1.5% of households have no car, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
Where 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, Plorec-sur-Arguenon has 36%. Compared with other places, empty homes are scarce here: 3.2%, fewer than in 94% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 467 residents locally, living in 210 households. Single-parent households account for 7.3%.
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 Plorec-sur-Arguenon
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 93 second homes and occasional dwellings in Plorec-sur-Arguenon, 30% of its 310 homes: higher than in 95% 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 ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A town of second homes: 30% of its 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
Compared with 12% in the typical compared French town, 1.4% of households rent social housing (HLM) here. Across Plorec-sur-Arguenon, 4.1% of homes are flats. To put it in context, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Plorec-sur-Arguenon grew +16% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 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
The median Côtes-d'Armor town changed +3% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +3% and the next six +13%.
Plorec-sur-Arguenon sits below 96% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (7.2%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Plorec-sur-Arguenon 43.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 22% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over in Plorec-sur-Arguenon comes in at 29%. Half of the town’s residents are under 43.2, younger than in 56% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 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%.
30% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 75% 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
The average household has 2.3 people. Typically, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Couples with children make up 26%, against 25% in the typical compared French town.
€24,810 a year is the median standard of living here
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.
Half of Plorec-sur-Arguenon’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €24,810 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 63% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 2.3% in Plorec-sur-Arguenon, less than in 99% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%; Plorec-sur-Arguenon has 37%. Measured more widely, 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).
Immigrants make up 4.1% in Plorec-sur-Arguenon, less than in 72% 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.
Across Plorec-sur-Arguenon, 3.5% of residents are foreign nationals. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents make up 19% in Plorec-sur-Arguenon, less than in 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
The share of married residents tops 64% of compared French towns: 45%. Set beside that, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Plorec-sur-Arguenon sits below 64% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (26%)
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 stands at 19%. In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%.
Among 41 French towns of 467 to 2,582 people, the 12th youngest
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).
A younger town than 5 of the 6 around it: Plorec-sur-Arguenon
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plorec-sur-Arguenon | 43.2 | 29% | 30% | 4.1% |
| Val-d'Arguenon 2,844 · 3.6 mi | 49.3 | 26% | 10% | 1.4% |
| Jugon-les-Lacs 2,541 · 4.6 mi | 42 | 21% | 20% | 3.6% |
| Plancoët 3,104 · 4.8 mi | 53.3 | 33% | 6.8% | 2.3% |
| Plénée-Jugon 2,579 · 8.8 mi | 43.8 | 22% | 7.6% | 2.9% |
| Trélivan 2,865 · 9.5 mi | 47.5 | 24% | 2.5% | 2.5% |
| Quévert 3,955 · 10 mi | 51.9 | 31% | 3.2% | 2.7% |
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 Plorec-sur-Arguenon
What is the population of Plorec-sur-Arguenon?
467 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 16% more than in 2012 (402).
How old are Plorec-sur-Arguenon’s residents?
The median age is 43.2, younger than 56% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Plorec-sur-Arguenon?
93, with occasional dwellings: 30% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Plorec-sur-Arguenon?
INSEE counts 19 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.1% of residents, and 16 foreign nationals (3.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Plorec-sur-Arguenon?
€24,810 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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