Below 99% of compared French towns: 1.9% of homes are flats
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, 5.3% of households have no car in Plougonver. 760 residents in 380 households: that is Plougonver at the 2023 Census. Put another way, about one in 29: 3.4% of households rent social housing (HLM). Lower than in 98% of compared French towns: 5.2% of households are single parents.
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 Plougonver
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 110 second homes and occasional dwellings in Plougonver, 20% of its 570 homes: higher than in 93% 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 Plougonver’s residents are under 52.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 31% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 72 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A larger share of second homes than 93% of compared French towns: 20%
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 19 has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town. On empty homes, Plougonver sits higher than 90% of compared French towns: 13%. Across the comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Households that moved in under two years ago: 10%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 22%.
A change of +5% since 2012 leaves Plougonver behind 51% 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
In two steps, +1% to 2017 and +4% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +3% in Côtes-d'Armor.
Older than 89% of compared French towns: half of Plougonver is over 52.2
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Plougonver 52.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Where 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, Plougonver has 31%. 8.9% of residents are 15 to 24, or about one in 11.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 114 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Côtes-d'Armor 52.9%, France 51.8%.
41% of households are one person living alone, more than in 72% 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
A household here holds 2 people on average. As a reference point, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Few places have so few couples with children: 22% here, fewer than in two thirds of compared French towns.
At the median, €22,930 a year to live on
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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €22,930 a year: lower than in 82% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker: 22%, a higher share than 90% 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
Here 37% of households are headed by a retired person, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 32%. At the same time, households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Plougonver, 11% of residents are foreign nationals, more than in 84% 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.
Against a figure of 6.5% in the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants in Plougonver comes in at 11%. The comparison figure for foreign nationals is 4.3% in the typical compared French town. That is higher than in just over three quarters of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Côtes-d'Armor has 2.7%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A larger share of married residents than 73% of compared French towns: 46%
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
In Plougonver, 24% of residents 15 and over are single, beside 25% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
Plougonver sits below 77% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (23%)
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
In the typical compared French town, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification; in Plougonver, 23%. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
The 8th oldest of 41 French towns of 760 to 2,582 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 Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
2 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Plougonver
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Plougonver
What is the population of Plougonver?
760 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (727).
How old are Plougonver’s residents?
The median age is 52.2, older than 89% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Plougonver?
110, with occasional dwellings: 20% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Plougonver?
INSEE counts 86 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 11% of residents, and 81 foreign nationals (11%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Plougonver?
€22,930 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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