2.4% of homes stand empty, fewer than in 98% of compared French towns
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car in Guilers comes in at 6.7%. About one in seven: that is how common flats are in Guilers (14%). On single-parent households, Guilers sits lower than 82% of compared French towns: 7.8%. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 8,268, in 3,500 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.
+7% since 2012, a pace 61% of compared French towns didn’t match
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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +4%, and from 2017 to 2023 +4%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Finistère town +4%.
A median age of 45.8: Guilers is older than 62% 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
■ Guilers 45.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 22% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over in Guilers comes in at 24%. On residents aged 15 to 24, 11% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Finistère 51.7%, France 51.8%.
Guilers sits above 69% of compared French towns for couples with children (29%)
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
The typical household size is 2.3 people. Across the comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. 32% of households are one person living alone, or about one in three.
Guilers ranks below 90% of compared French towns on second homes: 0.7%
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
Car-free households: one in 15, where the median compared French town has 11%. On average, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. 26% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 9.9% moved in within the last two years. Fewer households in social housing than in 50% of compared French towns: 12%.
Median standard of living: €27,170 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 €27,170 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 63% of compared French towns. Poverty touches 6.0% of residents.
37% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 72% 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
Compared with 14% in the typical compared French town, just over one in ten households are headed by a manual worker here. To put it in context, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Locally, 10% of households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 94% of compared French towns, at 1.8%
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: 0.9% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. 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.
Guilers: 49% of residents 15 and over are married, above 89% 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
Where 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, Guilers has 22%. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 86% of compared French towns: 12%
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
The share of graduates of higher education is 34%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
19th highest median age among 41 French towns of 8,130 to 8,414
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Mazingarbe (35.8), the youngest, and Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie (63.7), the oldest.
Guilers and its 6 nearest towns: 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guilers | 45.8 | 24% | 0.7% | 1.8% |
| Bohars 3,727 · 1.8 mi | 49.7 | 29% | 1.4% | 2.4% |
| Milizac-Guipronvel 4,816 · 2.9 mi | 39.7 | 17% | 2.2% | 1.6% |
| Saint-Renan 8,577 · 3 mi | 42.6 | 21% | 1.2% | 1.4% |
| Brest 142,346 · 3.6 mi | 35 | 18% | 4% | 8.6% |
| Plouzané 13,567 · 3.9 mi | 42.9 | 21% | 1.4% | 3% |
| Gouesnou 6,501 · 4.5 mi | 45.6 | 22% | 0.8% | 2.5% |
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 Guilers
What is the population of Guilers?
8,268 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (7,703).
How old are Guilers’ residents?
The median age is 45.8, older than 62% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Guilers?
25, with occasional dwellings: 0.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Guilers?
INSEE counts 140 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.8% of residents, and 75 foreign nationals (0.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Guilers?
€27,170 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 6.0% 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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