A median age of 52.5: Plouaret is older than 90% of compared French towns
5.2% of households rent social housing (HLM) (typical compared French town: 12%). Households headed by a retired person make up about one in two here (47%). Lower than in 89% of compared French towns: 8.6% of homes are flats. Plouaret had 2,237 residents in 1,070 households at the 2023 census.
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 Plouaret
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 150 second homes and occasional dwellings in Plouaret, 11% of its 1,370 homes: higher than in 89% of compared French towns. 96% 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 Plouaret’s residents are under 52.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 32% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Plouaret sits above 89% of compared French towns for second homes (11%)
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
In the last two years, 8.9% of households moved in; at the other end, 21% have stayed 30 years or more. The wider picture: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Higher than in 84% of compared French towns: 11% of homes stand empty.
Slower growth than 59% of compared French towns: Plouaret changed by +3% since 2012
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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +3% for the median Côtes-d'Armor town, the change came in two steps: −2% from 2012 to 2017, then +5% to 2023.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 89% of compared French towns, at 32%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Plouaret 52.5. 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 Plouaret comes in at 8.1%. In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 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.
Plouaret sits below 84% of compared French towns for single-parent households (7.6%)
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
With one-person households at 39%, Plouaret is ahead of 65% of compared French towns on that count. On the census count, just over a fifth of households are couples with children. Set beside that, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
Standard of living at the median: €24,670 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €24,670 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 64% of compared French towns. 14.0% of the population lives below the poverty line.
Only 2.8% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Plouaret
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
About one in seven: that is how common households headed by a manual worker are in Plouaret (15%). In the typical compared French town, households headed by a manager or professional come to 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 90% of compared French towns: 2.1%
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.
Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 1.7% of residents are foreign nationals here. The median compared commune in Côtes-d'Armor has 2.7%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 90% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 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.
A lower share of single residents than 86% of compared French towns, at 21%
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
Married residents: 47%, above 78% of compared French towns. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
21% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 82% 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
Against a figure of 19% in the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification in Plouaret comes in at 24%. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 2,237 to 2,582 people: this is the 8th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Plouaret sits below 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plouaret | 52.5 | 32% | 11% | 2.1% |
| Ploubezre 3,780 · 6.1 mi | 43.7 | 23% | 6.8% | 2.6% |
| Plestin-les-Grèves 3,639 · 7.5 mi | 61.5 | 43% | 29% | 2.4% |
| Bégard 4,889 · 8.2 mi | 47.9 | 25% | 5.5% | 2.1% |
| Lannion 20,315 · 8.5 mi | 46.2 | 26% | 6.2% | 5.9% |
| Trébeurden 3,821 · 11.4 mi | 59.5 | 40% | 40% | 2.7% |
| Plouigneau 5,014 · 11.5 mi | 47.3 | 25% | 5.6% | 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 Plouaret
What is the population of Plouaret?
2,237 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (2,179).
How old are Plouaret’s residents?
The median age is 52.5, older than 90% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 32% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Plouaret?
150, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Plouaret?
INSEE counts 48 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.1% of residents, and 38 foreign nationals (1.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Plouaret?
€24,670 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 14.0% 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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