A higher share of second homes than 94% of compared French towns, at 22%
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 5.7%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. On flats, Lanvéoc sits lower than 84% of compared French towns: 12%. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 2,044, in 850 households. Across Lanvéoc, 5.6% 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.
What stands out about the people of Lanvéoc
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 250 second homes and occasional dwellings in Lanvéoc, 22% of its 1,150 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 92% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Lanvéoc had 2,224 residents at the 2012 census and 2,044 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 95% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Below 82% of compared French towns: 5.9% of households rent social housing (HLM)
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 household in 18 has no car (median compared French town: 11%). Put another way, about one in 21: 4.8% of homes stand empty. On average, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town.
From 2012 to 2023, 95% of compared French towns grew faster than Lanvéoc: −8%
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 −6%; 2017 to 2023, −2%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Finistère town +4%.
A higher share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 98% of compared French towns, at 18%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Lanvéoc 43.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Here 25% of residents are 65 or over, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 22%. At the same time, the median age in Lanvéoc is 43.9, lower than in 51% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Finistère 51.7%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households make up 8% in Lanvéoc, less than in 81% 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
Set against 35% in the typical compared French town, 37% of households are one person living alone in Lanvéoc. Each household has 2.1 people on average. On couples with children, Lanvéoc sits lower than 59% of compared French towns: 23%. To put it in context, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €25,350 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 €25,350 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 56% of compared French towns.
Lanvéoc ranks above 92% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 44%
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: 8.6% here and 14% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 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).
Lanvéoc ranks below 81% of compared French towns on immigrants: 3.1%
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.
With foreign nationals at 2.4%, Lanvéoc is behind 74% of compared French towns on that count. 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.
31% of residents 15 and over are single, a share 82% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
The share of married residents is 39%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Lanvéoc sits below 93% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (11%)
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
Graduates of higher education: 29% of the total. Elsewhere, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
16th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 2,044 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Median age: 3 of the 6 towns around Lanvéoc 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lanvéoc | 43.9 | 25% | 22% | 3.1% |
| Crozon 7,499 · 2.7 mi | 57.1 | 36% | 42% | 2.5% |
| Plougastel-Daoulas 13,434 · 7.1 mi | 47.4 | 25% | 4.4% | 2.1% |
| Brest 142,346 · 8.2 mi | 35 | 18% | 4% | 8.6% |
| Le Relecq-Kerhuon 11,897 · 9 mi | 45.5 | 22% | 2.4% | 2.7% |
| Plouzané 13,567 · 9.1 mi | 42.9 | 21% | 1.4% | 3% |
| Loperhet 3,959 · 9.5 mi | 43.5 | 19% | 5.3% | 2.4% |
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 Lanvéoc
What is the population of Lanvéoc?
2,044 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (2,224).
How old are Lanvéoc’s residents?
The median age is 43.9, younger than 51% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lanvéoc?
250, with occasional dwellings: 22% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lanvéoc?
INSEE counts 63 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.1% of residents, and 48 foreign nationals (2.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lanvéoc?
€25,350 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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