Plouvara sits below 98% of compared French towns for flats (3.4%)
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, 3.5% of households have no car in Plouvara. Its 490 households held 1,144 residents at the 2023 Census. 6.1% of households are single parents. With a median age of 39.3, Plouvara is younger than 83% 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.
Slower than most: +1% since 2012, behind 64% 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 population moved +2%, and from 2017 to 2023 ±0%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Côtes-d'Armor town +3%.
Residents aged 65 and over: 18%, a lower share than 78% 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
■ Plouvara 39.3. The median compared French town: 44.
12% of residents are 15 to 24, against 11% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
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: 28%, a lower share than 84% 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
The average household has 2.3 people. The share of one-person households in the typical compared French town is 35%. More couples with children than in 79% of compared French towns: 31%.
2.9% of households rent social housing (HLM), below 94% 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
Newcomers of less than two years account for 11% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 24%. In the typical compared French town, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM). At 3.3%, the share of second homes is higher than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns. 6.1% of homes stand empty, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
A median of €24,410 a year per consumption unit
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 €24,410 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 67% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 25% in Plouvara, more than in 97% 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
Nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, against 5.1% in Plouvara. Households headed by a retired person account for 30%. 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).
Immigrants: 1%, a lower share than 99% 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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Plouvara comes in at 0.4%. Immigrants make up 6.5% 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.
23% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 71% 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
Married residents come to 42% in Plouvara, about four in ten. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
In Plouvara, 14% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 78% 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 figure for graduates of higher education is 25% in Plouvara and 30% in the typical compared French town. Adults with no qualification: 19% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Of 41 French towns its size (1,144 to 2,582 people), the 2nd youngest
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.
Every neighbor is older than Plouvara
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plouvara | 39.3 | 18% | 3.3% | 1% |
| Plélo 3,344 · 3.6 mi | 41.7 | 18% | 5.7% | 2.1% |
| Châtelaudren-Plouagat 3,974 · 3.7 mi | 42.5 | 23% | 3.3% | 1.9% |
| Ploufragan 11,507 · 5.8 mi | 47.3 | 25% | 1.8% | 6.2% |
| Pordic 7,454 · 6.7 mi | 49.3 | 26% | 7.7% | 1.7% |
| Quintin 2,739 · 6.8 mi | 50.4 | 32% | 2.6% | 3.5% |
| Saint-Brieuc 44,364 · 7.5 mi | 42.3 | 23% | 5% | 9.6% |
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 Plouvara
What is the population of Plouvara?
1,144 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% more than in 2012 (1,129).
How old are Plouvara’s residents?
The median age is 39.3, younger than 83% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Plouvara?
18, with occasional dwellings: 3.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Plouvara?
INSEE counts 12 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (0.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Plouvara?
€24,410 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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