Locquirec is older than 98% of compared French towns: a median age of 59.7
In the typical compared French town, 6.7% of homes stand empty; in Locquirec, 1.4%. 17% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 86% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Locquirec was home to 1,555 people in 820 households. The census found that 54% of households are headed by a retired person in the town.
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 Locquirec
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 930 second homes and occasional dwellings in Locquirec, 53% of its 1,780 homes: higher than in 98% of compared French towns. 80% 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 Locquirec’s residents are under 59.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 42% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 10% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A town of second homes: 53% of its homes
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
7.8% of homes are flats; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. In the typical compared French town, 2.1% of homes are second homes. Locally, 3% of households rent social housing (HLM). Locquirec has fewer households without a car than 84% of compared French towns, at 5.5%.
Locquirec grew +11% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 74% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +4%, and from 2017 to 2023 +7%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Finistère town +4%.
Locquirec: 42% of residents are 65 or over, above 98% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Locquirec 59.7. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 trails 99% of compared French towns: 6.1%. The wider picture: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Finistère 51.7%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
A larger share of one-person households than 75% of compared French towns: 42%
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
8.5% of households are single parents, against 10% in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 1.9 people on average. As a reference point, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Median standard of living: €29,560 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.
Half of Locquirec’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €29,560 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 82% of compared French towns.
2.4% of households are headed by a manual worker, fewer than in 99% 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
Nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, against 7.9% in Locquirec. Households headed by a manual worker make up 14% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 84% of compared French towns: 2.8% of residents are immigrants
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.
The median compared commune in Finistère has 2.4%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 84% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%. On the census count, 2.1% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 93% of compared French towns: 20% of residents 15 and over are single
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
49% of residents 15 and over are married; in the typical compared French town the figure is 43%. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
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
43% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. Elsewhere, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 1,555 to 2,582 people: this is the 4th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 2 are older than Locquirec
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Locquirec | 59.7 | 42% | 53% | 2.8% |
| Plestin-les-Grèves 3,639 · 2.4 mi | 61.5 | 43% | 29% | 2.4% |
| Plougasnou 3,192 · 6.8 mi | 62.8 | 45% | 40% | 2.7% |
| Trébeurden 3,821 · 7.4 mi | 59.5 | 40% | 40% | 2.7% |
| Plouigneau 5,014 · 8.2 mi | 47.3 | 25% | 5.6% | 2.2% |
| Pleumeur-Bodou 3,848 · 9.5 mi | 59.2 | 39% | 34% | 2.4% |
| Lannion 20,315 · 9.7 mi | 46.2 | 26% | 6.2% | 5.9% |
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 Locquirec
What is the population of Locquirec?
1,555 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% more than in 2012 (1,395).
How old are Locquirec’s residents?
The median age is 59.7, older than 98% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 42% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Locquirec?
930, with occasional dwellings: 53% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Locquirec?
INSEE counts 44 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.8% of residents, and 33 foreign nationals (2.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Locquirec?
€29,560 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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