Only 1.6% of homes are flats in Peumerit
3% of households have no car, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Residents aged 15 to 24 are rarer here than in 98% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 917 residents in Peumerit, living in 390 households. Census figures put households in social housing at 4.2% locally.
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 Peumerit
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 89 second homes and occasional dwellings in Peumerit, 17% of its 510 homes: higher than in 92% of compared French towns. 99% 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.
Above 92% of compared French towns: 17% of homes are second homes
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
Long tenure is the mark of 24% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 7.2% (under two years). Second homes make up 2.1% in the typical compared French town. 6.6% of homes stand empty, a lower share than in 51% of compared French towns.
Peumerit grew +14% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 79% 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 ±0%; from 2017 to 2023, +14%.
Below 76% of compared French towns: 18% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Peumerit 42. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 42, Peumerit is younger than 66% of compared French towns. Typically, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Finistère 51.7%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households make up 14% in Peumerit, more than in 89% 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
Here 30% of households are one person living alone, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 35%. Couples with children are more common here than in 74% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Average household size: 2.4 people.
€24,630 a year: the median 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €24,630 a year: lower than in 65% of compared French towns.
Only 28% of households are headed by a retired person in Peumerit
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
Compared with 9.4% in the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional here. Households headed by a manual worker are rarer here than in 53% of compared French towns. Against that, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Peumerit ranks below 97% of compared French towns on immigrants: 1.5%
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.
0.2% of residents are foreign nationals (typical compared French town: 4.3%). In the typical compared French town, 6.5% 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.
45% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 66% 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
Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, 24% of residents 15 and over are single here. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
In Peumerit, 11% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 91% 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
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, 32% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification here. For comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (917 to 2,582 people), 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Every neighbor is older than Peumerit
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peumerit | 42 | 18% | 17% | 1.5% |
| Plonéour-Lanvern 6,452 · 3.4 mi | 45.8 | 23% | 7.6% | 1.5% |
| Pluguffan 4,223 · 6.2 mi | 44.6 | 22% | 2.6% | 3.1% |
| Plozévet 2,984 · 6.3 mi | 57.3 | 35% | 30% | 2.6% |
| Pont-l'Abbé 8,484 · 6.5 mi | 53.8 | 33% | 9.9% | 2.9% |
| Plomelin 4,239 · 7 mi | 50.6 | 26% | 4.1% | 1.5% |
| Combrit 4,265 · 7.8 mi | 53.7 | 31% | 35% | 1.8% |
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 Peumerit
What is the population of Peumerit?
917 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% more than in 2012 (807).
How old are Peumerit’s residents?
The median age is 42, younger than 66% of compared French towns. 27% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Peumerit?
89, with occasional dwellings: 17% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Peumerit?
INSEE counts 14 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.5% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Peumerit?
€24,630 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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