Half of Plouzélambre is over 53.2, older than 91% of compared French towns
3% of households rent social housing (HLM) (typical compared French town: 12%). Compared with other places, households without a car are scarce here: 3.1%, fewer than in 98% of compared French towns. Plouzélambre’s 100 households held 198 residents at the 2023 Census. Across Plouzélambre, 20% of households are headed by a manager or professional.
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 Plouzélambre
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 44 second homes and occasional dwellings in Plouzélambre, 28% of its 160 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 98% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Plouzélambre had 227 residents at the 2012 census and 198 in 2023, down 13%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Plouzélambre’s residents are under 53.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 32% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 4.1% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Above 95% of compared French towns: 28% of homes are second 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
Empty homes make up 7.6%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. The census found that 1.9% of homes are flats in Plouzélambre.
Slower than most: −13% since 2012, behind 99% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Côtes-d'Armor town +3%.
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 94% of compared French towns: 7.7%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Plouzélambre 53.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 22% in the typical compared French town, 32% of residents are 65 or over here. Typically, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Côtes-d'Armor 52.9%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Fewer couples with children than 78% of compared French towns: 19%
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
Households here average 2 people each. Couples with children make up 25% in the typical compared French town. 36% of households are one person living alone; in the typical compared French town the figure is 35%.
A median of €24,080 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 Plouzélambre’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €24,080 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 70% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker: 5.2%, a lower share than 96% 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 retired person tops two thirds of compared French towns: 36%. Households headed by a manual worker: 14% 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).
Immigrants: 4.6%, a lower share than 68% 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.
About one in 22: that is how common foreign nationals are in Plouzélambre (4.6%). The share of immigrants in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
20% of residents 15 and over are single, below 90% 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
In Plouzélambre, 47% of residents 15 and over are married, beside 43% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Plouzélambre 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
Against a figure of 30% in the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education in Plouzélambre comes in at 28%. In the typical compared French town, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification.
41 French towns of 198 to 2,582 people: this is the 7th 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).
3 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Plouzélambre
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plouzélambre | 53.2 | 32% | 28% | 4.6% |
| Plestin-les-Grèves 3,639 · 4.1 mi | 61.5 | 43% | 29% | 2.4% |
| Ploubezre 3,780 · 5.7 mi | 43.7 | 23% | 6.8% | 2.6% |
| Lannion 20,315 · 7.3 mi | 46.2 | 26% | 6.2% | 5.9% |
| Trébeurden 3,821 · 8.7 mi | 59.5 | 40% | 40% | 2.7% |
| Plouigneau 5,014 · 9.6 mi | 47.3 | 25% | 5.6% | 2.2% |
| Pleumeur-Bodou 3,848 · 10.1 mi | 59.2 | 39% | 34% | 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 Plouzélambre
What is the population of Plouzélambre?
198 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% fewer than in 2012 (227).
How old are Plouzélambre’s residents?
The median age is 53.2, older than 91% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 32% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Plouzélambre?
44, with occasional dwellings: 28% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Plouzélambre?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.6% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (4.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Plouzélambre?
€24,080 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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