Photo: Johann Dréo from Chartres, France · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Plouescat is over 54.5, older than 93% of compared French towns
Flats: 8.1% here and 30% in the typical compared French town. The 2023 Census counted 3,554 residents in 1,690 households. 2.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional, or about one in 37. Compared with other places, single-parent households are scarce here: 6.8%, fewer than in 91% of compared French towns.
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 Plouescat
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 710 second homes and occasional dwellings in Plouescat, 27% of its 2,630 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 92% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Plouescat’s residents are under 54.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 34% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A town of second homes: 27% of its 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
One household in 11 has no car (median compared French town: 11%). Set beside that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing make up about one in 22 here (4.6%). At 8.5%, the share of empty homes is higher than in just over two thirds of compared French towns.
Since 2012, Plouescat has changed by −1%, slower than 75% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Finistère town +4%.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 34% in Plouescat, more than in 93% 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
■ Plouescat 54.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 8.5% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Finistère 51.7%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
A lower share of couples with children than 78% of compared French towns, at 19%
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
On average, 2 people share a household. For comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Few places have as many one-person households: 41% here, more than in 72% of compared French towns.
At the median, €25,330 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.
Half of residents live in households above €25,330 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 56% of compared French towns. Residents below the poverty line make up 12.0%.
More households headed by a retired person than 97% of compared French towns: 50%
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 manual worker: 13% of the total. As a reference point, nearly a third 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).
2% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 92% of compared French towns
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.
The share of foreign nationals is 0.9%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 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.
Married residents: 46%, a higher share than 70% 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
The figure for single residents is 23% in Plouescat and 25% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 74% of compared French towns, at 23%
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, a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification. On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 3,535 to 3,573 people: this is 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 Rubelles (34.9), the youngest, and Deauville (63.3), the oldest.
No nearby town is as old as Plouescat
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plouescat | 54.5 | 34% | 27% | 2% |
| Cléder 3,584 · 3 mi | 53.1 | 28% | 26% | 1.8% |
| Lesneven 7,566 · 8.7 mi | 46.5 | 25% | 2.6% | 2% |
| Plouvorn 2,916 · 8.8 mi | 43.3 | 22% | 2.6% | 1.8% |
| Saint-Pol-de-Léon 6,941 · 9 mi | 52.2 | 32% | 14% | 4% |
| Plouénan 2,610 · 9.5 mi | 44.3 | 23% | 6.8% | 2.4% |
| Le Folgoët 3,315 · 9.8 mi | 48.1 | 26% | 0.9% | 1.2% |
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 Plouescat
What is the population of Plouescat?
3,554 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% fewer than in 2012 (3,600).
How old are Plouescat’s residents?
The median age is 54.5, older than 93% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 34% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Plouescat?
710, with occasional dwellings: 27% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Plouescat?
INSEE counts 70 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2% of residents, and 33 foreign nationals (0.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Plouescat?
€25,330 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 12.0% 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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