Only 2.1% of homes are flats in Guiclan
The share of households in social housing is 4%, against 12% in the typical compared French town. Census day 2023: 2,585 residents and 1,050 households in Guiclan. 32% of households are couples with children. With a median age of 40.4, Guiclan is younger than 77% 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.
Guiclan grew +9% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 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
Over those years, the median Finistère town changed +4% and the median compared French town +5%.
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
■ Guiclan 40.4. The median compared French town: 44.
In Guiclan, 9.6% of residents are 15 to 24, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 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%.
One-person households make up 29% in Guiclan, less than in 80% 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
Average household size: 2.4 people. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 60% of compared French towns. To put it in context, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of households without a car than 99% of compared French towns, at 2.9%
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
2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town, against 4.6% in Guiclan. Of all households, 8.6% moved in during the last two years and 23% have stayed three decades or more. Households without a car: 11% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Median standard of living: €25,220 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 residents live in households above €25,220 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 58% of compared French towns. Poverty touches 8.0% of residents.
23% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 93% 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 manager or professional: 7.1% here and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%. Across Guiclan, 31% 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).
A smaller share of immigrants than 93% of compared French towns: 1.9%
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.
By its share of foreign nationals (1.4%), Guiclan is below 88% of compared French towns. The median compared commune in Finistère has 2.4%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 93% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 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.
Single residents: 23%, a lower share than 74% of compared French towns
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
For Guiclan, the census puts married residents at 42%. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
11% of adults out of school have no qualification, below 92% of compared French towns
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
Census figures put graduates of higher education at 30% in Guiclan. Across the comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 4th youngest of 41 French towns of 2,561 to 2,609 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 37.6 in Saint-Yzan-de-Soudiac to 61.2 in Eymet.
No nearby town is as young as Guiclan
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guiclan | 40.4 | 18% | 4.6% | 1.9% |
| Saint-Thégonnec Loc-Eguiner 3,148 · 2.6 mi | 42.5 | 19% | 4.2% | 2.4% |
| Plouvorn 2,916 · 3.8 mi | 43.3 | 22% | 2.6% | 1.8% |
| Pleyber-Christ 3,166 · 5 mi | 46.5 | 26% | 7.3% | 2.3% |
| Taulé 2,914 · 5.4 mi | 50.3 | 28% | 4.9% | 3.4% |
| Landivisiau 9,426 · 5.5 mi | 42.5 | 21% | 2.8% | 4.4% |
| Plouénan 2,610 · 5.6 mi | 44.3 | 23% | 6.8% | 2.4% |
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 Guiclan
What is the population of Guiclan?
2,585 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (2,364).
How old are Guiclan’s residents?
The median age is 40.4, younger than 77% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Guiclan?
54, with occasional dwellings: 4.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Guiclan?
INSEE counts 49 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.9% of residents, and 36 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Guiclan?
€25,220 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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