Households without a car: 2.5%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
By its share of households headed by a manual worker (23%), Baye is above 93% of compared French towns. Across Baye, 5.3% of homes are flats. Few places have so few residents aged 15 to 24: 7% here, fewer than in 97% of compared French towns. The town is home to 1,369 residents in 600 households, by the 2023 Census.
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 Baye
Growing fast
Baye had 1,137 residents at the 2012 census and 1,369 in 2023, up 20%: faster growth than in 91% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, Baye outgrew 91% of compared French towns: +20%
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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +1%, then +19% to 2023. Over those years, the median Finistère town changed +4% and the median compared French town +5%.
A median age of 46.2: Baye is older than 65% 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
■ Baye 46.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Nearly a quarter of Baye’s residents are 65 or older, against 26% in the median Finistère town and 22% in the median compared French town; 22% are under 18.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Finistère 51.7%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 25%, a lower share than 93% of compared French towns
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
Each household has 2.3 people on average. Higher than in 73% of compared French towns: 29% of households are couples with children. As a yardstick, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. At 9.9%, single-parent households sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
In Baye, 5.4% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 84% of compared French towns
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
In the last two years, 7.2% of households moved in; at the other end, 26% have stayed 30 years or more. Measured more widely, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. 3.7% of homes are second homes, a higher share than in 69% of compared French towns. Empty homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 7.1%.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €28,020 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 €28,020 a year: higher than in 71% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 6.3% in Baye, less than in 74% 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
Across Baye, 33% of households are headed by a retired person. By way of comparison, 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 1.7% in Baye, less than in 94% 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.
The median compared commune in Finistère has 2.4%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 94% of compared French towns. Foreign nationals account for 0.8%. Against that, 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.
In Baye, 17% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 99% 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
54% of residents 15 and over are married (typical compared French town: 43%). In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 94% of compared French towns: 10%
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
In Baye, 31% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. By way of comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 18th oldest of 41 French towns this size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Baye is younger than 3 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baye | 46.2 | 24% | 3.7% | 1.7% |
| Quimperlé 12,469 · 2.8 mi | 44.9 | 23% | 2.9% | 4.1% |
| Mellac 3,404 · 3 mi | 42.1 | 18% | 2.3% | 1.9% |
| Moëlan-sur-Mer 6,749 · 4.1 mi | 59 | 38% | 27% | 1.7% |
| Riec-sur-Bélon 4,376 · 4.2 mi | 54.5 | 32% | 16% | 2.3% |
| Clohars-Carnoët 4,708 · 5.2 mi | 54.5 | 33% | 40% | 1.9% |
| Rédené 3,043 · 6.1 mi | 42.8 | 19% | 2.9% | 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 Baye
What is the population of Baye?
1,369 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 20% more than in 2012 (1,137).
How old are Baye’s residents?
The median age is 46.2, older than 65% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Baye?
25, with occasional dwellings: 3.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Baye?
INSEE counts 23 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.7% of residents, and 11 foreign nationals (0.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Baye?
€28,020 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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