Flats make up 1.5% in Saint-Pôtan, less than in 99% of compared French towns
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car in Saint-Pôtan comes in at 3.3%. This Côtes-d'Armor town is home to 839 residents in 380 households, by the 2023 Census. 2.9% of households rent social housing (HLM). With a median age of 49.3, Saint-Pôtan is older than 81% 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-Pôtan
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 98 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saint-Pôtan, 19% of its 510 homes: higher than in 93% 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 ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
19% of homes are second homes, a share 93% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 27% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 6.5% (under two years). Measured more widely, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Empty homes are more common here than in 55% of compared French towns.
Slower growth than 51% of compared French towns: Saint-Pôtan changed by +4% since 2012
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 change was ±0% from 2012 to 2017 and +4% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Côtes-d'Armor town +3%.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 29% in Saint-Pôtan, more than in 82% 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
■ Saint-Pôtan 49.3. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 8.4% in Saint-Pôtan and 11% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Côtes-d'Armor 52.9%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of one-person households than 80% of compared French towns, at 29%
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
Each household has 2.2 people on average. The usual figure: 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Few places have as many single-parent households: 11% here, more than in 58% of compared French towns. On couples with children, 25% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town.
€26,110 a year: the median standard of living
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.
At €26,110 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 51% of compared French towns.
Saint-Pôtan: 41% of households are headed by a retired person, above 86% 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
In the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional; in Saint-Pôtan, 7.8%. On top of that, just over one in ten households are headed by a manual worker, a lower share than in 73% of compared French towns. Households headed by a retired person make up 32% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 82% of compared French towns, at 2.9%
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.
With foreign nationals at 2.1%, Saint-Pôtan is behind 77% of compared French towns on that count. The share of immigrants in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
20% of residents 15 and over are single, below 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
43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, against 50% in Saint-Pôtan. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Saint-Pôtan sits below 75% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (23%)
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 come to 18% in Saint-Pôtan, about two in ten. The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 839 to 2,582 people: this is the 14th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
4 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Saint-Pôtan
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Pôtan | 49.3 | 29% | 19% | 2.9% |
| Val-d'Arguenon 2,844 · 2.7 mi | 49.3 | 26% | 10% | 1.4% |
| Plancoët 3,104 · 3.9 mi | 53.3 | 33% | 6.8% | 2.3% |
| Saint-Cast-le-Guildo 3,371 · 4.2 mi | 64.9 | 50% | 66% | 2.8% |
| Beaussais-sur-Mer 4,498 · 6.7 mi | 47.5 | 29% | 16% | 2.2% |
| Erquy 3,974 · 9 mi | 64.9 | 50% | 57% | 2.3% |
| Saint-Lunaire 2,768 · 9.8 mi | 57.2 | 37% | 56% | 2.5% |
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 Saint-Pôtan
What is the population of Saint-Pôtan?
839 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (803).
How old are Saint-Pôtan’s residents?
The median age is 49.3, older than 81% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Pôtan?
98, with occasional dwellings: 19% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Pôtan?
INSEE counts 25 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.9% of residents, and 18 foreign nationals (2.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Pôtan?
€26,110 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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