Fewer flats than 99% of compared French towns: 1.8%
Against a figure of 12% in the typical compared French town, the share of households in social housing in Hanvec comes in at 4.3%. There were 890 households in the town at the 2023 Census, home to 2,025 residents. Across Hanvec, 4.1% of households have no car. Compared with other places, residents aged 15 to 24 are scarce here: 7.5%, fewer than in 95% 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.
What stands out about the people of Hanvec
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 120 second homes and occasional dwellings in Hanvec, 11% of its 1,100 homes: higher than in 88% of compared French towns. 97% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Hanvec ranks above 88% of compared French towns on second homes: 11%
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
Empty homes: 9.1%, above 73% of compared French towns. Of all households, 9.5% moved in during the last two years and 21% have stayed three decades or more. As a yardstick, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
A change of +3% since 2012 leaves Hanvec behind 58% 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
The median Finistère town changed +4% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +3% and the next six ±0%.
19% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 72% 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
■ Hanvec 43.4. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Hanvec is 43.4, lower than in 54% of compared French towns. Against that, 22% of residents are 65 or over 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%.
Hanvec sits above 76% of compared French towns for couples with children (30%)
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 average household has 2.3 people. At 31%, the share of one-person households is lower than in 72% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Where one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town, Hanvec has 8.5%.
Median standard of living: €26,990 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 Hanvec’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €26,990 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 61% of compared French towns. Under the poverty line sit 9.0% of residents.
Above 69% of compared French towns: 13% of households are headed by a manager or professional
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
14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, against 16% in Hanvec. On the census count, 31% of households are headed by a retired person. The benchmark for households headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town: 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 98% of compared French towns: 1.2%
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.
Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 0.5% of residents are foreign nationals here. As a reference point, 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.
21% of residents 15 and over are single, below 86% 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
The share of married residents tops 83% of compared French towns: 48%. The usual figure: 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Hanvec sits below 98% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (8.8%)
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 in five adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%.
13th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 2,025 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
5 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Hanvec
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hanvec | 43.4 | 19% | 11% | 1.2% |
| Pont-de-Buis-lès-Quimerch 3,663 · 5.4 mi | 43.3 | 19% | 7.4% | 2.9% |
| Loperhet 3,959 · 7.5 mi | 43.5 | 19% | 5.3% | 2.4% |
| Châteaulin 5,085 · 9.3 mi | 47.4 | 24% | 5.7% | 4.2% |
| Landerneau 16,363 · 9.9 mi | 45.2 | 23% | 2.2% | 2.7% |
| Plougastel-Daoulas 13,434 · 10.1 mi | 47.4 | 25% | 4.4% | 2.1% |
| Pleyben 3,692 · 11.3 mi | 46.6 | 23% | 4.6% | 2.7% |
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 Hanvec
What is the population of Hanvec?
2,025 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (1,969).
How old are Hanvec’s residents?
The median age is 43.4, younger than 54% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Hanvec?
120, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Hanvec?
INSEE counts 24 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.2% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (0.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Hanvec?
€26,990 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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