Fewer flats than 99% of compared French towns: 2.6%
A fifth of households are headed by a manual worker; in the typical compared French town the figure is 14%. On the census count, 30% of households are couples with children. Fewer households in social housing than in 89% of compared French towns: 4.5%. At the 2023 Census Edern was home to 2,186 people in 950 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.
+1% since 2012, a pace below 67% 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: +2% from 2012 to 2017, then −2% to 2023.
18% of residents are 65 or over, below 77% 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
■ Edern 43.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 come to 10% in Edern, about one in ten. Half of the town’s residents are under 43.7, younger than in 52% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Finistère 51.7%, France 51.8%.
33% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 63% 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
A household here holds 2.3 people on average. On single-parent households, Edern sits lower than 51% of compared French towns: 9.9%. The wider picture: just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
10% of homes stand empty, more than in 80% 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
Where just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town, Edern has 6.6%. For Edern, the census puts second homes at 2%. Measured more widely, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
At the median, €26,010 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €26,010 a year: higher than in 50% of compared French towns. As for poverty, 9.0% of residents are below the line.
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 6.3% in Edern, 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
Households headed by a retired person: 30%, below nearly two thirds of compared French towns. The wider picture: nearly one in ten 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).
A lower share of immigrants than 86% of compared French towns, at 2.6%
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.
1.5% of residents are foreign nationals; in the typical compared French town the figure is 4.3%. The share of immigrants in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
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 57% of compared French towns: 42%
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
Few places have as many single residents: 26% here, more than in 52% of compared French towns. For comparison, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 81% of compared French towns, at 13%
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
Compared with other places, graduates of higher education are scarce here: 29%, fewer than in 53% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%.
Of 41 French towns its size (2,186 to 2,582 people), the 15th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Edern and its 6 nearest towns: 4 of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edern | 43.7 | 18% | 2% | 2.6% |
| Briec 5,816 · 2.1 mi | 42.6 | 19% | 3.9% | 6.3% |
| Ergué-Gabéric 8,606 · 7.7 mi | 45.4 | 22% | 0.9% | 2.6% |
| Elliant 3,427 · 8 mi | 42.2 | 19% | 5.1% | 1.6% |
| Pleyben 3,692 · 8.2 mi | 46.6 | 23% | 4.6% | 2.7% |
| Châteaulin 5,085 · 8.3 mi | 47.4 | 24% | 5.7% | 4.2% |
| Châteauneuf-du-Faou 3,651 · 8.6 mi | 51.2 | 30% | 15% | 7.4% |
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 Edern
What is the population of Edern?
2,186 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (2,170).
How old are Edern’s residents?
The median age is 43.7, younger than 52% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Edern?
22, with occasional dwellings: 2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Edern?
INSEE counts 57 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.6% of residents, and 34 foreign nationals (1.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Edern?
€26,010 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 9.0% 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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