Half of Plougrescant is over 61.4, older than 99% of compared French towns
30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town, against 1.4% in Plougrescant. This Côtes-d'Armor town had 1,242 residents in 670 households at the 2023 census. Census figures put couples with children at 12% in the town. Compared with other places, households without a car are scarce here: 5.8%, fewer than in 82% 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 Plougrescant
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 670 second homes and occasional dwellings in Plougrescant, 49% of its 1,370 homes: higher than in 97% 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 Plougrescant’s residents are under 61.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 42% 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.
A larger share of second homes than 97% of compared French towns: 49%
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
Newcomers of less than two years account for 5.5% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 25%. In the typical compared French town, 2.1% of homes are second homes. Plougrescant has fewer empty homes than 98% of compared French towns, at 1.9%. Add to that, with households in social housing at 6.7%, Plougrescant is behind 79% of compared French towns on that count.
−3% since 2012, a pace below 82% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +3% in Côtes-d'Armor.
Above 98% of compared French towns: 42% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Plougrescant 61.4. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 7.1%, Plougrescant is behind 97% of compared French towns on that count. Against that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Côtes-d'Armor 52.9%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of one-person households than 73% of compared French towns: 41%
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
The average household has 1.9 people. The benchmark for one-person households in the typical compared French town: 35%. Compared with other places, single-parent households are scarce here: 8%, fewer than in 80% of compared French towns.
The median resident lives on €25,710 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.
The median standard of living in Plougrescant is €25,710 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 53% of compared French towns.
46% of households are headed by a retired person, a share 94% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Set against 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 6.6% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Plougrescant. In Plougrescant, 15% of households are headed by a manual worker. The share of households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 3% of residents are immigrants in Plougrescant
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.
1.7% of residents are foreign nationals (typical compared French town: 4.3%). On average, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Côtes-d'Armor has 2.7%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 82% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Plougrescant ranks below 87% of compared French towns on single residents: 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
Here 48% of residents 15 and over are married, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 43%. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
Plougrescant ranks below 65% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 16%
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
Census figures put graduates of higher education at 30% in Plougrescant. Against that, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 1,242 to 2,582 people, the 2nd 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.
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 4 are older than Plougrescant
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plougrescant | 61.4 | 42% | 49% | 3% |
| Penvénan 2,584 · 3.4 mi | 63.3 | 46% | 41% | 2.4% |
| La Roche-Jaudy 2,629 · 7.3 mi | 49 | 26% | 13% | 3.4% |
| Louannec 3,019 · 8.9 mi | 57.5 | 39% | 15% | 2% |
| Ploubazlanec 2,932 · 9.3 mi | 62 | 43% | 40% | 2% |
| Paimpol 7,341 · 9.7 mi | 61.5 | 44% | 17% | 2.9% |
| Perros-Guirec 7,336 · 10.4 mi | 62.4 | 45% | 41% | 2.7% |
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 Plougrescant
What is the population of Plougrescant?
1,242 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (1,284).
How old are Plougrescant’s residents?
The median age is 61.4, older than 99% of compared French towns. 11% are under 18 and 42% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Plougrescant?
670, with occasional dwellings: 49% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Plougrescant?
INSEE counts 38 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3% of residents, and 21 foreign nationals (1.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Plougrescant?
€25,710 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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