Lothey ranks below 99% of compared French towns on flats: 1.9%
The share of second homes is 9.1%, against 2.1% in the typical compared French town. The 2023 Census put Lothey’s population at 424, in 200 households. Households without a car: 4.8% of the total. Lower than in 83% of compared French towns: 25% of households are headed by a retired person.
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 Lothey
Fewer residents than in 2012
Lothey had 448 residents at the 2012 census and 424 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 89% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 34 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−5% since 2012: slower than 89% 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
The years 2012 to 2017 brought +2%; 2017 to 2023, −8%.
Lothey sits below 97% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (7.2%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Lothey 41.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Lothey’s residents are under 41.9, younger than in 66% of compared French towns. Residents aged 65 and over account for 22%. On average, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 112 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Finistère 51.7%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children: 29%, a higher share than 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
Single-parent households: 8.2% here and 10% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 25% of households are couples with children. The census found that 31% of households are one person living alone in Lothey.
13% of homes stand empty, a share 92% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Turnover: 5.7% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 27% have lived in their home 30 years or more. In the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes is 6.7%. Fewer households in social housing than in 88% of compared French towns: 4.5%.
Median standard of living: €26,510 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 residents live in households above €26,510 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 56% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a manager or professional than 79% of compared French towns: 5.7%
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
Here 18% of households are headed by a manual worker, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 14%. Households headed by a manager or professional make up 9.4% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Lothey ranks below 99% of compared French towns on immigrants: 0.9%
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.
Where 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, Lothey has 0.5%. The median compared commune in Finistère has 2.4%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 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.
Lothey sits below 82% of compared French towns for single residents (21%)
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
Across Lothey, 42% of residents 15 and over are married. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Lothey sits below 96% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (9.6%)
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
In Lothey, 29% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. Adults with no qualification make up 19% in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 424 to 2,582 people: this is the 8th youngest
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 Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Lothey is younger 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lothey | 41.9 | 22% | 9.1% | 0.9% |
| Châteaulin 5,085 · 3 mi | 47.4 | 24% | 5.7% | 4.2% |
| Pleyben 3,692 · 4.2 mi | 46.6 | 23% | 4.6% | 2.7% |
| Briec 5,816 · 5.8 mi | 42.6 | 19% | 3.9% | 6.3% |
| Pont-de-Buis-lès-Quimerch 3,663 · 6.4 mi | 43.3 | 19% | 7.4% | 2.9% |
| Châteauneuf-du-Faou 3,651 · 9.5 mi | 51.2 | 30% | 15% | 7.4% |
| Plogonnec 3,236 · 9.8 mi | 45.9 | 25% | 6.9% | 2% |
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 Lothey
What is the population of Lothey?
424 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (448).
How old are Lothey’s residents?
The median age is 41.9, younger than 66% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lothey?
23, with occasional dwellings: 9.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lothey?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.9% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lothey?
€26,510 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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