Flats: 3.1%, a lower share than 98% of compared French towns
Households in social housing make up 4%, against 12% in the typical compared French town. On households without a car, Plélan-le-Petit sits lower than 92% of compared French towns: 4.4%. The town counted 1,992 residents and 840 households at the 2023 Census. Across Plélan-le-Petit, 28% of households are one person living alone.
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.
A +10% change since 2012: Plélan-le-Petit grew faster than 71% 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
In two steps, +6% to 2017 and +4% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +3% in Côtes-d'Armor.
Plélan-le-Petit sits above 79% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (28%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Plélan-le-Petit 47.1. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 8.7% in Plélan-le-Petit and 11% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. The median age here is 47.1, higher than in 70% of compared French towns.
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%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
A larger share of couples with children than 74% of compared French towns: 30%
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 2.3 people on average. By way of comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Plélan-le-Petit sits close to the norm on single-parent households: 9.6%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
Plélan-le-Petit: 6.5% of homes are second homes, above 82% of compared French towns
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
Empty homes: 9%, above 73% of compared French towns. In the last two years, one in ten households moved in; at the other end, 19% have stayed 30 years or more. The benchmark for second homes in the typical compared French town: 2.1%.
Median living standard: €25,770 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 €25,770 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 52% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 22% in Plélan-le-Petit, more than in 88% 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
The figure for households headed by a manager or professional is 7.4% in Plélan-le-Petit and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in three: 34% 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).
Plélan-le-Petit sits below 86% of compared French towns for immigrants (2.5%)
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 Plélan-le-Petit, 1.3% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for immigrants is 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.
20% of residents 15 and over are single, below 89% 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
With married residents at 47%, Plélan-le-Petit is ahead of 79% of compared French towns on that count. To put it in context, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Plélan-le-Petit sits below 73% of compared French towns for 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
In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in Plélan-le-Petit, 28%. For adults with no qualification, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 19%.
The 15th oldest of 41 French towns of 1,992 to 2,582 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Nearby, 5 of 6 towns have older populations than Plélan-le-Petit
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plélan-le-Petit | 47.1 | 28% | 6.5% | 2.5% |
| Jugon-les-Lacs 2,541 · 5.4 mi | 42 | 21% | 20% | 3.6% |
| Trélivan 2,865 · 5.5 mi | 47.5 | 24% | 2.5% | 2.5% |
| Plancoët 3,104 · 6.2 mi | 53.3 | 33% | 6.8% | 2.3% |
| Quévert 3,955 · 6.5 mi | 51.9 | 31% | 3.2% | 2.7% |
| Val-d'Arguenon 2,844 · 6.8 mi | 49.3 | 26% | 10% | 1.4% |
| Dinan 14,764 · 7.8 mi | 52.9 | 32% | 7.4% | 4.7% |
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 Plélan-le-Petit
What is the population of Plélan-le-Petit?
1,992 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (1,805).
How old are Plélan-le-Petit’s residents?
The median age is 47.1, older than 70% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Plélan-le-Petit?
65, with occasional dwellings: 6.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Plélan-le-Petit?
INSEE counts 50 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.5% of residents, and 26 foreign nationals (1.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Plélan-le-Petit?
€25,770 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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