Fewer flats than 99% of compared French towns: 1%
Here 7.1% of residents are 15 to 24, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. Households in social housing: 1.9% of the total. Compared with other places, households headed by a manager or professional are scarce here: 3.9%, fewer than in 94% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 559 residents in 260 households.
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 Plusquellec
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 54 second homes and occasional dwellings in Plusquellec, 14% of its 380 homes: higher than in 91% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Empty homes
The census found 66 homes empty (17%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A higher share of empty homes than 98% of compared French towns, at 17%
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
14% of homes are second homes; in the typical compared French town the figure is 2.1%. Set beside that, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Census figures put households without a car at 4.6% in Plusquellec.
−3% since 2012: slower than 82% 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
In two steps, −9% to 2017 and +6% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +3% in Côtes-d'Armor.
Plusquellec is older than 79% of compared French towns: a median age of 49
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Plusquellec 49. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 25%, above nearly two thirds of compared French towns.
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%.
A larger share of single-parent households than 90% of compared French towns: 14%
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
A fifth of households are couples with children; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%. The average household has 2.2 people. Compared with other places, one-person households are scarce here: 34%, fewer than in 56% of compared French towns. Typically, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €23,880 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €23,880 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 73% of compared French towns.
Plusquellec: 38% of households are headed by a retired person, above 77% 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
Census figures put households headed by a manual worker at 14% in Plusquellec. As a reference point, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Foreign nationals: 14%, a higher share than 91% 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.
Immigrants: 13%, above just over four fifths of compared French towns. The wider picture: 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
48% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 84% 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
The figure for single residents is 21% in Plusquellec and 25% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
Plusquellec ranks below 72% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 15%
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
By its share of graduates of higher education (25%), Plusquellec is below 68% of compared French towns. Typically, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (559 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Nearby, 4 of 5 towns have older populations than Plusquellec
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plusquellec | 49 | 25% | 14% | 13% |
| Carhaix-Plouguer 7,412 · 9.2 mi | 52.2 | 32% | 3.9% | 6% |
| Rostrenen 3,282 · 13.5 mi | 54.6 | 34% | 8.3% | 6.8% |
| Plougonven 3,382 · 14.9 mi | 49 | 28% | 7.1% | 1.9% |
| Plouigneau 5,014 · 16.4 mi | 47.3 | 25% | 5.6% | 2.2% |
| Grâces 2,601 · 17.9 mi | 52.7 | 33% | 3.4% | 3.5% |
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 Plusquellec
What is the population of Plusquellec?
559 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (577).
How old are Plusquellec’s residents?
The median age is 49, older than 79% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Plusquellec?
54, with occasional dwellings: 14% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Plusquellec?
INSEE counts 73 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 13% of residents, and 78 foreign nationals (14%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Plusquellec?
€23,880 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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