Flats make up 1.3% in Saint-Gildas, less than in 99% of compared French towns
Second homes: 9.3% here and 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Saint-Gildas is home to 248 residents in 120 households, by the 2023 Census. On the census count, 43% of households are headed by a retired person. 40% of households are one person living alone, a higher share than in 70% of compared French towns.
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 Saint-Gildas
Fewer residents than in 2012
Saint-Gildas had 299 residents at the 2012 census and 248 in 2023, down 17%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 35 homes empty (21%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Saint-Gildas’s population moved −17% on 2012, less than in 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
The median Côtes-d'Armor town changed +3% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −10% and the next six −8%.
Older than 58% of compared French towns: half of Saint-Gildas is over 45.3
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-Gildas 45.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Here, one in ten residents are 15 to 24. Residents aged 65 and over are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 22%.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 112 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Côtes-d'Armor 52.9%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of couples with children than 55% of compared French towns, at 26%
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 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 2.1 people on average.
A larger share of empty homes than 99% of compared French towns: 21%
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
7.3% of households have no car; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%. By way of comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. In the last two years, 5% of households moved in; at the other end, 32% have stayed 30 years or more.
Standard of living at the median: €25,300 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 Saint-Gildas’ residents live in households with a standard of living below €25,300 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 57% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional: 3.7%, a lower share than 94% 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
26% of households are headed by a manual worker (typical compared French town: 14%). The benchmark for households headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town: 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Saint-Gildas sits below 99% of compared French towns for immigrants (1.1%)
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.
4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, against 1.1% in Saint-Gildas. In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
34% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 93% 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
Single residents account for 25%. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Saint-Gildas sits below 91% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (11%)
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
Nearly a quarter of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification (typical compared French town: 30%). As a reference point, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 248 to 2,582 people, the 21st 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).
Older than Saint-Gildas: 3 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Gildas | 45.3 | 22% | 9.3% | 1.1% |
| Quintin 2,739 · 4.4 mi | 50.4 | 32% | 2.6% | 3.5% |
| Châtelaudren-Plouagat 3,974 · 8 mi | 42.5 | 23% | 3.3% | 1.9% |
| Plaintel 4,602 · 8.6 mi | 41.8 | 21% | 2.6% | 1.8% |
| Plélo 3,344 · 9.7 mi | 41.7 | 18% | 5.7% | 2.1% |
| Ploumagoar 5,414 · 10.1 mi | 45.5 | 24% | 2.5% | 1.7% |
| Ploufragan 11,507 · 10.7 mi | 47.3 | 25% | 1.8% | 6.2% |
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 Saint-Gildas
What is the population of Saint-Gildas?
248 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 17% fewer than in 2012 (299).
How old are Saint-Gildas’ residents?
The median age is 45.3, older than 58% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Gildas?
16, with occasional dwellings: 9.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Gildas?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.1% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (1.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Gildas?
€25,300 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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