Half of Lanildut is over 56, older than 95% of compared French towns
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, 2.3% of homes are flats here. The 2023 Census put Lanildut’s population at 1,013, in 500 households. Households headed by a retired person: 54% of the total. Few places have so few single-parent households: 5.9% here, fewer than in 96% 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 Lanildut
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 200 second homes and occasional dwellings in Lanildut, 28% of its 730 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 98% 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 Lanildut’s residents are under 56 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 35% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.2% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Lanildut sits above 95% of compared French towns for second homes (28%)
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
9.5% of households moved in less than two years ago; 21% have been in their home 30 years or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 91% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Here 3% of homes stand empty, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 6.7%.
A +7% change since 2012: faster than 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 change was +1% from 2012 to 2017 and +6% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Finistère town +4%.
Lanildut ranks above 94% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 35%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Lanildut 56. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 7.4% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. On average, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Finistère 51.7%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of couples with children than 65% of compared French towns: 22%
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
There are 2 people in the average household. In the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children is 25%. On one-person households, Lanildut sits higher than 54% of compared French towns: 36%.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €29,660 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.
Living standards centre on €29,660 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 83% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a manual worker than 91% of compared French towns, at 6.9%
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 manager or professional: 14%, above 72% of compared French towns.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
2.3% of residents are immigrants, below 89% of compared French towns
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.
1.2% of residents are foreign nationals, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 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.
Lanildut sits above 93% of compared French towns for married residents (50%)
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
Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, a fifth of residents 15 and over are single in Lanildut. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 98% of compared French towns: 8.2%
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
42% of Lanildut’s residents 15 and over who have left education hold a higher-education diploma, against 30% in the median compared French town; 8.2% have no diploma (19%).
Of 41 French towns its size (1,013 to 2,582 people), the 5th 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).
A younger town than 1 of the 6 around it: Lanildut
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lanildut | 56 | 35% | 28% | 2.3% |
| Plouarzel 4,029 · 2.9 mi | 45.8 | 21% | 17% | 1.6% |
| Ploudalmézeau 6,522 · 5.8 mi | 49.3 | 28% | 16% | 1.5% |
| Saint-Renan 8,577 · 6.5 mi | 42.6 | 21% | 1.2% | 1.4% |
| Milizac-Guipronvel 4,816 · 8.2 mi | 39.7 | 17% | 2.2% | 1.6% |
| Le Conquet 2,835 · 8.5 mi | 57.4 | 35% | 27% | 2.6% |
| Locmaria-Plouzané 5,130 · 8.7 mi | 45.6 | 20% | 9.5% | 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 Lanildut
What is the population of Lanildut?
1,013 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (950).
How old are Lanildut’s residents?
The median age is 56, older than 95% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 35% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lanildut?
200, with occasional dwellings: 28% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lanildut?
INSEE counts 23 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.3% of residents, and 12 foreign nationals (1.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lanildut?
€29,660 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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