Photo: Ash_Crow · CC BY 2.5A median age of 59.2: Pleumeur-Bodou is older than 98% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, 30% of homes are flats; in Pleumeur-Bodou, 6%. The census found that 16% of households are couples with children locally. 4.7% of households have no car, fewer than in 90% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 3,848, in 1,980 households.
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 Pleumeur-Bodou
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 1,090 second homes and occasional dwellings in Pleumeur-Bodou, 34% of its 3,190 homes: higher than in 95% 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 Pleumeur-Bodou’s residents are under 59.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 39% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Pleumeur-Bodou, 34% of homes are second homes, more than in 95% 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
5.5% of households moved in less than two years ago; 26% have been in their home 30 years or more. By way of comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, households in social housing are scarce here: 6.8%, fewer than in 78% of compared French towns. In Pleumeur-Bodou, 3.8% of homes stand empty, beside 6.7% in the typical compared French town.
Pleumeur-Bodou changed by −4% from 2012 to 2023, behind 84% 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 those years, the median Côtes-d'Armor town changed +3% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −2%, then −2% to 2023.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 97% of compared French towns, at 39%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Pleumeur-Bodou 59.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Pleumeur-Bodou comes in at 6.2%. On average, 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%.
Only 7.3% of households are single parents in Pleumeur-Bodou
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
37% of households are one person living alone, against 35% in the typical compared French town. There are 1.9 people in the average household. Elsewhere, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
The median resident lives on €28,730 a year per consumption unit
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 €28,730 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 77% of compared French towns. Below the poverty line: 9.0% of residents.
48% of households are headed by a retired person, a share 96% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 manual worker is 9.3% in Pleumeur-Bodou and 14% in the typical compared French town. For households headed by a retired person, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 32%. Census figures put households headed by a manager or professional at 11% locally.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
2.4% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 87% 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.
By its share of foreign nationals (1.6%), Pleumeur-Bodou is below 85% of compared French towns. 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.
A smaller share of single residents than 97% of compared French towns: 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
The share of married residents is 52%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification make up 10% in Pleumeur-Bodou, less than in 95% 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
Where 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, Pleumeur-Bodou has 40%. The comparison figure for adults with no qualification is 19% in the typical compared French town.
3rd highest median age among 41 French towns of 3,825 to 3,872
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Pringy (36.3), the youngest, and Saint-Palais-sur-Mer (68.1), the oldest.
Pleumeur-Bodou sits below 3 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pleumeur-Bodou | 59.2 | 39% | 34% | 2.4% |
| Trébeurden 3,821 · 2.2 mi | 59.5 | 40% | 40% | 2.7% |
| Trégastel 2,524 · 2.2 mi | 62.6 | 45% | 52% | 2.8% |
| Perros-Guirec 7,336 · 3.5 mi | 62.4 | 45% | 41% | 2.7% |
| Lannion 20,315 · 4.6 mi | 46.2 | 26% | 6.2% | 5.9% |
| Louannec 3,019 · 5.2 mi | 57.5 | 39% | 15% | 2% |
| Ploubezre 3,780 · 7.1 mi | 43.7 | 23% | 6.8% | 2.6% |
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 Pleumeur-Bodou
What is the population of Pleumeur-Bodou?
3,848 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (4,005).
How old are Pleumeur-Bodou’s residents?
The median age is 59.2, older than 98% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 39% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pleumeur-Bodou?
1,090, with occasional dwellings: 34% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pleumeur-Bodou?
INSEE counts 94 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.4% of residents, and 61 foreign nationals (1.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Pleumeur-Bodou?
€28,730 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 9.0% 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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