6.3% of households are single parents, fewer than in 94% of compared French towns
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, 5.2% of households have no car in Guipavas. For Guipavas, the census puts empty homes at 4.1%. 16% of households are headed by a manager or professional, a higher share than in 79% of compared French towns. There were 6,760 households locally at the 2023 Census, home to 15,538 residents.
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.
Guipavas’s population changed by +14% since 2012, more than in 81% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Finistère town +4%. The first five years brought +7%; the six to 2023, +7%.
A median age of 42.8: Guipavas is younger than 60% 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
■ Guipavas 42.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over make up about one in five here (21%). At 11%, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Finistère 51.7%, France 51.8%.
Guipavas ranks above 71% of compared French towns on 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
There are 2.2 people in the average household. Elsewhere, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Set against 35% in the typical compared French town, 34% of households are one person living alone in Guipavas.
In Guipavas, 0.9% of homes are second homes, fewer than in 85% 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
In Guipavas, just over a fifth of homes are flats, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for second homes in the typical compared French town: 2.1%. The census found that 9.1% of households rent social housing (HLM) here.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €28,510 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 Guipavas’ residents live in households with a standard of living below €28,510 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 75% of compared French towns. The share living below the poverty line is 7.0%.
Only 11% of households are headed by a manual worker in Guipavas
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
Across Guipavas, 33% of households are headed by a retired person. The benchmark for households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town: 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 3.3%, a lower share than 79% 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.
Where 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, Guipavas has 2.6%. 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.
Guipavas: 45% of residents 15 and over are married, above 68% 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
Single residents make up 23%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
11% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 91% 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
Two fifths of Guipavas’ residents 15 and over who have left education hold a higher-education diploma, against 30% in the median compared French town; 11% have no diploma (19%).
41 French towns of 15,078 to 15,974 people: this is the 18th 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.
Montévrain is the youngest (32.8); Biscarrosse the oldest (53.2).
A younger town than 4 of the 6 around it: Guipavas
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guipavas | 42.8 | 21% | 0.9% | 3.3% |
| Le Relecq-Kerhuon 11,897 · 1.6 mi | 45.5 | 22% | 2.4% | 2.7% |
| Gouesnou 6,501 · 3 mi | 45.6 | 22% | 0.8% | 2.5% |
| Plougastel-Daoulas 13,434 · 4.3 mi | 47.4 | 25% | 4.4% | 2.1% |
| Brest 142,346 · 4.4 mi | 35 | 18% | 4% | 8.6% |
| Bohars 3,727 · 5 mi | 49.7 | 29% | 1.4% | 2.4% |
| Plabennec 8,686 · 5.1 mi | 41.6 | 19% | 1.2% | 1.3% |
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 Guipavas
What is the population of Guipavas?
15,538 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% more than in 2012 (13,586).
How old are Guipavas’ residents?
The median age is 42.8, younger than 60% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Guipavas?
62, with occasional dwellings: 0.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Guipavas?
INSEE counts 520 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.3% of residents, and 400 foreign nationals (2.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Guipavas?
€28,510 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 7.0% 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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