Plouisy sits below 97% of compared French towns for flats (4.1%)
Set against 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 4.5% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Plouisy. There were 900 households locally at the 2023 Census, home to 2,007 residents. Residents aged 15 to 24: nearly a tenth of the total. At 6.2%, the share of households in social housing is lower than in four fifths 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.
Plouisy changed by +2% from 2012 to 2023, behind 63% 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
Here the change came as ±0% to 2017, then +1% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +3% in Côtes-d'Armor.
Plouisy is older than 69% of compared French towns: a median age of 46.9
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Plouisy 46.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Few places have as many residents aged 65 and over: 23% here, more than in 53% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Côtes-d'Armor 52.9%, France 51.8%.
Plouisy sits below 95% of compared French towns for single-parent households (6.1%)
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
Each household has 2.1 people on average. To put it in context, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Lower than in 55% of compared French towns: 24% of households are couples with children. There is little gap on one-person households: 35%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
6.3% of households have no car, fewer than in 78% 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
In the last two years, 12% of households moved in; at the other end, 28% have stayed 30 years or more. On average, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. More empty homes than in 70% of compared French towns: 8.6%. Second homes: 3.6% here and 2.1% in the typical compared French town.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €25,120 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.
At €25,120 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 59% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a manual worker than 89% of compared French towns, at 22%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%; Plouisy has 29%. Elsewhere, 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).
Only 2.3% of residents are immigrants in Plouisy
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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 89% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Côtes-d'Armor has 2.7%. Foreign nationals: 1.4% of the total. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Fewer single residents than 74% of compared French towns: 23%
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
Married residents account for 44%. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
17% of adults out of school have no qualification, below 60% 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
Graduates of higher education: 28%, below 58% of compared French towns. The wider picture: nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 2,007 to 2,582 people, the 17th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 3 are older than Plouisy
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plouisy | 46.9 | 23% | 3.6% | 2.3% |
| Grâces 2,601 · 1.8 mi | 52.7 | 33% | 3.4% | 3.5% |
| Guingamp 7,111 · 1.8 mi | 41 | 21% | 4% | 5.6% |
| Pabu 2,771 · 1.9 mi | 54 | 36% | 3.2% | 3.6% |
| Ploumagoar 5,414 · 3.6 mi | 45.5 | 24% | 2.5% | 1.7% |
| Bégard 4,889 · 6.2 mi | 47.9 | 25% | 5.5% | 2.1% |
| Châtelaudren-Plouagat 3,974 · 9.6 mi | 42.5 | 23% | 3.3% | 1.9% |
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 Plouisy
What is the population of Plouisy?
2,007 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (1,975).
How old are Plouisy’s residents?
The median age is 46.9, older than 69% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Plouisy?
37, with occasional dwellings: 3.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Plouisy?
INSEE counts 46 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.3% of residents, and 28 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Plouisy?
€25,120 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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