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42.3median age

Who lives here · INSEE, census 2023

3.4% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 93% of compared French towns

The figure for one-person households is 31% in Quessoy and 35% in the typical compared French town. This Côtes-d'Armor town had 3,969 residents in 1,730 households at the 2023 Census. Households without a car make up about one in 17 here (5.8%). Compared with other places, flats are scarce here: 7.6%, fewer than in 91% of compared French towns.

+7%residents since 2012 22%aged 65 or older 1.5%immigrants 1,730households

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.

Population

A growing town: +7% since 2012, faster than 61% 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.

Census 2012

3,694

residents

Census 2017

3,786

residents

Census 2023

3,969

residents

in today’s commune boundaries

2012 to 2023

Quessoy+7%

Côtes-d'Armor median+3%

France median+5%

2017 to 2023

Quessoy+5%

Côtes-d'Armor median+3%

France median+2%

Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Côtes-d'Armor town +3%.

Ages

Half of Quessoy is under 42.3, younger than 63% of compared French towns

Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.

Age groups · share of residents

QuessoyCôtes-d'Armor medianFrance median

Under 1519%

15 to 249.6%

25 to 4424%

45 to 6425%

65 and over22%

of whom 80 and over5.1%

0%20%40%

Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns

2535455565

■ Quessoy 42.3. The median compared French town: 44.

11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, against 9.6% in Quessoy. In Quessoy, 22% of residents are 65 or over.

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

Quessoy

Côtes-d'Armor median

France median

WomenMen

About an even split. Median share of women: Côtes-d'Armor 52.9%, France 51.8%.

Households

In Quessoy, 29% of households are couples with children, more than in 70% 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.

One person 31%Couple, no children 31%Couple with children 29%Single parent 8.4%Several people, not a family 0.3%

Against the Côtes-d'Armor median and the France median

Quessoy

Côtes-d'Armor median

France median

One personCouple, no childrenCouple with childrenSingle parentSeveral people, not a family

Living alone · share

QuessoyCôtes-d'Armor medianFrance median

One-person households31%

Residents 65+ living alone29%

0%25%50%

The figure for single-parent households is 8.4% in Quessoy and 10% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 2.3 people on average.

Homes & cars

Quessoy: 8.3% of homes stand empty, above 67% 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

QuessoyCôtes-d'Armor medianFrance median

Main residences88%

Second homes3.3%

Empty8.3%

0%50%100%

Type of home

Quessoy

Côtes-d'Armor median

France median

HousesFlats

Cars per household · share of households

QuessoyCôtes-d'Armor medianFrance median

No car5.8%

One car42%

Two or more52%

0%30%60%

One household in 17 has no car (median compared French town: 11%). Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 9.1% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 24%. At 3.3%, the share of second homes is higher than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.

Income

Median standard of living: €26,240 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.

Median standard of living

€26,240

a year, per consumption unit (2023)

Medians: Côtes-d'Armor €26,370 · France €25,970

Poverty rate

9.0%

of residents below 60% of France’s median standard of living

Medians: Côtes-d'Armor 10.0% · France 13.0%

Medians of compared communes. Source: INSEE, Filosofi 2023.

The midpoint of living standards here is €26,240 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 53% of compared French towns. One measure of hardship: 9.0% of residents are below the poverty line.

Households by occupation

Households headed by a manual worker make up 17% in Quessoy, more than in 67% 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

QuessoyCôtes-d'Armor medianFrance median

Retired35%

Managers and professionals7.8%

Intermediate occupations14%

Clerical and service workers20%

Manual workers17%

Craftspeople, shopkeepers, business owners4.6%

Farmers0.6%

Others not working1.2%

0%25%50%

Unemployment rate

5.7%

of economically active residents 15 to 64 (census 2023)

Median of compared communes: 10.1%

Working residents

1,800

aged 15 or older

Work & commute →

Against a figure of 9.4% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional in Quessoy comes in at 7.8%. For Quessoy, the census puts households headed by a retired person at 35%. The wider picture: 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 and foreign nationals

Below 97% of compared French towns: 1.5% of residents are immigrants

INSEE publishes two measures, which overlap but aren’t the same. Neither is the UK’s “born abroad”.

Immigrants

1.5% of residents

Median of compared communes: 6.5%

Foreign nationals

1.5% of residents

Median of compared communes: 4.3%

Share of residents · census 2023

QuessoyCôtes-d'Armor medianFrance median

Immigrants1.5%

Foreign nationals1.5%

0%5%10%

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, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Quessoy has 1.5%. Across the comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.

Couples

Quessoy sits below 86% of compared French towns for single residents (21%)

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

QuessoyCôtes-d'Armor medianFrance median

Married47%

In a civil partnership (PACS)9.3%

Living together, unmarried12%

Single21%

Divorced4.5%

Widowed6.5%

0%30%60%

Compared with 43% in the typical compared French town, 47% of residents 15 and over are married here. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.

Qualifications

Fewer adults with no qualification than 68% of compared French towns: 16%

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

QuessoyCôtes-d'Armor medianFrance median

No diploma (or primary certificate)16%

Brevet4.2%

CAP or BEP (vocational)33%

Baccalauréat21%

Bac+214%

Bac+3 or bac+47.4%

Bac+5 or more5%

0%20%40%

Graduates of higher education: 26%, below 63% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.

Towns its size

Ranked by age, 13th youngest 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.

Quessoy 42.3

PlouvienErquyJarrie

385266

Plouvien is the youngest (39.7); Erquy the oldest (64.9).

Neighbors

Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 5 are older than Quessoy

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.

YffiniacPlédranHillionLangueuxTrégueuxPlaintelQuessoy

Under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	Median age	65+	Second homes	Immigrants
Quessoy	42.3	22%	3.3%	1.5%
Yffiniac 5,074 · 3.4 mi	44	21%	2.4%	4%
Plédran 6,933 · 4.1 mi	42.9	21%	2.3%	2.2%
Hillion 4,335 · 5.1 mi	49	27%	6.1%	1.8%
Langueux 7,939 · 5.3 mi	46	25%	1.8%	4.1%
Trégueux 8,450 · 5.4 mi	48.6	29%	1.2%	4.1%
Plaintel 4,602 · 7.2 mi	41.8	21%	2.6%	1.8%

More about Quessoy

Health, work, housing and schools

Health C⁻Deaths, doctors and care nearby Work & commute A⁻Jobs, unemployment and how people get to work Cost of living B⁺Home prices, rents, owning and renting SchoolsCollèges and lycées within 5 km

How to read these numbers

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 Quessoy

What is the population of Quessoy?

3,969 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (3,694).

How old are Quessoy’s residents?

The median age is 42.3, younger than 63% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.

How many second homes are there in Quessoy?

65, with occasional dwellings: 3.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.

How many immigrants live in Quessoy?

INSEE counts 58 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.5% of residents, and 58 foreign nationals (1.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.

What is the median income in Quessoy?

€26,240 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).

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