A higher share of second homes than 94% of compared French towns, at 23%
Compared with 6.7% in the typical compared French town, just over one in ten homes stand empty here. Argol is home to 1,065 residents in 480 households, by the 2023 Census. 3% of homes are flats. Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than in 93% of compared French towns: 8%.
Throughout this page, the Finistère 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 Argol
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 160 second homes and occasional dwellings in Argol, 23% of its 720 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 96% 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.
Below 81% of compared French towns: 5.8% of households have no car
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
Of all households, 9.2% moved in during the last two years and 21% have stayed three decades or more. Argol has fewer households in social housing than 74% of compared French towns, at 7.5%. The share of households without a car in the typical compared French town is 11%.
A +7% change since 2012: faster than 59% 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
Here the change came as −1% to 2017, then +7% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +4% in Finistère.
Younger than 61% of compared French towns: half of Argol is under 42.7
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Argol 42.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Here, just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Finistère 51.7%, France 51.8%.
More one-person households than 63% of compared French towns: 38%
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 Finistère median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households average 2.2 people. In the typical compared French town, one-person households come to 35%. Compared with other places, couples with children are common here: 27%, more than in nearly three fifths of compared French towns. At 10%, single-parent households sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €23,780 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 Argol’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €23,780 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 74% of compared French towns.
Argol ranks below 61% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 12%
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
The share of households headed by a manager or professional is 8.2%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Meanwhile, 33% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 53% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a manual worker come to 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Argol ranks below 90% of compared French towns on immigrants: 2.2%
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.
The median compared commune in Finistère has 2.4%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 90% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. For Argol, the census puts foreign nationals at 1.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
42% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 56% 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
25% of residents 15 and over are single, or about one in four. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
8.7% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 98% 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
Fewer graduates of higher education than in 54% of compared French towns: 29%. The benchmark for adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town: 19%.
Of 41 French towns its size (1,065 to 2,582 people), the 10th youngest
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).
Every neighbor is older than Argol
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argol | 42.7 | 22% | 23% | 2.2% |
| Crozon 7,499 · 8.4 mi | 57.1 | 36% | 42% | 2.5% |
| Loperhet 3,959 · 8.8 mi | 43.5 | 19% | 5.3% | 2.4% |
| Plougastel-Daoulas 13,434 · 8.9 mi | 47.4 | 25% | 4.4% | 2.1% |
| Pont-de-Buis-lès-Quimerch 3,663 · 10 mi | 43.3 | 19% | 7.4% | 2.9% |
| Châteaulin 5,085 · 10.8 mi | 47.4 | 24% | 5.7% | 4.2% |
| Douarnenez 14,068 · 11 mi | 55.6 | 35% | 15% | 3.1% |
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 Argol
What is the population of Argol?
1,065 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (996).
How old are Argol’s residents?
The median age is 42.7, younger than 61% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Argol?
160, with occasional dwellings: 23% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Argol?
INSEE counts 23 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.2% of residents, and 16 foreign nationals (1.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Argol?
€23,780 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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