Photo: W. Bulach · CC BY-SA 4.0Ploubazlanec is older than 99% of compared French towns: a median age of 62
In the typical compared French town, 30% of homes are flats; in Ploubazlanec, 2.8%. At the 2023 Census, 2,932 people lived locally, in 1,540 households. For Ploubazlanec, the census puts empty homes at 2.5%. Few places have as many households headed by a retired person: 53% here, more than in 98% 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 Ploubazlanec
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 1,060 second homes and occasional dwellings in Ploubazlanec, 40% of its 2,670 homes: higher than in 96% 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 Ploubazlanec’s residents are under 62 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 43% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Ploubazlanec had 3,125 residents at the 2012 census and 2,932 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 91% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
More second homes than 96% of compared French towns: 40%
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
The share of households without a car is 7.2%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. What’s more, nearly one in ten households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 65% of compared French towns. Second homes: 2.1% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 6% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 28%.
Ploubazlanec changed by −6% from 2012 to 2023, behind 91% 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 the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Côtes-d'Armor town +3%.
More residents aged 65 and over than 99% of compared French towns: 43%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Ploubazlanec 62. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (6.2%), Ploubazlanec is below 99% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 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.
Ploubazlanec sits below 92% of compared French towns for couples with children (14%)
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
39% of households are one person living alone (typical compared French town: 35%). In the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children is 25%. Here, 6.3% of households are single parents.
Half above, half below €27,550 a year in standard of living
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 Ploubazlanec’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €27,550 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 66% of compared French towns. Below the poverty threshold: 10.0% of the population.
Only 8% of households are headed by a manual worker in Ploubazlanec
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
With households headed by a manager or professional at 7.3%, Ploubazlanec is behind 65% of compared French towns on that count. The comparison figure for households headed by a manual worker is 14% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 2% of residents are immigrants in Ploubazlanec
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 median compared commune in Côtes-d'Armor has 2.7%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 91% of compared French towns. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Foreign nationals make up about one in 71 here (1.4%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Ploubazlanec ranks below 98% of compared French towns on single residents: 18%
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
By its share of married residents (51%), Ploubazlanec is above 95% of compared French towns. As a reference point, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification make up 14% in Ploubazlanec, less than in 80% 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
About one in three: that is how common graduates of higher education are in Ploubazlanec (30%). As a yardstick, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The oldest of 41 French towns of 2,906 to 2,960 people
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 32.5 in Avord to 62 in Ploubazlanec.
Around Ploubazlanec, 3 of 6 towns have a higher 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ploubazlanec | 62 | 43% | 40% | 2% |
| Paimpol 7,341 · 2 mi | 61.5 | 44% | 17% | 2.9% |
| Plouézec 3,147 · 4.8 mi | 61.6 | 42% | 29% | 2.2% |
| Plouha 4,634 · 9.9 mi | 62 | 44% | 31% | 2.4% |
| La Roche-Jaudy 2,629 · 10.4 mi | 49 | 26% | 13% | 3.4% |
| Penvénan 2,584 · 12 mi | 63.3 | 46% | 41% | 2.4% |
| Saint-Quay-Portrieux 3,224 · 13.8 mi | 63.2 | 47% | 52% | 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 Ploubazlanec
What is the population of Ploubazlanec?
2,932 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (3,125).
How old are Ploubazlanec’s residents?
The median age is 62, older than 99% of compared French towns. 12% are under 18 and 43% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Ploubazlanec?
1,060, with occasional dwellings: 40% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Ploubazlanec?
INSEE counts 60 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2% of residents, and 41 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Ploubazlanec?
€27,550 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 10.0% 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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