Loqueffret is older than 94% of compared French towns: a median age of 55
Here 18% of households are couples with children, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%. The share of households headed by a retired person stands at 51%. Households without a car are rarer here than in 83% of compared French towns. Loqueffret is home to 336 residents in 190 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 Loqueffret
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 91 second homes and occasional dwellings in Loqueffret, 31% of its 300 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Loqueffret had 395 residents at the 2012 census and 336 in 2023, down 15%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Loqueffret’s residents are under 55 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 33% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Many people living alone
49% of Loqueffret’s households are one person: higher than in 92% of compared French towns; 39% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Flats: 0.4%, a lower share than 99% 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
Second homes: 31% here and 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing account for 9.3%. Lower than in 53% of compared French towns: 6.5% of homes stand empty.
Slower than most: −15% since 2012, behind 99% 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 same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Finistère town +4%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was −9%; from 2017 to 2023, −6%.
Loqueffret ranks below 99% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 5%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Loqueffret 55. The median compared French town: 44.
33% of residents are 65 or over; in the typical compared French town the figure is 22%. For comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Finistère 51.7%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of one-person households than 92% of compared French towns: 49%
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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. The typical household size is 1.8 people.
At the median, €21,030 a year to live on
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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €21,030 a year: lower than in 93% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker: 22%, a higher share than 90% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for households headed by a manual worker is 14% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A larger share of foreign nationals than 66% of compared French towns: 6.4%
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.
That is higher than in 56% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Finistère has 2.4%. Elsewhere, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 7.4% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
More married residents than 70% of compared French towns: 46%
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
Single residents: 23%, below 68% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
In Loqueffret, 26% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 67% 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
Adults with no qualification: 17%, below 62% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 336 to 2,582 people, the 6th 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.
No nearby town is as old as Loqueffret
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loqueffret | 55 | 33% | 31% | 7.4% |
| Pleyben 3,692 · 8.5 mi | 46.6 | 23% | 4.6% | 2.7% |
| Châteauneuf-du-Faou 3,651 · 9.4 mi | 51.2 | 30% | 15% | 7.4% |
| Pont-de-Buis-lès-Quimerch 3,663 · 11.9 mi | 43.3 | 19% | 7.4% | 2.9% |
| Pleyber-Christ 3,166 · 12.8 mi | 46.5 | 26% | 7.3% | 2.3% |
| Carhaix-Plouguer 7,412 · 13.5 mi | 52.2 | 32% | 3.9% | 6% |
| Saint-Thégonnec Loc-Eguiner 3,148 · 13.7 mi | 42.5 | 19% | 4.2% | 2.4% |
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 Loqueffret
What is the population of Loqueffret?
336 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 15% fewer than in 2012 (395).
How old are Loqueffret’s residents?
The median age is 55, older than 94% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 33% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Loqueffret?
91, with occasional dwellings: 31% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Loqueffret?
INSEE counts 25 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.4% of residents, and 22 foreign nationals (6.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Loqueffret?
€21,030 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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