3.2% of homes are flats, below 98% of compared French towns
Set against 12% in the typical compared French town, 2.4% of households rent social housing (HLM) in Pludual. 5.2% of households have no car, a lower share than in 87% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 738, in 330 households. Households headed by a retired person: 37% of the total.
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 Pludual
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 84 second homes and occasional dwellings in Pludual, 19% of its 440 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 93% 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.
19% of homes in Pludual 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
Long tenure is the mark of 18% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 8.2% (under two years). In the typical compared French town, 2.1% of homes are second homes. Compared with other places, empty homes are scarce here: 5.1%, fewer than in 74% of compared French towns.
Pludual’s population moved −1% on 2012, less than in 75% 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
The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Côtes-d'Armor town +3%. The change was −2% from 2012 to 2017 and +1% from 2017 to 2023.
A median age of 47: Pludual is older than 69% 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
■ Pludual 47. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 11%; Pludual has 9.4%. Meanwhile, residents aged 65 and over are more common here than in just over three fifths of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Côtes-d'Armor 52.9%, France 51.8%.
Below 71% of compared French towns: 31% of households are one person living alone
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
Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, 27% of households are couples with children in Pludual. Nearly one in ten households are single parents, fewer than in 63% of compared French towns. One-person households: 35% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Average household size: 2.2 people.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €24,360 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 Pludual’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €24,360 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 67% of compared French towns.
Pludual ranks above 68% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 17%
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
Compared with 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 11% of households are headed by a manager or professional here. To put it in context, 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).
Pludual sits below 91% of compared French towns for immigrants (2%)
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.
In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Pludual, 1.8%. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Pludual ranks above 70% of compared French towns on married residents: 46%
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
Nearly a quarter of residents 15 and over are single, against 25% in the typical compared French town. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
In Pludual, 24% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 72% 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
Adults with no qualification: 17%, below just over three fifths of compared French towns. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
Of 41 French towns its size (738 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Median age: 5 of the 6 towns around Pludual are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pludual | 47 | 24% | 19% | 2% |
| Plouha 4,634 · 2.8 mi | 62 | 44% | 31% | 2.4% |
| Plouézec 3,147 · 5.7 mi | 61.6 | 42% | 29% | 2.2% |
| Saint-Quay-Portrieux 3,224 · 6.6 mi | 63.2 | 47% | 52% | 2.2% |
| Binic-Étables-sur-Mer 7,041 · 7.8 mi | 56.4 | 37% | 31% | 2.5% |
| Plélo 3,344 · 8 mi | 41.7 | 18% | 5.7% | 2.1% |
| Paimpol 7,341 · 8.2 mi | 61.5 | 44% | 17% | 2.9% |
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 Pludual
What is the population of Pludual?
738 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% fewer than in 2012 (747).
How old are Pludual’s residents?
The median age is 47, older than 69% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pludual?
84, with occasional dwellings: 19% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pludual?
INSEE counts 15 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2% of residents, and 13 foreign nationals (1.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Pludual?
€24,360 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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