1.2% of homes are flats, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
In Kergloff, 4.2% of households have no car, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. Its 410 households held 897 residents at the 2023 Census. Put another way, about one in 27: 3.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional. 5.7% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 83% 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 Kergloff
Fewer residents than in 2012
Kergloff had 942 residents at the 2012 census and 897 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 87% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower than most: −5% since 2012, behind 87% 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%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −7%, then +2% to 2023.
Kergloff is older than 72% of compared French towns: a median age of 47.4
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Kergloff 47.4. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over; in Kergloff, 24%.
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%.
Only 7.3% of households are single parents in Kergloff
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
On average, 2.2 people share a household. Kergloff has fewer one-person households than 62% of compared French towns, at 33%. By way of comparison, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. 26% of households are couples with children, against 25% in the typical compared French town.
A higher share of second homes than 84% of compared French towns, at 7.3%
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
One in ten households moved in less than two years ago; 24% have been in their home 30 years or more. To put it in context, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Kergloff has more empty homes than 77% of compared French towns, at 9.6%.
€25,690 a year is the median standard of living here
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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €25,690 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 53% of compared French towns.
22% of households are headed by a manual worker, a share 90% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
38% of households are headed by a retired person, against 32% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Kergloff sits below 78% of compared French towns for immigrants (3.5%)
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.
The share of foreign nationals is 2.5%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 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.
Below 85% of compared French towns: 21% of residents 15 and over are single
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
Compared with 43% in the typical compared French town, 48% of residents 15 and over are married here. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Kergloff sits below 88% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (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 figure for graduates of higher education is 27% in Kergloff and 30% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 897 to 2,582 people: this is the 15th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Kergloff and its 6 nearest towns: 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kergloff | 47.4 | 24% | 7.3% | 3.5% |
| Carhaix-Plouguer 7,412 · 2.8 mi | 52.2 | 32% | 3.9% | 6% |
| Gourin 3,960 · 9.4 mi | 55.3 | 33% | 7.6% | 4.3% |
| Châteauneuf-du-Faou 3,651 · 10.8 mi | 51.2 | 30% | 15% | 7.4% |
| Rostrenen 3,282 · 14.7 mi | 54.6 | 34% | 8.3% | 6.8% |
| Pleyben 3,692 · 16 mi | 46.6 | 23% | 4.6% | 2.7% |
| Le Faouët 2,814 · 17.6 mi | 56.1 | 37% | 8.2% | 3.8% |
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 Kergloff
What is the population of Kergloff?
897 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (942).
How old are Kergloff’s residents?
The median age is 47.4, older than 72% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Kergloff?
36, with occasional dwellings: 7.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Kergloff?
INSEE counts 31 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.5% of residents, and 22 foreign nationals (2.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Kergloff?
€25,690 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970). 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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