Photo: Montecristo42 · CC BY-SA 4.0Plouézec is older than 99% of compared French towns: a median age of 61.6
In Plouézec, 13% of households are couples with children, beside 25% in the typical compared French town. For Plouézec, the census puts households headed by a retired person at 51%. At 9.8%, the share of empty homes is higher than in 78% of compared French towns. 3,147 residents in 1,690 households: that is Plouézec 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 Plouézec
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 800 second homes and occasional dwellings in Plouézec, 29% of its 2,750 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 98% 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 Plouézec’s residents are under 61.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 42% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Plouézec had 3,296 residents at the 2012 census and 3,147 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 86% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes: 29%, a higher share than 95% 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
One household in 16 has no car (median compared French town: 11%). Fewer flats than in 99% of compared French towns: 2.6%. Second homes make up 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Census figures put households in social housing at 5% in Plouézec.
−5% since 2012: slower than 86% 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 −3%, and from 2017 to 2023 −1%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Côtes-d'Armor town +3%.
More residents aged 65 and over than 98% of compared French towns: 42%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Plouézec 61.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 6.1%, below 99% of compared French towns. Typically, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 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.
42% of households are one person living alone, more than in 77% 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
Compared with 10% in the typical compared French town, 8.3% of households are single parents here. On average, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Households average 1.9 people.
A median standard of living of €26,110 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.
Half of Plouézec’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €26,110 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 51% of compared French towns. Residents below the poverty line make up 11.0%.
Below 70% of compared French towns: 6.8% of households are headed by a manager or professional
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
Households headed by a manual worker: 11% here and 14% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 9.4% of 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).
2.2% of residents are immigrants, below 89% 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.
The median compared commune in Côtes-d'Armor has 2.7%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 89% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%. Here, 1.7% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A smaller share of single residents than 94% of compared French towns: 19%
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
Against a figure of 43% in the typical compared French town, the share of married residents in Plouézec comes in at 48%. The wider picture: a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Plouézec sits below 77% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (14%)
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
Fewer graduates of higher education than in just over half of compared French towns: 30%. Typically, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 2nd oldest of 41 French towns this size
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 Longperrier (33.7), the oldest La Tranche-sur-Mer (64.6).
Around Plouézec, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plouézec | 61.6 | 42% | 29% | 2.2% |
| Paimpol 7,341 · 3.7 mi | 61.5 | 44% | 17% | 2.9% |
| Ploubazlanec 2,932 · 4.8 mi | 62 | 43% | 40% | 2% |
| Plouha 4,634 · 5.2 mi | 62 | 44% | 31% | 2.4% |
| Saint-Quay-Portrieux 3,224 · 9.1 mi | 63.2 | 47% | 52% | 2.2% |
| Binic-Étables-sur-Mer 7,041 · 11.4 mi | 56.4 | 37% | 31% | 2.5% |
| La Roche-Jaudy 2,629 · 12 mi | 49 | 26% | 13% | 3.4% |
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 Plouézec
What is the population of Plouézec?
3,147 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (3,296).
How old are Plouézec’s residents?
The median age is 61.6, older than 99% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 42% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Plouézec?
800, with occasional dwellings: 29% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Plouézec?
INSEE counts 70 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.2% of residents, and 54 foreign nationals (1.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Plouézec?
€26,110 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 11.0% 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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