Only 3.4% of homes are flats in Ploudaniel
With households without a car at 4.1%, Ploudaniel is behind 94% of compared French towns on that count. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 90% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 3,732 people lived in the town, in 1,550 households. Across Ploudaniel, 28% of households are one person living alone.
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 Ploudaniel
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 5.8% single parents with children; 18% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Ploudaniel changed by +2% from 2012 to 2023, 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 same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Finistère town +4%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was +1%; from 2017 to 2023, +1%.
Younger than 55% of compared French towns: half of Ploudaniel is under 43.4
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Ploudaniel 43.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Ploudaniel comes in at 10%. The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 21%.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Finistère 51.7%, France 51.8%.
34% of households are couples with children, more than in 91% 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 5.8% of households are single parents, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 10%. As a yardstick, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Each household has 2.4 people on average.
A larger share of empty homes than 63% of compared French towns: 7.9%
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
5.2% of households moved in less than two years ago; 29% have been in their home 30 years or more. Few places have as many second homes: 2.2% here, more than in 52% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
Median living standard: €27,070 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 Ploudaniel is €27,070 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 62% of compared French towns. One measure of hardship: 6.0% of residents are below the poverty line.
Ploudaniel sits above 73% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (18%)
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
Set against 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 7.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Ploudaniel. Compared with other places, households headed by a retired person are common here: 34%, more than in 58% 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).
Only 1.6% of residents are immigrants in Ploudaniel
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%; Ploudaniel has 1%. To put it in context, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Finistère has 2.4%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 95% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 73% of compared French towns: 23% of residents 15 and over are single
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
Against a figure of 43% in the typical compared French town, the share of married residents in Ploudaniel comes in at 45%. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Only 11% of adults out of school have no qualification in Ploudaniel
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
Against a figure of 30% in the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education in Ploudaniel comes in at 33%. Set beside that, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 8th youngest of 41 French towns of 3,703 to 3,764 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 Lourches (35.1), the youngest, and Cabourg (63.9), the oldest.
Ploudaniel is younger than 3 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ploudaniel | 43.4 | 21% | 2.2% | 1.6% |
| Le Folgoët 3,315 · 2.6 mi | 48.1 | 26% | 0.9% | 1.2% |
| Lesneven 7,566 · 2.9 mi | 46.5 | 25% | 2.6% | 2% |
| Plouédern 3,103 · 4.9 mi | 40 | 18% | 1.6% | 1.7% |
| Plabennec 8,686 · 5.5 mi | 41.6 | 19% | 1.2% | 1.3% |
| Landerneau 16,363 · 6.1 mi | 45.2 | 23% | 2.2% | 2.7% |
| Plouvien 3,968 · 6.5 mi | 39.7 | 15% | 2.2% | 1.7% |
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 Ploudaniel
What is the population of Ploudaniel?
3,732 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (3,662).
How old are Ploudaniel’s residents?
The median age is 43.4, younger than 55% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Ploudaniel?
38, with occasional dwellings: 2.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Ploudaniel?
INSEE counts 60 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.6% of residents, and 37 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Ploudaniel?
€27,070 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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