Bolazec is older than 98% of compared French towns: a median age of 60.1
7.8% of households are couples with children (typical compared French town: 25%). Bolazec had 168 residents in 100 households at the 2023 Census. On the census count, 3.1% of homes are flats. Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% 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.
What stands out about the people of Bolazec
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 54 second homes and occasional dwellings in Bolazec, 33% of its 160 homes: higher than in 95% 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 ↓
An older town
Half of Bolazec’s residents are under 60.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 38% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 13% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Many people living alone
55% of Bolazec’s households are one person: higher than in 98% of compared French towns; 36% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Bolazec had 186 residents at the 2012 census and 168 in 2023, down 10%: slower growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Bolazec, 33% of homes are second homes, more than in 95% 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
Against a figure of 6.7% in the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes in Bolazec comes in at 5.5%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. About one in 12: that is how common households without a car are in Bolazec (8.2%).
Slower growth than 97% of compared French towns: Bolazec changed by −10% 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 median Finistère town changed +4% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +10% and the next six −18%.
In Bolazec, 38% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 97% 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
■ Bolazec 60.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, 6% of residents are 15 to 24 in Bolazec. For comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
44% women, 56% men
About 78 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Finistère 51.7%, France 51.8%.
Above 98% of compared French towns: 55% of households are one person living alone
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
8.9% of households are single parents (typical compared French town: 10%). Across the comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. There are 1.7 people in the average household.
A typical living standard of €20,550 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 Bolazec’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €20,550 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 95% of compared French towns.
29% of households are headed by a retired person, below 67% 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
On the census count, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker. Households headed by a retired person: 32% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
More immigrants than 79% of compared French towns: 12%
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.
Nearly one in ten residents are foreign nationals, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. On average, 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 94% of compared French towns: 33%
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
30% of residents 15 and over are single (typical compared French town: 25%). In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
Bolazec sits above 86% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (28%)
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
Graduates of higher education: 24%, below 72% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for adults with no qualification is 19% in the typical compared French town.
The 4th oldest of 41 French towns of 168 to 2,582 people
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.
Every neighbor is younger than Bolazec
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bolazec | 60.1 | 38% | 33% | 12% |
| Plougonven 3,382 · 9.1 mi | 49 | 28% | 7.1% | 1.9% |
| Plouigneau 5,014 · 10.8 mi | 47.3 | 25% | 5.6% | 2.2% |
| Carhaix-Plouguer 7,412 · 11.6 mi | 52.2 | 32% | 3.9% | 6% |
| Plourin-lès-Morlaix 4,548 · 12.4 mi | 48.6 | 28% | 2.5% | 2.6% |
| Pleyber-Christ 3,166 · 14 mi | 46.5 | 26% | 7.3% | 2.3% |
| Morlaix 15,194 · 14.7 mi | 45.4 | 23% | 5% | 6.8% |
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 Bolazec
What is the population of Bolazec?
168 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% fewer than in 2012 (186).
How old are Bolazec’s residents?
The median age is 60.1, older than 98% of compared French towns. 11% are under 18 and 38% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bolazec?
54, with occasional dwellings: 33% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bolazec?
INSEE counts 21 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 12% of residents, and 15 foreign nationals (9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bolazec?
€20,550 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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