy 2,629 · 7 mi | 49 | 26% | 13% | 3.4% |
| Penvénan 2,584 · 8.9 mi | 63.3 | 46% | 41% | 2.4% |
| Plouha 4,634 · 11.2 mi | 62 | 44% | 31% | 2.4% |
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 Lézardrieux
What is the population of Lézardrieux?
1,623 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% more than in 2012 (1,603).
How old are Lézardrieux’s residents?
The median age is 58.8, older than 98% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 40% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lézardrieux?
320, with occasional dwellings: 25% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lézardrieux?
INSEE counts 33 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2% of residents, and 23 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lézardrieux?
€25,380 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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