Photo: Thérèse Gaigé · CC BY-SA 4.0A smaller share of households in social housing than 94% of compared French towns: 2.9%
6.4% of homes are flats (typical compared French town: 30%). Plaintel is home to 4,602 residents in 1,920 households, by the 2023 Census. On the census count, 5.2% of households have no car. Compared with other places, one-person households are scarce here: 29%, fewer than in 82% 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.
+9% since 2012, a pace 68% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Côtes-d'Armor town +3%.
Plaintel is younger than 67% of compared French towns: a median age of 41.8
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Plaintel 41.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 21%, against 22% in the typical compared French town. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 11%.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Côtes-d'Armor 52.9%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children make up 32% in Plaintel, more than in 83% 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
In Plaintel, 8.3% of households are single parents, beside 10% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Households average 2.4 people.
93% of homes are houses
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
One household in 19 has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town. Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 9.5% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 24%. At 2.6%, the share of second homes is higher than in 58% of compared French towns.
Standard of living at the median: €26,340 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.
Living standards centre on €26,340 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 54% of compared French towns. Under the poverty line sit 6.0% of residents.
A larger share of households headed by a manual worker than 88% of compared French towns: 21%
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
In Plaintel, 6.2% of households are headed by a manager or professional, beside 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. For Plaintel, the census puts households headed by a retired person at 34%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Plaintel ranks below 94% of compared French towns on immigrants: 1.8%
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 lower than in 94% of compared French towns. For Plaintel, the census puts foreign nationals at 1.3%. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Plaintel, 22% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 77% of compared French towns
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
In the typical compared French town, 43% of residents 15 and over are married; in Plaintel, 45%. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Plaintel ranks below 74% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 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
Across Plaintel, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. Adults with no qualification make up 19% in the typical compared French town.
10th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 4,562 to 4,641
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 Biache-Saint-Vaast (38.5), the oldest Leucate (63).
Plaintel is younger 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plaintel | 41.8 | 21% | 2.6% | 1.8% |
| Plédran 6,933 · 4.1 mi | 42.9 | 21% | 2.3% | 2.2% |
| Quintin 2,739 · 4.3 mi | 50.4 | 32% | 2.6% | 3.5% |
| Plœuc-L'Hermitage 4,103 · 5.2 mi | 46.3 | 25% | 5% | 3.3% |
| Ploufragan 11,507 · 5.7 mi | 47.3 | 25% | 1.8% | 6.2% |
| Trégueux 8,450 · 6.1 mi | 48.6 | 29% | 1.2% | 4.1% |
| Quessoy 3,969 · 7.2 mi | 42.3 | 22% | 3.3% | 1.5% |
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 Plaintel
What is the population of Plaintel?
4,602 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (4,206).
How old are Plaintel’s residents?
The median age is 41.8, younger than 67% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Plaintel?
56, with occasional dwellings: 2.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Plaintel?
INSEE counts 81 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.8% of residents, and 62 foreign nationals (1.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Plaintel?
€26,340 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 6.0% 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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