Photo: Remi Jouan · CC BY-SA 3.0A median age of 63.6: Loctudy is older than 99% of compared French towns
Set against 6.7% in the typical compared French town, 1.1% of homes stand empty in Loctudy. Census figures put couples with children at 13% locally. Few places have so few households in social housing: 4.1% here, fewer than in 90% of compared French towns. This Finistère town is home to 4,075 residents in 2,150 households, by the 2023 Census.
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 Loctudy
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 2,140 second homes and occasional dwellings in Loctudy, 49% of its 4,330 homes: higher than in 97% of compared French towns. 89% 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 Loctudy’s residents are under 63.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 46% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 12% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
49% of homes are second homes, more than in 97% 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
Car-free households: one in 17, where the median compared French town has 11%. Flats make up about one in 18 here (5.6%). Households without a car are rarer here than in four fifths of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, second homes come to 2.1%.
Slower than most: +2% since 2012, behind 62% 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%.
Loctudy sits above 99% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (46%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Loctudy 63.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, against 5.8% in Loctudy. Against that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 87 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.
6.3% of households are single parents, fewer than in 94% 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
There are 1.9 people in the average household. At 39%, the share of one-person households is higher than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns. The usual figure: 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €29,060 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.
The median standard of living in Loctudy is €29,060 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 79% of compared French towns. 8.0% of residents live below the poverty line INSEE uses.
A larger share of households headed by a retired person than 99% of compared French towns: 59%
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
7.2% of households are headed by a manual worker; in the typical compared French town the figure is 14%. Across the comparison, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in 15: 6.5% of households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 95% of compared French towns: 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.
The figure for foreign nationals is 0.7% in Loctudy and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 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.
54% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 99% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%; Loctudy has 17%. Measured more widely, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Loctudy sits below 85% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (13%)
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
The share of graduates of higher education is 38%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 2nd oldest of 41 French towns this size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Survilliers (35.6), the oldest Le Croisic (65.7).
Loctudy is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loctudy | 63.6 | 46% | 49% | 1.6% |
| Plobannalec-Lesconil 3,718 · 2.1 mi | 54.1 | 31% | 33% | 2% |
| Pont-l'Abbé 8,484 · 3.5 mi | 53.8 | 33% | 9.9% | 2.9% |
| Combrit 4,265 · 4.4 mi | 53.7 | 31% | 35% | 1.8% |
| Plomeur 3,904 · 4.9 mi | 49.8 | 27% | 14% | 1.7% |
| Guilvinec 2,669 · 5 mi | 60.7 | 42% | 39% | 1.7% |
| Bénodet 3,849 · 5.6 mi | 62.4 | 45% | 48% | 1.9% |
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 Loctudy
What is the population of Loctudy?
4,075 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (4,001).
How old are Loctudy’s residents?
The median age is 63.6, older than 99% of compared French towns. 11% are under 18 and 46% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Loctudy?
2,140, with occasional dwellings: 49% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Loctudy?
INSEE counts 67 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.6% of residents, and 30 foreign nationals (0.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Loctudy?
€29,060 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 8.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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