2.2% of homes are flats, below 99% of compared French towns
Where just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town, Commana has 3.4%. 2.8% of households rent social housing (HLM). Few places have so few couples with children: 21% here, fewer than in 71% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Commana was home to 983 people in 460 households.
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 Commana
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 170 second homes and occasional dwellings in Commana, 24% of its 690 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 ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Commana had 1,108 residents at the 2012 census and 983 in 2023, down 11%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Commana, 24% of homes are second homes, more than in 94% 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
With empty homes at 8.4%, Commana is ahead of 68% of compared French towns on that count. Set beside that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Households that moved in under two years ago: 7.9%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 20%.
A −11% change since 2012: slower than 98% 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
In two steps, −6% to 2017 and −5% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +4% in Finistère.
In Commana, 9% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 82% 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
■ Commana 44.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Commana’s residents are over 44.8, older than in 55% of compared French towns. Typically, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. The census found that just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over here.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Finistère 51.7%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 37% in Commana, more than in 57% 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
Households average 2.1 people. Few places have as many single-parent households: 10% here, more than in 57% of compared French towns. The benchmark for one-person households in the typical compared French town: 35%.
A median of €23,560 a year per consumption unit
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.
Living standards centre on €23,560 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 77% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 4.1% in Commana, less than in 92% 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
The share of households headed by a manual worker is 16%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for households headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town: 9.4%. Roughly three in ten: 28% of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
3.8% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 75% 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 make up 3.1%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 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.
Fewer married residents than 76% of compared French towns: 39%
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
In Commana, 28% of residents 15 and over are single, beside 25% in the typical compared French town. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Only 10% of adults out of school have no qualification in Commana
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
By its share of graduates of higher education (32%), Commana is above 57% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for adults with no qualification is 19% in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 983 to 2,582 people, the 18th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Of the 6 towns nearest Commana, 2 are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commana | 44.8 | 21% | 24% | 3.8% |
| Saint-Thégonnec Loc-Eguiner 3,148 · 6.9 mi | 42.5 | 19% | 4.2% | 2.4% |
| Pleyber-Christ 3,166 · 7.8 mi | 46.5 | 26% | 7.3% | 2.3% |
| Landivisiau 9,426 · 8.2 mi | 42.5 | 21% | 2.8% | 4.4% |
| Guiclan 2,585 · 9.2 mi | 40.4 | 18% | 4.6% | 1.9% |
| Plourin-lès-Morlaix 4,548 · 11.5 mi | 48.6 | 28% | 2.5% | 2.6% |
| Plouvorn 2,916 · 11.9 mi | 43.3 | 22% | 2.6% | 1.8% |
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 Commana
What is the population of Commana?
983 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% fewer than in 2012 (1,108).
How old are Commana’s residents?
The median age is 44.8, older than 55% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Commana?
170, with occasional dwellings: 24% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Commana?
INSEE counts 38 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.8% of residents, and 30 foreign nationals (3.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Commana?
€23,560 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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