More second homes than 93% of compared French towns: 19%
Just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, against 7.5% in Locronan. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 829, in 410 households. The share of households without a car stands at 6%. Few places have so few flats: 4.8% 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 Locronan
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 110 second homes and occasional dwellings in Locronan, 19% of its 550 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 96% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Households in social housing: 8.9%, a lower share than 66% 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
7.1% of households moved in less than two years ago; 22% have been in their home 30 years or more. Locronan has fewer empty homes than 60% of compared French towns, at 6%. In the typical compared French town, the share of households in social housing is 12%. Car-free households: one in 17, where the median compared French town has 11%.
Locronan changed by +3% from 2012 to 2023, slower 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
Over those years, the median Finistère town changed +4% and the median compared French town +5%.
Older than 85% of compared French towns: half of Locronan is over 50.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Locronan 50.5. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over is 22%; Locronan has 26%.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 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.
20% of households are couples with children, below 72% 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
In the typical compared French town, one in ten households are single parents; in Locronan, 8.3%. By way of comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. The census found that 40% of households are one person living alone locally.
Standard of living at the median: €26,670 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 Locronan’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €26,670 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 58% of compared French towns.
Locronan sits above 84% of compared French towns for households headed by a manager or professional (18%)
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
With households headed by a retired person at 39%, Locronan is ahead of 79% of compared French towns on that count. To put it in context, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in eight: just over one in ten 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 98% of compared French towns, at 1.3%
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: 0.6% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Finistère has 2.4%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 98% of compared French towns. 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.
Only 23% of residents 15 and over are single in Locronan
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
On the census count, 44% of residents 15 and over are married. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
7.5% of adults out of school have no qualification, below 99% 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
Graduates of higher education: 39% here and 30% in the typical compared French town. For adults with no qualification, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 19%.
Among 41 French towns of 829 to 2,582 people, the 13th 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, 1 are older than Locronan
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Locronan | 50.5 | 26% | 19% | 1.3% |
| Plogonnec 3,236 · 2.6 mi | 45.9 | 25% | 6.9% | 2% |
| Douarnenez 14,068 · 5.6 mi | 55.6 | 35% | 15% | 3.1% |
| Pluguffan 4,223 · 8.4 mi | 44.6 | 22% | 2.6% | 3.1% |
| Quimper 64,385 · 8.8 mi | 44.2 | 23% | 3.2% | 6.3% |
| Châteaulin 5,085 · 8.9 mi | 47.4 | 24% | 5.7% | 4.2% |
| Briec 5,816 · 9.4 mi | 42.6 | 19% | 3.9% | 6.3% |
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 Locronan
What is the population of Locronan?
829 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (806).
How old are Locronan’s residents?
The median age is 50.5, older than 85% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Locronan?
110, with occasional dwellings: 19% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Locronan?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.3% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (0.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Locronan?
€26,670 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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