Older than 92% of compared French towns: half of Ploëzal is over 53.9
In Ploëzal, 17% of households are couples with children, beside 25% in the typical compared French town. 2.6% of homes are flats, a lower share than in 99% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 1,229, in 600 households. Households headed by a retired person come to 50% locally, about five in ten.
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 Ploëzal
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 110 second homes and occasional dwellings in Ploëzal, 14% of its 770 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 100% 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 Ploëzal’s residents are under 53.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 31% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A higher share of second homes than 90% of compared French towns, at 14%
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 that moved in under two years ago: 6.7%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 24%. Compared with other places, households without a car are scarce here: 4.8%, fewer than in 89% of compared French towns. The share of second homes in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. 4.7% of households rent social housing (HLM), against 12% in the typical compared French town.
Since 2012, Ploëzal has changed by −3%, slower than 81% 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
The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Côtes-d'Armor town +3%. The change was −1% from 2012 to 2017 and −2% from 2017 to 2023.
Ploëzal sits below 95% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (7.4%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Ploëzal 53.9. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 31%, against 22% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Côtes-d'Armor 52.9%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of single-parent households than 85% of compared French towns, at 7.5%
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 one-person households tops 63% of compared French towns: 38%. Single-parent households make up 10% in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 2 people on average.
Standard of living at the median: €23,420 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 €23,420 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 78% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a manual worker than 71% of compared French towns: 11%
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
9.2% of households are headed by a manager or professional, or about one in 11. Against that, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
2.7% of residents are immigrants, below 85% 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.
Here 2.4% of residents are foreign nationals, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. 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.
More married residents than 89% of compared French towns: 49%
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
Just over a fifth of residents 15 and over are single, against 25% in the typical compared French town. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
In Ploëzal, 23% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 77% 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
The share of adults with no qualification trails nearly two thirds of compared French towns: 16%. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
7th highest median age among 41 French towns of 1,229 to 2,582
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 Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Median age: 4 of the 6 towns around Ploëzal are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ploëzal | 53.9 | 31% | 14% | 2.7% |
| La Roche-Jaudy 2,629 · 2.9 mi | 49 | 26% | 13% | 3.4% |
| Paimpol 7,341 · 7.7 mi | 61.5 | 44% | 17% | 2.9% |
| Bégard 4,889 · 7.8 mi | 47.9 | 25% | 5.5% | 2.1% |
| Penvénan 2,584 · 8.9 mi | 63.3 | 46% | 41% | 2.4% |
| Ploubazlanec 2,932 · 9.2 mi | 62 | 43% | 40% | 2% |
| Plouézec 3,147 · 9.8 mi | 61.6 | 42% | 29% | 2.2% |
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 Ploëzal
What is the population of Ploëzal?
1,229 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (1,265).
How old are Ploëzal’s residents?
The median age is 53.9, older than 92% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Ploëzal?
110, with occasional dwellings: 14% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Ploëzal?
INSEE counts 33 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.7% of residents, and 29 foreign nationals (2.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Ploëzal?
€23,420 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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