Photo: Moreau.henri · CC BY-SA 4.0A median age of 53.7: Combrit is older than 92% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker; in Combrit, 7.7%. There were 2,040 households locally at the 2023 Census, home to 4,265 residents. 4.2% of households rent social housing (HLM). Compared with other places, households without a car are scarce here: 5%, fewer than in 88% 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 Combrit
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 1,180 second homes and occasional dwellings in Combrit, 35% of its 3,370 homes: higher than in 96% of compared French towns. 83% 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 Combrit’s residents are under 53.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 31% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.5% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A larger share of second homes than 96% of compared French towns: 35%
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 a fifth of households have been in place 30 years or more; 7.3% moved in within the last two years. Across the comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, flats are scarce here: 9%, fewer than in 89% of compared French towns. Here 4.5% of homes stand empty, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 6.7%.
Combrit grew +14% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 80% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +4% for the median Finistère town, the change came in two steps: +10% from 2012 to 2017, then +4% to 2023.
6.5% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 98% 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
■ Combrit 53.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Where 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, Combrit has 31%. Across the comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 85 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Finistère 51.7%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
A smaller share of single-parent households than 90% of compared French towns: 6.9%
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
Couples with children make up 22%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. There are 2 people in the average household. More one-person households than in 57% of compared French towns: 37%.
At the median, €29,750 a year to live on
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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €29,750 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 83% of compared French towns. Below the poverty line: 8.0% of residents.
44% of households are headed by a retired person, a share 91% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Where nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, Combrit has 12%. For comparison, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
1.8% of residents are immigrants, below 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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Combrit comes in at 0.9%. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 98% of compared French towns: 18% of residents 15 and over are single
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
The share of married residents is 51%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Only 12% of adults out of school have no qualification in Combrit
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
30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, against 40% in Combrit. Against that, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 4,231 to 4,306 people: this is the 5th 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.
Nanteuil-le-Haudouin is the youngest (37.1); Courseulles-sur-Mer the oldest (65.3).
Combrit sits below 3 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Combrit | 53.7 | 31% | 35% | 1.8% |
| Gouesnach 2,836 · 3 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 9.4% | 1.6% |
| Bénodet 3,849 · 3.2 mi | 62.4 | 45% | 48% | 1.9% |
| Pont-l'Abbé 8,484 · 3.3 mi | 53.8 | 33% | 9.9% | 2.9% |
| Plomelin 4,239 · 4 mi | 50.6 | 26% | 4.1% | 1.5% |
| Loctudy 4,075 · 4.4 mi | 63.6 | 46% | 49% | 1.6% |
| Plonéour-Lanvern 6,452 · 5.3 mi | 45.8 | 23% | 7.6% | 1.5% |
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 Combrit
What is the population of Combrit?
4,265 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% more than in 2012 (3,731).
How old are Combrit’s residents?
The median age is 53.7, older than 92% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Combrit?
1,180, with occasional dwellings: 35% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Combrit?
INSEE counts 76 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.8% of residents, and 39 foreign nationals (0.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Combrit?
€29,750 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 8.0% 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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