Fewer households without a car than 99% of compared French towns: 2%
In Le Drennec, 4.4% of homes are flats, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 1,896, in 770 households. Locally, just over a quarter of households are one person living alone. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 89% 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 Le Drennec
A town of families
36% of households are couples with children and 4.5% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Faster growth than 57% of compared French towns: Le Drennec changed by +6% since 2012
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 median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Finistère town +4%. The change was +3% from 2012 to 2017 and +3% from 2017 to 2023.
Le Drennec ranks below 77% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 18%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Le Drennec 42. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 42, Le Drennec is younger than 66% of compared French towns. Roughly one in ten: 12% of residents are 15 to 24. As a reference point, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Finistère 51.7%, France 51.8%.
Le Drennec sits above 95% of compared French towns for couples with children (36%)
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 share of single-parent households trails 99% of compared French towns: 4.5%. Typically, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. There are 2.5 people in the average household.
A lower share of second homes than 82% of compared French towns, at 1%
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
5.6% of homes stand empty (typical compared French town: 6.7%). Measured more widely, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Households that moved in under two years ago: 5.8%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 25%.
€26,730 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.
At €26,730 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 59% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person make up 34% in Le Drennec, more than in 59% of compared French towns
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
Here just over one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 9.4%. Typically, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in seven: 15% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 96% of compared French towns, at 1.6%
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.
Foreign nationals: 1% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 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.
In Le Drennec, 46% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 70% 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
Single residents make up 23%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Only 10% of adults out of school have no qualification in Le Drennec
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
33% of Le Drennec’s residents 15 and over who have left education hold a higher-education diploma, against 30% in the median compared French town; 10% have no diploma (19%).
8th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 1,896 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Median age: 4 of the 6 towns around Le Drennec 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Drennec | 42 | 18% | 1% | 1.6% |
| Ploudaniel 3,732 · 2.7 mi | 43.4 | 21% | 2.2% | 1.6% |
| Le Folgoët 3,315 · 2.8 mi | 48.1 | 26% | 0.9% | 1.2% |
| Plabennec 8,686 · 3.2 mi | 41.6 | 19% | 1.2% | 1.3% |
| Plouvien 3,968 · 3.8 mi | 39.7 | 15% | 2.2% | 1.7% |
| Lesneven 7,566 · 3.8 mi | 46.5 | 25% | 2.6% | 2% |
| Bourg-Blanc 3,573 · 6.4 mi | 43 | 22% | 1.2% | 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 Le Drennec
What is the population of Le Drennec?
1,896 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (1,782).
How old are Le Drennec’s residents?
The median age is 42, younger than 66% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Le Drennec?
8, with occasional dwellings: 1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Le Drennec?
INSEE counts 30 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.6% of residents, and 19 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Le Drennec?
€26,730 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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