1.5% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
Against a figure of 30% in the typical compared French town, the share of flats in Squiffiec comes in at 2.7%. 3.3% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 93% of compared French towns. The town is home to 747 residents in 330 households, by the 2023 Census. Locally, 4.1% of homes stand empty.
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 Squiffiec
Fewer residents than in 2012
Squiffiec had 798 residents at the 2012 census and 747 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 92% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 92% of compared French towns grew faster than Squiffiec: −6%
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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved −5%, and from 2017 to 2023 −2%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Côtes-d'Armor town +3%.
Only 8.7% of residents are 15 to 24 in Squiffiec
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Squiffiec 46.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Squiffiec’s residents are over 46.8, older than in just over two thirds of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. Locally, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
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%.
Fewer one-person households than 89% of compared French towns: 27%
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
10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town, against 12% in Squiffiec. Few places have as many couples with children: 30% here, more than in 75% of compared French towns. One-person households: 35% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Each household has 2.3 people on average.
Above 82% of compared French towns: 6.8% of homes are second homes
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
Households without a car: 5.5% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 7% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 20%.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €25,180 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 €25,180 a year: lower than in 58% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a manual worker than 97% of compared French towns: 25%
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
1.5% of Squiffiec’s households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 37% by a retired person (32%). The comparison figure for households headed by a manual worker is 14% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Squiffiec ranks below 91% of compared French towns on immigrants: 2%
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 1.6% in Squiffiec. To put it in context, 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.
Only 21% of residents 15 and over are single in Squiffiec
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
47% of residents 15 and over are married, against 43% in the typical compared French town. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
In Squiffiec, 16% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 68% of compared French towns
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
The share of graduates of higher education stands at 29%. Against that, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 747 to 2,582 people, the 18th 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).
4 of 6 neighbors are older than Squiffiec
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Squiffiec | 46.8 | 22% | 6.8% | 2% |
| Pabu 2,771 · 4.2 mi | 54 | 36% | 3.2% | 3.6% |
| Guingamp 7,111 · 4.9 mi | 41 | 21% | 4% | 5.6% |
| Grâces 2,601 · 5.4 mi | 52.7 | 33% | 3.4% | 3.5% |
| Bégard 4,889 · 6.3 mi | 47.9 | 25% | 5.5% | 2.1% |
| Ploumagoar 5,414 · 6.5 mi | 45.5 | 24% | 2.5% | 1.7% |
| La Roche-Jaudy 2,629 · 8.1 mi | 49 | 26% | 13% | 3.4% |
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 Squiffiec
What is the population of Squiffiec?
747 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (798).
How old are Squiffiec’s residents?
The median age is 46.8, older than 68% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Squiffiec?
25, with occasional dwellings: 6.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Squiffiec?
INSEE counts 15 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2% of residents, and 12 foreign nationals (1.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Squiffiec?
€25,180 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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