Photo: J.C EVEN · CC BY-SA 4.0Below 94% of compared French towns: 5.9% of homes are flats
The share of households without a car is 4.9%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Census day 2023: 3,780 residents and 1,700 households in Ploubezre. Here, 5.2% of households rent social housing (HLM). Compared with other places, residents aged 15 to 24 are scarce here: 9.2%, fewer than in 79% 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.
Since 2012, Ploubezre has changed by +4%, slower than 53% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved −1%, and from 2017 to 2023 +5%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Côtes-d'Armor town +3%.
Ploubezre is younger than 52% of compared French towns: a median age of 43.7
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Ploubezre 43.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 23% of the total.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Côtes-d'Armor 52.9%, France 51.8%.
33% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 58% 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
There are 2.2 people in the average household. In the typical compared French town, one-person households come to 35%. At 9.5%, the share of single-parent households is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town.
6.8% of homes are second homes, more than in 83% of compared French towns
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
11% of households moved in less than two years ago; 21% have been in their home 30 years or more. As a reference point, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. On empty homes, Ploubezre sits higher than 70% of compared French towns: 8.6%.
A median of €26,510 a year per consumption unit
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 residents live in households above €26,510 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 56% of compared French towns. Poverty touches 10.0% of residents.
A larger share of households headed by a retired person than 71% of compared French towns: 36%
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
The figure for households headed by a manager or professional is 13% in Ploubezre and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manual worker make up about one in seven here (14%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 86% of compared French towns: 2.6%
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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Ploubezre comes in at 1.5%. The share of immigrants in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
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 21% in Ploubezre, less than in 86% 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
Where 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, Ploubezre has 48%. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
15% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 70% 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 30% in the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education in Ploubezre comes in at 32%. To put it in context, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 15th youngest of 41 French towns of 3,743 to 3,817 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.
The youngest is Chauconin-Neufmontiers (34.4), the oldest Soorts-Hossegor (62.6).
Ploubezre 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ploubezre | 43.7 | 23% | 6.8% | 2.6% |
| Lannion 20,315 · 2.6 mi | 46.2 | 26% | 6.2% | 5.9% |
| Louannec 3,019 · 6.4 mi | 57.5 | 39% | 15% | 2% |
| Trébeurden 3,821 · 7 mi | 59.5 | 40% | 40% | 2.7% |
| Pleumeur-Bodou 3,848 · 7.1 mi | 59.2 | 39% | 34% | 2.4% |
| Perros-Guirec 7,336 · 7.6 mi | 62.4 | 45% | 41% | 2.7% |
| Bégard 4,889 · 8.6 mi | 47.9 | 25% | 5.5% | 2.1% |
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 Ploubezre
What is the population of Ploubezre?
3,780 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (3,633).
How old are Ploubezre’s residents?
The median age is 43.7, younger than 52% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Ploubezre?
140, with occasional dwellings: 6.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Ploubezre?
INSEE counts 97 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.6% of residents, and 57 foreign nationals (1.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Ploubezre?
€26,510 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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