Below 99% of compared French towns: 2.4% of households have no car
Where 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town, La Forest-Landerneau has 4.2%. The town is home to 2,018 residents in 830 households, by the 2023 Census. On the census count, nearly a quarter of households are one person living alone. Households headed by a manager or professional are more common here than in 93% 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 La Forest-Landerneau
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 6.5% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A growing town: +11% since 2012, faster than 72% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +4% for the median Finistère town, the change came in two steps: +3% from 2012 to 2017, then +7% to 2023.
8% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 92% 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
■ La Forest-Landerneau 43.5. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in La Forest-Landerneau is 43.5, lower than in 54% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. Residents aged 65 and over account for 20%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Finistère 51.7%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children make up 35% in La Forest-Landerneau, more than in 92% 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 figure for single-parent households is 6.5% in La Forest-Landerneau and 10% in the typical compared French town. Each household has 2.4 people on average. The comparison figure for couples with children is 25% in the typical compared French town.
4.3% of households rent social housing (HLM), below 89% 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
Against a figure of 6.7% in the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes in La Forest-Landerneau comes in at 3.9%. Newcomers of less than two years account for 6.4% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 25%. For households in social housing, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 12%.
A typical living standard of €29,790 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.
The median standard of living in La Forest-Landerneau is €29,790 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 83% of compared French towns. 4.0% of the population lives below the poverty line.
Only 8.3% of households are headed by a manual worker in La Forest-Landerneau
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
With households headed by a retired person at 28%, La Forest-Landerneau is behind 72% of compared French towns on that count. Elsewhere, 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).
La Forest-Landerneau ranks below 97% of compared French towns on immigrants: 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.
4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, against 1% in La Forest-Landerneau. For immigrants, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In La Forest-Landerneau, 19% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 95% 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
Compared with 43% in the typical compared French town, nearly half of residents 15 and over are married here. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
La Forest-Landerneau sits below 99% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (5.1%)
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
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, 45% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification here. By way of comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 13th youngest of 41 French towns of 2,018 to 2,582 people
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.
Around La Forest-Landerneau, 3 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Forest-Landerneau | 43.5 | 20% | 2.4% | 1.5% |
| Landerneau 16,363 · 3.2 mi | 45.2 | 23% | 2.2% | 2.7% |
| Loperhet 3,959 · 3.6 mi | 43.5 | 19% | 5.3% | 2.4% |
| Le Relecq-Kerhuon 11,897 · 4.1 mi | 45.5 | 22% | 2.4% | 2.7% |
| Guipavas 15,538 · 4.2 mi | 42.8 | 21% | 0.9% | 3.3% |
| Plouédern 3,103 · 4.7 mi | 40 | 18% | 1.6% | 1.7% |
| Plougastel-Daoulas 13,434 · 4.9 mi | 47.4 | 25% | 4.4% | 2.1% |
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 La Forest-Landerneau
What is the population of La Forest-Landerneau?
2,018 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% more than in 2012 (1,818).
How old are La Forest-Landerneau’s residents?
The median age is 43.5, younger than 54% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Forest-Landerneau?
22, with occasional dwellings: 2.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Forest-Landerneau?
INSEE counts 30 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.5% of residents, and 20 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in La Forest-Landerneau?
€29,790 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 4.0% 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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