46.1median age

Who lives here · INSEE, census 2023

Only 4.6% of homes are flats in Coray

In Coray, just over a quarter of households are headed by a manual worker, beside 14% in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households are more common here than in 89% of compared French towns. This Finistère town counted 1,856 residents and 850 households at the 2023 Census. The census found that 6% of households have no car locally.

−2%residents since 2012 24%aged 65 or older 2.2%immigrants 850households

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 · In brief

What stands out about the people of Coray

13%of homes are empty (France median 6.7%)

Empty homes

The census found 140 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓

Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.

Population

Slower than most: −2% since 2012, behind 77% 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.

Census 2012

1,888

residents

Census 2017

1,896

residents

Census 2023

1,856

residents

in today’s commune boundaries

2012 to 2023

Coray−2%

Finistère median+4%

France median+5%

2017 to 2023

Coray−2%

Finistère median+3%

France median+2%

Here the change came as ±0% to 2017, then −2% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +4% in Finistère.

Ages

Older than 64% of compared French towns: half of Coray is over 46.1

Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.

Age groups · share of residents

CorayFinistère medianFrance median

Under 1515%

15 to 249.8%

25 to 4423%

45 to 6427%

65 and over24%

of whom 80 and over9.3%

0%20%40%

Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns

2535455565

■ Coray 46.1. The median compared French town: 44.

In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 11%; Coray has 9.8%. Residents aged 65 and over are more common here than in 61% of compared French towns.

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

Coray

Finistère median

France median

WomenMen

About an even split. Median share of women: Finistère 51.7%, France 51.8%.

Households

A smaller share of couples with children than 69% of compared French towns: 21%

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.

One person 39%Couple, no children 24%Couple with children 21%Single parent 14%Several people, not a family 2.4%

Against the Finistère median and the France median

Coray

Finistère median

France median

One personCouple, no childrenCouple with childrenSingle parentSeveral people, not a family

Living alone · share

CorayFinistère medianFrance median

One-person households39%

Residents 65+ living alone34%

0%25%50%

Households average 2.1 people. At 39%, the share of one-person households is higher than in 65% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, a quarter of households are couples with children.

Homes & cars

Coray sits above 92% of compared French towns for empty homes (13%)

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

CorayFinistère medianFrance median

Main residences84%

Second homes2.8%

Empty13%

0%50%100%

Type of home

Coray

Finistère median

France median

HousesFlats

Cars per household · share of households

CorayFinistère medianFrance median

No car6%

One car50%

Two or more44%

0%30%60%

There is little gap on second homes: 2.8%, about the same as in the typical compared French town. Coray has fewer households in social housing than just over three quarters of compared French towns, at 7.2%. The comparison figure for empty homes is 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 8.6% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 23%.

Income

Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €24,920 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.

Median standard of living

€24,920

a year, per consumption unit (2023)

Medians: Finistère €26,720 · France €25,970

Medians of compared communes. Source: INSEE, Filosofi 2023.

Living standards centre on €24,920 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 61% of compared French towns.

Households by occupation

Only 3.5% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Coray

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

CorayFinistère medianFrance median

Retired35%

Managers and professionals3.5%

Intermediate occupations15%

Clerical and service workers14%

Manual workers26%

Craftspeople, shopkeepers, business owners5.3%

Farmers0.6%

Others not working1.2%

0%25%50%

Unemployment rate

8.2%

of economically active residents 15 to 64 (census 2023)

Median of compared communes: 10.1%

Working residents

830

aged 15 or older

Work & commute →

Here just over a third of households are headed by a retired person, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 32%. The share of households headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town is 9.4%.

Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).

Immigrants and foreign nationals

2.2% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 90% of compared French towns

INSEE publishes two measures, which overlap but aren’t the same. Neither is the UK’s “born abroad”.

Immigrants

2.2% of residents

Median of compared communes: 6.5%

Foreign nationals

1.6% of residents

Median of compared communes: 4.3%

Share of residents · census 2023

CorayFinistère medianFrance median

Immigrants2.2%

Foreign nationals1.6%

0%5%10%

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 90% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% in the typical compared French town. Across Coray, 1.6% of residents are foreign nationals.

INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.

Couples

A lower share of married residents than 84% of compared French towns, at 37%

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

CorayFinistère medianFrance median

Married37%

In a civil partnership (PACS)7.9%

Living together, unmarried12%

Single26%

Divorced5%

Widowed12%

0%30%60%

Here, 26% of residents 15 and over are single. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.

Qualifications

Fewer adults with no qualification than 76% of compared French towns: 15%

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

CorayFinistère medianFrance median

No diploma (or primary certificate)15%

Brevet5.8%

CAP or BEP (vocational)32%

Baccalauréat23%

Bac+212%

Bac+3 or bac+48%

Bac+5 or more4.4%

0%20%40%

The share of graduates of higher education trails 70% of compared French towns: 25%. Adults with no qualification: 19% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.

Towns its size

Of 41 French towns its size (1,856 to 2,582 people), the 19th 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.

Coray 46.1

VillejustPrayssacNoyen-sur-Sarthe

365064

Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.

Neighbors

Coray and its 6 nearest towns: 3 of them are older

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.

ElliantScaërRospordenBriecSaint-YviChâteauneuf-du-FaouCoray

Under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	Median age	65+	Second homes	Immigrants
Coray	46.1	24%	2.8%	2.2%
Elliant 3,427 · 4.8 mi	42.2	19%	5.1%	1.6%
Scaër 5,178 · 6.5 mi	51	28%	4.6%	2.6%
Rosporden 7,550 · 7.2 mi	47.2	23%	5%	1.6%
Briec 5,816 · 8.2 mi	42.6	19%	3.9%	6.3%
Saint-Yvi 3,431 · 8.4 mi	43.7	21%	3.2%	2.2%
Châteauneuf-du-Faou 3,651 · 8.8 mi	51.2	30%	15%	7.4%

More about Coray

Health, work, housing and schools

Health DDeaths, doctors and care nearby Work & commute C⁺Jobs, unemployment and how people get to work Cost of living B⁺Home prices, rents, owning and renting SchoolsCollèges and lycées within 5 km

How to read these numbers

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 Coray

What is the population of Coray?

1,856 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (1,888).

How old are Coray’s residents?

The median age is 46.1, older than 64% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.

How many second homes are there in Coray?

29, with occasional dwellings: 2.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.

How many immigrants live in Coray?

INSEE counts 40 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.2% of residents, and 30 foreign nationals (1.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.

What is the median income in Coray?

€24,920 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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