A median age of 62.2: Île-Molène is older than 99% of compared French towns
Compared with 32% in the typical compared French town, 63% of households are headed by a retired person here. For Île-Molène, the census puts households without a car at 88%. 4.1% of homes are flats, fewer than in 97% of compared French towns. The town had 176 residents in 110 households at the 2023 census.
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 Île-Molène
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 190 second homes and occasional dwellings in Île-Molène, 60% of its 320 homes: higher than in 98% 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 ↓
An older town
Half of Île-Molène’s residents are under 62.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 45% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Many people living alone
58% of Île-Molène’s households are one person: higher than in 99% of compared French towns; 45% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Île-Molène had 186 residents at the 2012 census and 176 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 89% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
60% of homes are second homes, a share 98% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 Île-Molène, 11% of households rent social housing (HLM). The share of second homes in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. Nothing unusual on empty homes: 6.5%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
From 2012 to 2023, 89% of compared French towns grew faster than Île-Molène: −5%
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 −24%, and from 2017 to 2023 +25%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Finistère town +4%.
45% of residents are 65 or over, a share 99% of compared French towns don’t reach
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Île-Molène 62.2. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 11%; Île-Molène has 4.9%. By way of comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Finistère 51.7%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
8.9% of households are couples with children, below 99% 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
The share of single-parent households is 8.3%, against 10% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. One-person households account for 58%.
Île-Molène ranks below 58% of compared French towns on households headed by a manager or professional: 8.1%
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 manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 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 smaller share of immigrants than 97% of compared French towns: 1.5%
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% of residents are foreign nationals, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Finistère has 2.4%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 97% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% 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, fewer than in 87% 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
Married residents: 41%, below 66% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Île-Molène ranks above 84% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 27%
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
23% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. For adults with no qualification, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 19%.
Of 41 French towns its size (176 to 2,582 people), the 2nd 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Île-Molène is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Île-Molène | 62.2 | 45% | 60% | 1.5% |
| Le Conquet 2,835 · 9.1 mi | 57.4 | 35% | 27% | 2.6% |
| Plouarzel 4,029 · 10.2 mi | 45.8 | 21% | 17% | 1.6% |
| Plougonvelin 4,521 · 11.7 mi | 50.8 | 28% | 32% | 2.1% |
| Locmaria-Plouzané 5,130 · 14 mi | 45.6 | 20% | 9.5% | 2.1% |
| Saint-Renan 8,577 · 15.5 mi | 42.6 | 21% | 1.2% | 1.4% |
| Ploudalmézeau 6,522 · 16.6 mi | 49.3 | 28% | 16% | 1.5% |
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 Île-Molène
What is the population of Île-Molène?
176 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (186).
How old are Île-Molène’s residents?
The median age is 62.2, older than 99% of compared French towns. 12% are under 18 and 45% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Île-Molène?
190, with occasional dwellings: 60% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Île-Molène?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.5% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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