Half of Plourac'h is over 59.2, older than 98% of compared French towns
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Plourac'h was home to 351 people in 190 households. Across Plourac'h, 5.4% of households have no car. Here 0.5% of households rent social housing (HLM), where the figure in the typical compared French town is 12%.
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 Plourac'h
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 76 second homes and occasional dwellings in Plourac'h, 25% of its 300 homes: higher than in 94% 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 Plourac'h’s residents are under 59.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 35% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 100 immigrants in Plourac'h (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 18% of residents, against 2.7% for the median compared commune in Côtes-d'Armor. 19% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Empty homes
The census found 40 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.
Only 0.7% of homes are flats in Plourac'h
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
Empty homes: 13% here and 6.7% in the typical compared French town. For flats, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%. Across Plourac'h, a quarter of homes are second homes.
Plourac'h changed by +3% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 59% 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 change was −7%; from 2017 to 2023, +10%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Côtes-d'Armor town +3%.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 6.5%, a lower share than 98% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Plourac'h 59.2. The median compared French town: 44.
In Plourac'h, just over a third of residents are 65 or over, beside 22% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Côtes-d'Armor 52.9%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of couples with children than 89% of compared French towns, at 16%
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 share of single-parent households is 7.9%, against 10% in the typical compared French town. Couples with children make up 25% in the typical compared French town. 37% of households are one person living alone.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €20,940 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 Plourac'h’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €20,940 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 94% of compared French towns.
In Plourac'h, 42% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 88% 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
The share of households headed by a manual worker is 7.9%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a retired person: 32% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
18% of residents are immigrants, more than in 91% 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 share of foreign nationals is 19%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. 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.
Married residents make up 50% in Plourac'h, more than in 91% of compared French towns
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
With single residents at 21%, Plourac'h is behind 85% of compared French towns on that count. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 83% of compared French towns, at 21%
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 figure for adults with no qualification is 24% in Plourac'h and 19% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification.
41 French towns of 351 to 2,582 people: this is the 4th 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.
Every neighbor is younger than Plourac'h
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plourac'h | 59.2 | 35% | 25% | 18% |
| Carhaix-Plouguer 7,412 · 9.8 mi | 52.2 | 32% | 3.9% | 6% |
| Plougonven 3,382 · 11.6 mi | 49 | 28% | 7.1% | 1.9% |
| Plouigneau 5,014 · 13.3 mi | 47.3 | 25% | 5.6% | 2.2% |
| Plourin-lès-Morlaix 4,548 · 14.9 mi | 48.6 | 28% | 2.5% | 2.6% |
| Pleyber-Christ 3,166 · 16.3 mi | 46.5 | 26% | 7.3% | 2.3% |
| Rostrenen 3,282 · 16.6 mi | 54.6 | 34% | 8.3% | 6.8% |
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 Plourac'h
What is the population of Plourac'h?
351 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (342).
How old are Plourac'h’s residents?
The median age is 59.2, older than 98% of compared French towns. 8.5% are under 18 and 35% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Plourac'h?
76, with occasional dwellings: 25% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Plourac'h?
INSEE counts 63 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 18% of residents, and 67 foreign nationals (19%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Plourac'h?
€20,940 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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