Only 3.8% of homes are flats in Plourhan
Households in social housing: 4.4%, below 89% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 2,155 people lived in Plourhan, in 960 households. Census figures put households headed by a retired person at 43% in the town. Lower than in 91% of compared French towns: 4.6% of households have no car.
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 Plourhan
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 160 second homes and occasional dwellings in Plourhan, 13% of its 1,170 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 99% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A town of second homes: 13% of its homes
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
Turnover: 9.1% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 17% have lived in their home 30 years or more. Few places have so few empty homes: 4.8% here, fewer than in 78% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for second homes is 2.1% in the typical compared French town.
Faster growth than 68% of compared French towns: Plourhan changed by +10% since 2012
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
The median Côtes-d'Armor town changed +3% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +1% and the next six +8%.
Older than 77% of compared French towns: half of Plourhan is over 48.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Plourhan 48.5. The median compared French town: 44.
A quarter of residents are 65 or over, against 22% in the typical compared French town. For Plourhan, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 8.9%.
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%.
Plourhan ranks below 79% of compared French towns on one-person households: 29%
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 typical household size is 2.3 people. In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%. The census found that nearly a quarter of households are couples with children in Plourhan. Nearly one in ten households are single parents, fewer than in 59% of compared French towns.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €26,650 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 residents live in households above €26,650 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 57% of compared French towns. Below the poverty line: 7.0% of residents.
A smaller share of households headed by a manual worker than 91% of compared French towns: 6.8%
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
Households headed by a manager or professional: 12% here and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town: 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 94% of compared French towns, at 1.8%
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.
Here 1.2% of residents are foreign nationals, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. 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.
Plourhan ranks below 98% of compared French towns on single residents: 18%
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 married residents at 50%, Plourhan is ahead of 92% of compared French towns on that count. Across the comparison, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Plourhan ranks below 94% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 11%
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
34% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification (typical compared French town: 30%). Set beside that, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 2,155 to 2,582 people, the 15th 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).
4 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Plourhan
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plourhan | 48.5 | 25% | 13% | 1.8% |
| Saint-Quay-Portrieux 3,224 · 2.1 mi | 63.2 | 47% | 52% | 2.2% |
| Binic-Étables-sur-Mer 7,041 · 2.5 mi | 56.4 | 37% | 31% | 2.5% |
| Plouha 4,634 · 3.9 mi | 62 | 44% | 31% | 2.4% |
| Pordic 7,454 · 5.2 mi | 49.3 | 26% | 7.7% | 1.7% |
| Plélo 3,344 · 6.1 mi | 41.7 | 18% | 5.7% | 2.1% |
| Châtelaudren-Plouagat 3,974 · 8.4 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 Plourhan
What is the population of Plourhan?
2,155 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (1,968).
How old are Plourhan’s residents?
The median age is 48.5, older than 77% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Plourhan?
160, with occasional dwellings: 13% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Plourhan?
INSEE counts 38 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.8% of residents, and 25 foreign nationals (1.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Plourhan?
€26,650 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 7.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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