Photo: Loïc Frémont · CC BY-SA 3.0Half of Pabu is over 54, older than 93% of compared French towns
In Pabu, 3% of households rent social housing (HLM), beside 12% in the typical compared French town. Census figures put flats at 4.1% in the town. Fewer households without a car than in 88% of compared French towns: 5%. At the 2023 Census, 2,771 people lived in the town, in 1,200 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 Pabu
An older town
Half of Pabu’s residents are under 54 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 36% 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.
Slower than most: −1% since 2012, behind 74% 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
Residents aged 65 and over: 36%, a higher share than 95% 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
■ Pabu 54. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in Pabu. Elsewhere, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 86 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.
Below 70% of compared French towns: 21% 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
On average, 2.1 people share a household. In the typical compared French town, 25% of households are couples with children. 37% of households are one person living alone, more than in 59% of compared French towns. Single-parent households are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 10%.
9.3% of homes stand empty, a share 75% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Without a car: one household in 20, against 11% in the median compared French town. Measured more widely, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. 3.2% of homes are second homes.
A median standard of living of €26,390 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.
The median standard of living in Pabu is €26,390 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 55% of compared French towns. Living below the poverty line: 11.0% of residents.
Pabu sits above 94% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (46%)
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 manual worker is 11%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. For Pabu, the census puts households headed by a manager or professional at 9.3%. In the typical compared French town, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Pabu, 3.6% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 76% 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.
In Pabu, 2.1% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
Only 24% of residents 15 and over are single in Pabu
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
Across Pabu, 42% of residents 15 and over are married. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
31% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, a share 55% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
18% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 54% of compared French towns. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
The 7th oldest of 41 French towns of 2,746 to 2,798 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.
The youngest is Trieux (37.7), the oldest Collioure (60.8).
Pabu is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pabu | 54 | 36% | 3.2% | 3.6% |
| Guingamp 7,111 · 0.8 mi | 41 | 21% | 4% | 5.6% |
| Grâces 2,601 · 1.8 mi | 52.7 | 33% | 3.4% | 3.5% |
| Ploumagoar 5,414 · 2.3 mi | 45.5 | 24% | 2.5% | 1.7% |
| Châtelaudren-Plouagat 3,974 · 7.8 mi | 42.5 | 23% | 3.3% | 1.9% |
| Bégard 4,889 · 8 mi | 47.9 | 25% | 5.5% | 2.1% |
| Plélo 3,344 · 9.9 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 Pabu
What is the population of Pabu?
2,771 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% fewer than in 2012 (2,799).
How old are Pabu’s residents?
The median age is 54, older than 93% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 36% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pabu?
44, with occasional dwellings: 3.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pabu?
INSEE counts 100 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.6% of residents, and 57 foreign nationals (2.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Pabu?
€26,390 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 11.0% 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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