Fewer flats than 99% of compared French towns: 1.2%
Where 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town, Locmélar has 2.9%. 487 residents in 210 households: that is Locmélar at the 2023 Census. Across Locmélar, nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24. On households headed by a retired person, Locmélar sits higher than nearly four fifths of compared French towns: 39%.
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.
Since 2012, Locmélar has grown +10%, faster than 68% 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Finistère town +4%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought +6%; 2017 to 2023, +3%.
Locmélar is younger than 77% of compared French towns: a median age of 40.4
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Locmélar 40.4. The median compared French town: 44.
A fifth of residents are 65 or over (typical compared French town: 22%).
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Finistère 51.7%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of couples with children than 77% of compared French towns, at 30%
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 here average 2.3 people each. For couples with children, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%. Fewer one-person households than in 78% of compared French towns: 30%. At 9.4%, the share of single-parent households is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town.
In Locmélar, 4.2% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 90% 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
Nearly one in ten households moved in less than two years ago; 28% have been in their home 30 years or more. Across the comparison, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. At 5.6%, the share of second homes is higher than in 79% of compared French towns. In Locmélar, 8.7% of homes stand empty, beside 6.7% in the typical compared French town.
The median resident lives on €24,770 a year per consumption unit
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.
Half of Locmélar’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €24,770 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 63% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a manager or professional than 69% of compared French towns: 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
The census found that 13% of households are headed by a manual worker in Locmélar. To put it in context, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
1.8% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 94% 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.
Here 1.4% of residents are foreign nationals, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. 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.
Fewer single residents than 74% of compared French towns: 23%
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
45% of residents 15 and over are married and 12% in a PACS, against 43% and 6.1% in the median compared French town; 5.8% are widowed. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
In Locmélar, 9.5% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 96% of compared French towns
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
30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, or about one in three. As a reference point, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
4th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 487 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 Locmélar 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Locmélar | 40.4 | 20% | 5.6% | 1.8% |
| Landivisiau 9,426 · 3.7 mi | 42.5 | 21% | 2.8% | 4.4% |
| Saint-Thégonnec Loc-Eguiner 3,148 · 6.7 mi | 42.5 | 19% | 4.2% | 2.4% |
| Guiclan 2,585 · 7.7 mi | 40.4 | 18% | 4.6% | 1.9% |
| Plouédern 3,103 · 8.5 mi | 40 | 18% | 1.6% | 1.7% |
| Plouvorn 2,916 · 8.7 mi | 43.3 | 22% | 2.6% | 1.8% |
| Landerneau 16,363 · 8.9 mi | 45.2 | 23% | 2.2% | 2.7% |
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 Locmélar
What is the population of Locmélar?
487 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (444).
How old are Locmélar’s residents?
The median age is 40.4, younger than 77% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Locmélar?
14, with occasional dwellings: 5.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Locmélar?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.8% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Locmélar?
€24,770 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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