Plourivo sits below 99% of compared French towns for flats (2.2%)
Compared with 12% in the typical compared French town, 1.8% of households rent social housing (HLM) here. About one in 21: that is how common households without a car are in Plourivo (4.8%). Lower than in 93% of compared French towns: 6.6% of households are single parents. The town had 2,270 residents in 1,040 households at the 2023 census.
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 Plourivo
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 170 second homes and occasional dwellings in Plourivo, 13% of its 1,310 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 ↓
An older town
Half of Plourivo’s residents are under 51.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 27% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.1% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
13% of homes are second homes, more than in 90% 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
Households that moved in under two years ago: 5.1%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 22%. 7.1% of homes stand empty, more than in 54% of compared French towns. On average, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Slower growth than 60% of compared French towns: Plourivo changed by +2% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +3%, and from 2017 to 2023 ±0%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Côtes-d'Armor town +3%.
Half of Plourivo is over 51.4, older than 87% 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
■ Plourivo 51.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 27%, above three quarters of compared French towns. Locally, nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Côtes-d'Armor 52.9%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 33% in Plourivo, less than in 62% 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
There are 2.2 people in the average household. Compared with other places, couples with children are common here: 26%, more than in 53% of compared French towns. As a reference point, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
A typical living standard of €25,020 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 €25,020 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 60% of compared French towns. 9.0% of residents live below the poverty line INSEE uses.
Plourivo: 19% of households are headed by a manual worker, above 79% 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
By its share of households headed by a manager or professional (6.6%), Plourivo is below 71% of compared French towns. At the same time, the town has more households headed by a retired person than 66% of compared French towns, at 35%. Households headed by a manual worker make up 14% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 2.1% of residents are immigrants in Plourivo
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 90% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Côtes-d'Armor has 2.7%. Against that, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. For Plourivo, the census puts foreign nationals at 1.4%.
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 48% in Plourivo, more than in 85% 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
A quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, against 21% in Plourivo. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
Plourivo ranks below 84% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 13%
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 make up 27%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 11th oldest of 41 French towns this size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Plourivo sits below 5 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plourivo | 51.4 | 27% | 13% | 2.1% |
| Paimpol 7,341 · 2.7 mi | 61.5 | 44% | 17% | 2.9% |
| Ploubazlanec 2,932 · 4.6 mi | 62 | 43% | 40% | 2% |
| Plouézec 3,147 · 4.9 mi | 61.6 | 42% | 29% | 2.2% |
| La Roche-Jaudy 2,629 · 7.1 mi | 49 | 26% | 13% | 3.4% |
| Plouha 4,634 · 8.5 mi | 62 | 44% | 31% | 2.4% |
| Penvénan 2,584 · 11 mi | 63.3 | 46% | 41% | 2.4% |
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 Plourivo
What is the population of Plourivo?
2,270 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (2,218).
How old are Plourivo’s residents?
The median age is 51.4, older than 87% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Plourivo?
170, with occasional dwellings: 13% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Plourivo?
INSEE counts 48 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.1% of residents, and 32 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Plourivo?
€25,020 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 9.0% 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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