Pléhédel ranks below 99% of compared French towns on households in social housing: 0.2%
With households headed by a retired person at 45%, Pléhédel is ahead of 93% of compared French towns on that count. Locally, 3.9% of households have no car. The median age here is 50.3, higher than in 84% of compared French towns. The town is home to 1,306 residents in 590 households, by the 2023 Census.
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 Pléhédel
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 130 second homes and occasional dwellings in Pléhédel, 16% of its 780 homes: higher than in 92% of compared French towns. 98% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Only 4% of homes are flats in Pléhédel
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
Newcomers of less than two years account for 7% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 23%. Few places have as many second homes: 16% here, more than in 92% of compared French towns. On top of that, by its share of empty homes (8.5%), Pléhédel is above 68% of compared French towns.
+2% since 2012, a pace below 63% 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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Côtes-d'Armor town +3%.
Pléhédel: 28% of residents are 65 or over, above 80% 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
■ Pléhédel 50.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 account for 11%. Across the comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
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%.
Pléhédel ranks below 73% of compared French towns on one-person households: 31%
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
The share of single-parent households trails 83% of compared French towns: 7.7%. The benchmark for one-person households in the typical compared French town: 35%. Across Pléhédel, 28% of households are couples with children.
A median standard of living of €25,550 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 €25,550 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 54% of compared French towns.
In Pléhédel, 6% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 76% 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
12% of households are headed by a manual worker (typical compared French town: 14%). Households headed by a manager or professional: 9.4% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Pléhédel ranks below 83% of compared French towns on immigrants: 2.8%
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.
In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Pléhédel has 1.4%. Against 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.
Pléhédel ranks below 96% of compared French towns on single residents: 19%
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
Compared with 43% in the typical compared French town, half of residents 15 and over are married here. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
13% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 83% 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
Against a figure of 30% in the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education in Pléhédel comes in at 27%. For comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 1,306 to 2,582 people, the 14th oldest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Pléhédel 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pléhédel | 50.3 | 28% | 16% | 2.8% |
| Plouézec 3,147 · 3.7 mi | 61.6 | 42% | 29% | 2.2% |
| Plouha 4,634 · 3.8 mi | 62 | 44% | 31% | 2.4% |
| Paimpol 7,341 · 5.8 mi | 61.5 | 44% | 17% | 2.9% |
| Ploubazlanec 2,932 · 7.6 mi | 62 | 43% | 40% | 2% |
| Saint-Quay-Portrieux 3,224 · 8.2 mi | 63.2 | 47% | 52% | 2.2% |
| Binic-Étables-sur-Mer 7,041 · 9.8 mi | 56.4 | 37% | 31% | 2.5% |
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 Pléhédel
What is the population of Pléhédel?
1,306 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (1,286).
How old are Pléhédel’s residents?
The median age is 50.3, older than 84% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pléhédel?
130, with occasional dwellings: 16% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pléhédel?
INSEE counts 37 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.8% of residents, and 18 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Pléhédel?
€25,550 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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