A larger share of households headed by a manual worker than 97% of compared French towns: 25%
27% of residents are 65 or over, against 22% in the typical compared French town. Locally, 11% of homes stand empty. More one-person households than in three quarters of compared French towns: 42%. At the 2023 Census Loudéac was home to 9,987 people in 4,680 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.
A change of +3% since 2012 leaves Loudéac behind 56% 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 change was −1% from 2012 to 2017 and +4% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Côtes-d'Armor town +3%.
Older than 69% of compared French towns: half of Loudéac is over 47
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Loudéac 47. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 11%; Loudéac has 12%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Côtes-d'Armor 52.9%, France 51.8%.
19% of households are couples with children, below 77% 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
9% of households are single parents, against 10% in the typical compared French town. The share of couples with children in the typical compared French town is 25%. A household here holds 2 people on average.
15% of households have no car, more than in 70% of compared French towns
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
Households that moved in under two years ago: 14%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 22%. More flats than in 55% of compared French towns: 33%. The comparison figure for households without a car is 11% in the typical compared French town. On second homes, 2.5% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town.
A median standard of living of €24,380 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 €24,380 a year: lower than in 67% of compared French towns. Living below the poverty line: 14.0% of residents.
5.3% of households are headed by a manager or professional, below 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
35% of households are headed by a retired person (typical compared French town: 32%). For comparison, 9.4% of 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).
In Loudéac, 9.4% of residents are foreign nationals, more than in 80% 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.
The median compared commune in Côtes-d'Armor has 2.7%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 72% of compared French towns. Foreign nationals make up 4.3% in the typical compared French town. 10% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
More single residents than 70% of compared French towns: 28%
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
Here just over two in five residents 15 and over are married, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 43%. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Graduates of higher education make up 23% in Loudéac, less than in 76% 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
24% of adults out of school have no qualification, against 19% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, graduates of higher education come to 30%.
The 10th oldest of 41 French towns of 9,839 to 10,160 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.
Ages run from 35.2 in Pierrelaye to 54.6 in Saint-Laurent-de-la-Salanque.
Of the 6 towns nearest Loudéac, 2 are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loudéac | 47 | 27% | 2.5% | 10% |
| Plémet 3,764 · 7.3 mi | 45.8 | 25% | 8.3% | 4.2% |
| Noyal-Pontivy 3,606 · 9.9 mi | 48.5 | 25% | 2.9% | 3.2% |
| Guerlédan 2,532 · 10.3 mi | 51.5 | 30% | 9.4% | 6.6% |
| Plœuc-L'Hermitage 4,103 · 11.5 mi | 46.3 | 25% | 5% | 3.3% |
| Pontivy 14,640 · 12.4 mi | 43 | 24% | 4% | 9.6% |
| Le Mené 6,556 · 12.8 mi | 46.1 | 25% | 13% | 13% |
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 Loudéac
What is the population of Loudéac?
9,987 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (9,661).
How old are Loudéac’s residents?
The median age is 47, older than 69% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Loudéac?
140, with occasional dwellings: 2.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Loudéac?
INSEE counts 1,020 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 10% of residents, and 940 foreign nationals (9.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Loudéac?
€24,380 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 14.0% 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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