Households without a car: 2.8%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
Compared with 14% in the typical compared French town, 24% of households are headed by a manual worker here. Noyal had 985 residents in 420 households at the 2023 Census. One-person households: a quarter of the total. Few places have so few flats: 6.8% here, fewer than in 93% 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.
+16% since 2012, a pace 84% of compared French towns didn’t match
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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Côtes-d'Armor town +3%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was +7%; from 2017 to 2023, +8%.
Noyal is older than 53% of compared French towns: a median age of 44.6
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Noyal 44.6. The median compared French town: 44.
For Noyal, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 11%. Lower than in 55% of compared French towns: 21% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Côtes-d'Armor 52.9%, France 51.8%.
Above 76% of compared French towns: 30% of households are couples with children
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
A household here holds 2.4 people on average. On single-parent households, Noyal sits higher than 59% of compared French towns: 11%. Across the comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Noyal ranks below 82% of compared French towns on households in social housing: 5.9%
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
In Noyal, 4.6% of homes stand empty, beside 6.7% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Of all households, 7.8% moved in during the last two years and 29% have stayed three decades or more. Higher than in 58% of compared French towns: 2.7% of homes are second homes.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €26,740 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 Noyal’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €26,740 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 59% of compared French towns.
Below 86% of compared French towns: 5% of households are headed by a manager or professional
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
Households headed by a retired person: 36%, above 71% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Noyal ranks below 73% of compared French towns on immigrants: 4%
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.
Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 3.2% of residents are foreign nationals here. Immigrants make up 6.5% 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.
Noyal ranks above 93% of compared French towns on married residents: 51%
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: 20%, below 90% of compared French towns. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
Noyal ranks below 93% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 11%
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
Graduates of higher education account for 30%. Set beside that, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 17th youngest of 41 French towns this size
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.
2 of 6 neighbors are older than Noyal
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noyal | 44.6 | 21% | 2.7% | 4% |
| Lamballe-Armor 17,241 · 3 mi | 47.1 | 25% | 6.7% | 5.4% |
| Plénée-Jugon 2,579 · 6.7 mi | 43.8 | 22% | 7.6% | 2.9% |
| Jugon-les-Lacs 2,541 · 7.6 mi | 42 | 21% | 20% | 3.6% |
| Quessoy 3,969 · 8.3 mi | 42.3 | 22% | 3.3% | 1.5% |
| Hillion 4,335 · 8.8 mi | 49 | 27% | 6.1% | 1.8% |
| Yffiniac 5,074 · 9.3 mi | 44 | 21% | 2.4% | 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 Noyal
What is the population of Noyal?
985 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 16% more than in 2012 (848).
How old are Noyal’s residents?
The median age is 44.6, older than 53% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Noyal?
12, with occasional dwellings: 2.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Noyal?
INSEE counts 39 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4% of residents, and 32 foreign nationals (3.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Noyal?
€26,740 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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