Quintin ranks above 92% of compared French towns on empty homes: 13%
Half of Quintin’s residents are over 50.4, older than in 84% of compared French towns. Couples with children come to 18% in the town, about two in ten. At the 2023 Census, 2,739 people lived here, in 1,320 households. Where nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, Quintin has 38%.
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 Quintin
Many people living alone
48% of Quintin’s households are one person: higher than in 91% of compared French towns; 35% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Empty homes
The census found 210 homes empty (13%): 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 change of −3% since 2012 leaves Quintin behind 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +3% in Côtes-d'Armor.
Quintin: 32% of residents are 65 or over, above 89% 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
■ Quintin 50.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Locally, 11% of residents are 15 to 24. For comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 86 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.
One-person households make up 48% in Quintin, more than in 91% 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
Single-parent households make up 11%, against 10% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. The average household has 1.9 people.
Quintin: 17% of households have no car, above 75% 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
One household in six has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town. Put another way, about one in 38: 2.6% of homes are second homes. Lower than in 53% of compared French towns: 28% of homes are flats.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €24,660 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €24,660 a year: lower than in 64% of compared French towns. Below the poverty threshold: 15.0% of the population.
In Quintin, 6% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 76% 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
Against a figure of 14% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker in Quintin comes in at 17%. By way of comparison, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 77% of compared French towns: 3.5%
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.
The median compared commune in Côtes-d'Armor has 2.7%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 77% of compared French towns. Against that, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. For Quintin, the census puts foreign nationals at 2%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Fewer married residents than 89% of compared French towns: 35%
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 28% in Quintin and 25% in the typical compared French town. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Quintin ranks below 60% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 27%
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 account for 20%. Across the comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 11th oldest 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.
Ages run from 37.7 in Trieux to 60.8 in Collioure.
Quintin is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quintin | 50.4 | 32% | 2.6% | 3.5% |
| Plaintel 4,602 · 4.3 mi | 41.8 | 21% | 2.6% | 1.8% |
| Plœuc-L'Hermitage 4,103 · 7.4 mi | 46.3 | 25% | 5% | 3.3% |
| Ploufragan 11,507 · 8.1 mi | 47.3 | 25% | 1.8% | 6.2% |
| Plédran 6,933 · 8.1 mi | 42.9 | 21% | 2.3% | 2.2% |
| Trégueux 8,450 · 9.6 mi | 48.6 | 29% | 1.2% | 4.1% |
| Châtelaudren-Plouagat 3,974 · 9.8 mi | 42.5 | 23% | 3.3% | 1.9% |
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 Quintin
What is the population of Quintin?
2,739 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (2,826).
How old are Quintin’s residents?
The median age is 50.4, older than 84% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 32% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Quintin?
40, with occasional dwellings: 2.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Quintin?
INSEE counts 97 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.5% of residents, and 56 foreign nationals (2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Quintin?
€24,660 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 15.0% 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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