3.3% of homes are flats, below 98% of compared French towns
Half of Pleumeur-Gautier’s residents are over 49, older than in nearly four fifths of compared French towns. The town is home to 1,188 residents in 560 households, by the 2023 Census. Households headed by a retired person account for 40%. By its share of couples with children (21%), Pleumeur-Gautier is below 71% 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.
What stands out about the people of Pleumeur-Gautier
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 150 second homes and occasional dwellings in Pleumeur-Gautier, 20% of its 770 homes: higher than in 93% 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.
More second homes than 93% of compared French towns: 20%
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
Households in social housing: 2.1%, below 97% of compared French towns. Across Pleumeur-Gautier, 7.5% of households have no car. At 7.9%, the share of empty homes is higher than in 63% of compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 78% of compared French towns grew faster than Pleumeur-Gautier: −2%
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%. The first five years brought ±0%; the six to 2023, −2%.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 84% of compared French towns, at 8.8%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Pleumeur-Gautier 49. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over a quarter of residents are 65 or over, against 22% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 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%.
Pleumeur-Gautier: 12% of households are single parents, above 72% 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 the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%; Pleumeur-Gautier has 38%. Set beside that, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2.1 people.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €23,100 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 €23,100 a year: lower than in 81% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a manager or professional than 82% of compared French towns: 5.4%
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
Where 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, Pleumeur-Gautier has 19%. 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).
Pleumeur-Gautier sits below 94% of compared French towns for 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 figure for foreign nationals is 1.1% in Pleumeur-Gautier and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. On average, 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.
Pleumeur-Gautier ranks above 76% of compared French towns on married residents: 47%
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
Single residents: 23% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 85% of compared French towns, at 20%
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
With adults with no qualification at 17%, Pleumeur-Gautier is behind just over three fifths of compared French towns on that count. In the typical compared French town, graduates of higher education come to 30%.
Of 41 French towns its size (1,188 to 2,582 people), the 15th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Pleumeur-Gautier 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pleumeur-Gautier | 49 | 26% | 20% | 1.8% |
| Paimpol 7,341 · 5.2 mi | 61.5 | 44% | 17% | 2.9% |
| Ploubazlanec 2,932 · 5.4 mi | 62 | 43% | 40% | 2% |
| La Roche-Jaudy 2,629 · 5.8 mi | 49 | 26% | 13% | 3.4% |
| Penvénan 2,584 · 6.7 mi | 63.3 | 46% | 41% | 2.4% |
| Plouézec 3,147 · 8.8 mi | 61.6 | 42% | 29% | 2.2% |
| Louannec 3,019 · 11.8 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 Pleumeur-Gautier
What is the population of Pleumeur-Gautier?
1,188 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (1,212).
How old are Pleumeur-Gautier’s residents?
The median age is 49, older than 79% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pleumeur-Gautier?
150, with occasional dwellings: 20% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pleumeur-Gautier?
INSEE counts 21 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.8% of residents, and 13 foreign nationals (1.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Pleumeur-Gautier?
€23,100 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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