Older than 99% of compared French towns: half of Paimpol is over 61.5
54% of households are headed by a retired person (typical compared French town: 32%). Paimpol is home to 7,341 residents in 4,180 households, by the 2023 Census. For Paimpol, the census puts couples with children at 9.2%. At 9.8%, the share of empty homes is higher than in 78% 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.
What stands out about the people of Paimpol
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 980 second homes and occasional dwellings in Paimpol, 17% of its 5,720 homes: higher than in 92% of compared French towns. 74% 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 Paimpol’s residents are under 61.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 44% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 15% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Many people living alone
53% of Paimpol’s households are one person: higher than in 97% of compared French towns; 39% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
More second homes than 92% of compared French towns: 17%
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 the typical compared French town, 11% of households have no car; in Paimpol, 17%. Locally, just over a third of homes are flats. More households in social housing than in 51% of compared French towns: 12%. Against that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
A change of +1% since 2012 leaves Paimpol behind 67% 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 compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Côtes-d'Armor town +3%. The change was −2% from 2012 to 2017 and +2% from 2017 to 2023.
Paimpol sits above 99% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (44%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Paimpol 61.5. The median compared French town: 44.
8.5% of residents are 15 to 24 (typical compared French town: 11%). Measured more widely, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
56% women, 44% men
About 80 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.
53% of households are one person living alone, a share 97% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Households here average 1.7 people each. Compared with other places, single-parent households are scarce here: 7.9%, fewer than in just over four fifths of compared French towns. One-person households: 35% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €26,640 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.
At €26,640 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 57% of compared French towns. As for poverty, 15.0% of residents are below the line.
9% of households are headed by a manual worker, below 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
5.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
2.9% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 82% 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.
2.1% of residents are foreign nationals; in the typical compared French town the figure is 4.3%. Set beside that, 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.
Below 62% of compared French towns: 24% of residents 15 and over are single
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
The share of married residents stands at 42%. As a reference point, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Paimpol sits above 59% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (33%)
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
Where 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, Paimpol has 17%. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 2nd oldest 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.
The youngest is Gières (36), the oldest Perros-Guirec (62.4).
Older than Paimpol: 5 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paimpol | 61.5 | 44% | 17% | 2.9% |
| Ploubazlanec 2,932 · 2 mi | 62 | 43% | 40% | 2% |
| Plouézec 3,147 · 3.7 mi | 61.6 | 42% | 29% | 2.2% |
| Plouha 4,634 · 8.5 mi | 62 | 44% | 31% | 2.4% |
| La Roche-Jaudy 2,629 · 9.3 mi | 49 | 26% | 13% | 3.4% |
| Penvénan 2,584 · 11.9 mi | 63.3 | 46% | 41% | 2.4% |
| Saint-Quay-Portrieux 3,224 · 12.7 mi | 63.2 | 47% | 52% | 2.2% |
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 Paimpol
What is the population of Paimpol?
7,341 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (7,293).
How old are Paimpol’s residents?
The median age is 61.5, older than 99% of compared French towns. 12% are under 18 and 44% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Paimpol?
980, with occasional dwellings: 17% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Paimpol?
INSEE counts 220 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.9% of residents, and 150 foreign nationals (2.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Paimpol?
€26,640 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 15.0% 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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