Photo: Moreau.henri · CC BY-SA 4.0Flats make up 8.1% in Bannalec, less than in 90% of compared French towns
4.4% of households rent social housing (HLM) (typical compared French town: 12%). In 2023, the Census found 5,725 residents in Bannalec, living in 2,640 households. Households headed by a manual worker: just over a fifth of the total. The median age locally is 48, higher than in nearly three quarters of compared French towns.
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.
A change of +3% since 2012 leaves Bannalec behind 57% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Finistère town +4%. The first five years brought +2%; the six to 2023, +1%.
Below 76% of compared French towns: 9.3% of residents are 15 to 24
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bannalec 48. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, against 24% in Bannalec.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Finistère 51.7%, France 51.8%.
Fewer couples with children than 56% of compared French towns: 24%
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
At 9.2%, the share of single-parent households is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Households here average 2.1 people each.
Bannalec ranks above 80% of compared French towns on second homes: 5.8%
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
Just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town, against 6.6% in Bannalec. The benchmark for second homes in the typical compared French town: 2.1%. In Bannalec, 8.4% of homes stand empty.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €25,130 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 Bannalec’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €25,130 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 59% of compared French towns. Poverty touches 10.0% of residents.
Bannalec sits below 78% of compared French towns for households headed by a manager or professional (5.8%)
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 figure for households headed by a retired person is 37% in Bannalec and 32% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 9.4% of 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).
Immigrants make up 2.2% in Bannalec, less than in 89% of compared French towns
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.
Foreign nationals: 1.7%, below 83% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 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.
A smaller share of married residents than 68% of compared French towns: 40%
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
For Bannalec, the census puts single residents at 25%. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
In Bannalec, 15% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 73% 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 figure for graduates of higher education is 28% in Bannalec and 30% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
16th highest median age among 41 French towns of 5,680 to 5,770
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Valdahon is the youngest (35.2); Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët the oldest (56.7).
4 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Bannalec
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Bannalec
What is the population of Bannalec?
5,725 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (5,552).
How old are Bannalec’s residents?
The median age is 48, older than 74% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bannalec?
180, with occasional dwellings: 5.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bannalec?
INSEE counts 130 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.2% of residents, and 100 foreign nationals (1.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bannalec?
€25,130 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 10.0% 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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