Photo: Kergourlay · CC BY-SA 4.0Loperhet: 37% of households are couples with children, above 96% of compared French towns
3.2% of households have no car; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%. The 2023 Census put Loperhet’s population at 3,959, in 1,550 households. Census figures put households in social housing at 6.3% locally. More second homes than in 78% of compared French towns: 5.3%.
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 Loperhet
A town of families
37% of households are couples with children and 6.5% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Many graduates
48% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 16% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +10% change since 2012: faster than 69% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +4% in Finistère.
Loperhet ranks below 72% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 19%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Loperhet 43.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 9.5% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. What’s more, the median age in Loperhet is 43.5, lower than in 54% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Finistère 51.7%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of one-person households than 94% of compared French towns: 25%
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 Loperhet, 6.5%. As a reference point, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Only 5.2% of homes are flats in Loperhet
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
Where 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town, Loperhet has 5.4%. Flats make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
Half above, half below €29,230 a year in standard of living
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 midpoint of living standards here is €29,230 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 80% of compared French towns. The share living below the poverty line is 6.0%.
16% of households are headed by a manager or professional, a share 79% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, against 29% in Loperhet. Households headed by a manager or professional make up 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Here, 13% 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).
2.4% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 88% 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.
In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Loperhet has 1%. As a reference point, 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.
A larger share of married residents than 83% of compared French towns: 48%
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
By its share of single residents (23%), Loperhet is below three quarters of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
7.6% 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
48% of Loperhet’s residents 15 and over who have left education hold a higher-education diploma, against 30% in the median compared French town; 7.6% have no diploma (19%).
The 18th youngest of 41 French towns of 3,932 to 3,986 people
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 Suippes (32.4), the youngest, and Erquy (64.9), the oldest.
3 of 6 neighbors are older than Loperhet
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loperhet | 43.5 | 19% | 5.3% | 2.4% |
| Plougastel-Daoulas 13,434 · 3.1 mi | 47.4 | 25% | 4.4% | 2.1% |
| Le Relecq-Kerhuon 11,897 · 4.5 mi | 45.5 | 22% | 2.4% | 2.7% |
| Guipavas 15,538 · 5.7 mi | 42.8 | 21% | 0.9% | 3.3% |
| Landerneau 16,363 · 5.8 mi | 45.2 | 23% | 2.2% | 2.7% |
| Plouédern 3,103 · 7.6 mi | 40 | 18% | 1.6% | 1.7% |
| Brest 142,346 · 8.5 mi | 35 | 18% | 4% | 8.6% |
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 Loperhet
What is the population of Loperhet?
3,959 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (3,602).
How old are Loperhet’s residents?
The median age is 43.5, younger than 54% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Loperhet?
92, with occasional dwellings: 5.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Loperhet?
INSEE counts 94 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.4% of residents, and 39 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Loperhet?
€29,230 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 6.0% 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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