A median age of 62.5: Pleubian is older than 99% of compared French towns
1.4% of homes stand empty; in the typical compared French town the figure is 6.7%. Census day 2023: 2,365 residents and 1,250 households in Pleubian. Households headed by a retired person account for 60%. This Côtes-d'Armor town has fewer single-parent households than 98% of compared French towns, at 5.2%.
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 Pleubian
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 910 second homes and occasional dwellings in Pleubian, 42% of its 2,200 homes: higher than in 96% 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 ↓
An older town
Half of Pleubian’s residents are under 62.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 44% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 12% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Above 96% of compared French towns: 42% of homes are second homes
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
The share of households in social housing is 4.6%, against 12% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Across Pleubian, 3.5% of homes are flats. Just over one in ten households have no car, more than in 51% of compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 83% of compared French towns grew faster than Pleubian: −4%
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 years 2012 to 2017 brought −5%; 2017 to 2023, +2%.
Residents aged 65 and over: 44%, a higher share than 99% 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
■ Pleubian 62.5. The median compared French town: 44.
6% of residents are 15 to 24; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%. Against that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 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.
Couples with children make up 12% in Pleubian, less than in 97% 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
Households here average 1.8 people each. Measured more widely, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. 42% of households are one person living alone, more than in 78% of compared French towns.
Median standard of living: €25,640 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €25,640 a year: lower than in 53% of compared French towns. Below the poverty line: 12.0% of residents.
Pleubian sits below 95% of compared French towns for households headed by a manager or professional (3.6%)
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
Households headed by a manual worker: 11% here and 14% in the typical compared French town. Typically, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 95% of compared French towns: 1.6%
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.
1.1% 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.
19% of residents 15 and over are single, below 95% 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
Set against 43% in the typical compared French town, 49% of residents 15 and over are married in Pleubian. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
24% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 72% 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
Here 21% of adults out of school have no qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 19%. Typically, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The oldest of 41 French towns of 2,365 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Pleubian the oldest (62.5).
Older than Pleubian: 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pleubian | 62.5 | 44% | 42% | 1.6% |
| Ploubazlanec 2,932 · 5 mi | 62 | 43% | 40% | 2% |
| Paimpol 7,341 · 6.1 mi | 61.5 | 44% | 17% | 2.9% |
| Penvénan 2,584 · 8.2 mi | 63.3 | 46% | 41% | 2.4% |
| La Roche-Jaudy 2,629 · 9.3 mi | 49 | 26% | 13% | 3.4% |
| Plouézec 3,147 · 9.6 mi | 61.6 | 42% | 29% | 2.2% |
| Louannec 3,019 · 13.8 mi | 57.5 | 39% | 15% | 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 Pleubian
What is the population of Pleubian?
2,365 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (2,453).
How old are Pleubian’s residents?
The median age is 62.5, older than 99% of compared French towns. 11% are under 18 and 44% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pleubian?
910, with occasional dwellings: 42% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pleubian?
INSEE counts 38 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.6% of residents, and 25 foreign nationals (1.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Pleubian?
€25,640 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 12.0% 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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