0.3% of homes are flats, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 8.4%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Ploudiry had 872 residents in 370 households at the 2023 Census. Couples with children: nearly a third of the total. On households in social housing, Ploudiry sits lower than 85% of compared French towns: 5.2%.
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 Ploudiry
A young town
Half of Ploudiry’s residents are under 38.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 22% are under 15 and 15% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Ploudiry has changed by −2%, slower than 78% 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 +7%; 2017 to 2023, −8%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Finistère town +4%.
Half of Ploudiry is under 38.5, younger than 86% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Ploudiry 38.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 22% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over in Ploudiry comes in at 15%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Finistère 51.7%, France 51.8%.
29% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 81% 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
The average household has 2.4 people. Typically, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Ploudiry has fewer single-parent households than three fifths of compared French towns, at 9.5%.
Only 2.6% of households have no car in Ploudiry
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
In the last two years, 7.2% of households moved in; at the other end, 22% have stayed 30 years or more. At 9.3%, the share of empty homes is higher than in 75% of compared French towns. As a reference point, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town.
€25,530 a year is the median standard of living here
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 Ploudiry is €25,530 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 54% of compared French towns.
Ploudiry sits above 99% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (33%)
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
27% of households are headed by a retired person; in the typical compared French town the figure is 32%. Add to that, on households headed by a manager or professional, Ploudiry sits lower than 71% of compared French towns: 6.7%. Households headed by a manual worker: 14% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 87% of compared French towns, at 2.5%
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.
Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 2.2% of residents are foreign nationals here. 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.
Single residents make up 22% in Ploudiry, less than in 78% of compared French towns
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
Married residents: 45% here and 43% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 93% of compared French towns: 11%
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
Here 28% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. Adults with no qualification: 19% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
41 French towns of 872 to 2,582 people: this is the 2nd 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).
Ploudiry 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ploudiry | 38.5 | 15% | 2.6% | 2.5% |
| Landivisiau 9,426 · 4.7 mi | 42.5 | 21% | 2.8% | 4.4% |
| Plouédern 3,103 · 5.3 mi | 40 | 18% | 1.6% | 1.7% |
| Landerneau 16,363 · 5.7 mi | 45.2 | 23% | 2.2% | 2.7% |
| Saint-Thégonnec Loc-Eguiner 3,148 · 9.6 mi | 42.5 | 19% | 4.2% | 2.4% |
| Loperhet 3,959 · 9.8 mi | 43.5 | 19% | 5.3% | 2.4% |
| Plouvorn 2,916 · 9.8 mi | 43.3 | 22% | 2.6% | 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 Ploudiry
What is the population of Ploudiry?
872 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (891).
How old are Ploudiry’s residents?
The median age is 38.5, younger than 86% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Ploudiry?
11, with occasional dwellings: 2.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Ploudiry?
INSEE counts 21 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.5% of residents, and 19 foreign nationals (2.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Ploudiry?
€25,530 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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