One-person households make up 46% in Landerneau, more than in 86% of compared French towns
Flats: 41%, above 65% of compared French towns. At 17%, the share of households in social housing is higher than in 67% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 16,363 residents and 7,860 households in Landerneau. Locally, 13% of households have no car.
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.
Landerneau grew +7% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 60% 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 years 2012 to 2017 brought +3%; 2017 to 2023, +4%.
Landerneau is older than 58% of compared French towns: a median age of 45.2
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Landerneau 45.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Across Landerneau, nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 86 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Finistère 51.7%, France 51.8%.
21% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 68% 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
Households average 2 people. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 56% of compared French towns. The usual figure: a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of empty homes than 66% of compared French towns: 5.5%
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
18% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 11% moved in within the last two years. Empty homes make up 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Higher than in 52% of compared French towns: 2.2% of homes are second homes.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €26,330 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 midpoint of living standards here is €26,330 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 54% of compared French towns. Poverty touches 10.0% of residents.
A higher share of households headed by a retired person than 59% of compared French towns, at 34%
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
11% of households are headed by a manager or professional (typical compared French town: 9.4%). Compared with other places, households headed by a manual worker are scarce here: 13%, fewer than in 55% of compared French towns. Against that, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 2.7% of residents are immigrants in Landerneau
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.
In Landerneau, 1.8% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. That is lower than in 85% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Finistère has 2.4%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Landerneau sits below 77% of compared French towns for married residents (39%)
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
Against a figure of 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of single residents in Landerneau comes in at 29%. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 78% of compared French towns: 14%
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
Where 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, Landerneau has 36%. Adults with no qualification: 19% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
41 French towns of 15,854 to 16,890 people: this is the 9th 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.
Saint-Julien-en-Genevois is the youngest (35.4); Cestas the oldest (51.4).
Median age: 2 of the 6 towns around Landerneau 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Landerneau | 45.2 | 23% | 2.2% | 2.7% |
| Plouédern 3,103 · 1.8 mi | 40 | 18% | 1.6% | 1.7% |
| Loperhet 3,959 · 5.8 mi | 43.5 | 19% | 5.3% | 2.4% |
| Ploudaniel 3,732 · 6.1 mi | 43.4 | 21% | 2.2% | 1.6% |
| Guipavas 15,538 · 7.1 mi | 42.8 | 21% | 0.9% | 3.3% |
| Le Relecq-Kerhuon 11,897 · 7.2 mi | 45.5 | 22% | 2.4% | 2.7% |
| Plougastel-Daoulas 13,434 · 7.9 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 Landerneau
What is the population of Landerneau?
16,363 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (15,265).
How old are Landerneau’s residents?
The median age is 45.2, older than 58% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Landerneau?
190, with occasional dwellings: 2.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Landerneau?
INSEE counts 440 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.7% of residents, and 290 foreign nationals (1.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Landerneau?
€26,330 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 10.0% 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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