In Plounévez-Moëdec, 2.9% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 98% of compared French towns
Here 3% of households rent social housing (HLM), where the figure in the typical compared French town is 12%. Plounévez-Moëdec had 1,479 residents in 710 households at the 2023 census. Across Plounévez-Moëdec, 5% of homes are flats. On residents aged 15 to 24, Plounévez-Moëdec sits lower than 88% of compared French towns: 8.5%.
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 Plounévez-Moëdec
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 110 second homes and occasional dwellings in Plounévez-Moëdec, 11% of its 980 homes: higher than in 89% 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 ↓
Empty homes
The census found 160 homes empty (17%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Empty homes: 17%, a higher share than 97% 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, nearly one in ten households moved in; at the other end, 23% have stayed 30 years or more. At 11%, the share of second homes is higher than in 89% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
From 2012 to 2023, 61% of compared French towns grew faster than Plounévez-Moëdec: +2%
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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Côtes-d'Armor town +3%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought +1%; 2017 to 2023, +1%.
Older than 72% of compared French towns: half of Plounévez-Moëdec is over 47.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Plounévez-Moëdec 47.5. The median compared French town: 44.
The census found that nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over in Plounévez-Moëdec.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Côtes-d'Armor 52.9%, France 51.8%.
In Plounévez-Moëdec, 42% of households are one person living alone, more than in 76% 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
With couples with children at 21%, Plounévez-Moëdec is behind 68% of compared French towns on that count. One-person households make up 35% in the typical compared French town. Households average 2.1 people. On single-parent households, Plounévez-Moëdec sits higher than just over three fifths of compared French towns: 11%.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €23,680 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.
Living standards centre on €23,680 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 75% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a manual worker than 89% of compared French towns: 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
Against a figure of 32% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person in Plounévez-Moëdec comes in at 35%. Set beside that, 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).
Plounévez-Moëdec sits below 77% of compared French towns for immigrants (3.6%)
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.
4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, against 2.9% in Plounévez-Moëdec. Measured more widely, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Plounévez-Moëdec ranks below 70% of compared French towns on married residents: 40%
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
On the census count, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single. In the median compared French town 43% are married and 6.1% in a PACS; here it is 40% and 5.3%, and 10% are widowed.
19% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 88% 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
The share of adults with no qualification is 23%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
15th highest median age among 41 French towns of 1,479 to 2,582
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).
Nearby, 3 of 6 towns have older populations than Plounévez-Moëdec
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plounévez-Moëdec | 47.5 | 23% | 11% | 3.6% |
| Bégard 4,889 · 8.3 mi | 47.9 | 25% | 5.5% | 2.1% |
| Ploubezre 3,780 · 10.3 mi | 43.7 | 23% | 6.8% | 2.6% |
| Plestin-les-Grèves 3,639 · 11.2 mi | 61.5 | 43% | 29% | 2.4% |
| Grâces 2,601 · 12.2 mi | 52.7 | 33% | 3.4% | 3.5% |
| Plouigneau 5,014 · 12.8 mi | 47.3 | 25% | 5.6% | 2.2% |
| Lannion 20,315 · 12.8 mi | 46.2 | 26% | 6.2% | 5.9% |
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 Plounévez-Moëdec
What is the population of Plounévez-Moëdec?
1,479 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (1,447).
How old are Plounévez-Moëdec’s residents?
The median age is 47.5, older than 72% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Plounévez-Moëdec?
110, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Plounévez-Moëdec?
INSEE counts 53 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.6% of residents, and 42 foreign nationals (2.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Plounévez-Moëdec?
€23,680 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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