Plouhinec’s strongest is schools — brevet results 5.8 points above the expected rate. Residents’ health trails most towns (C−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 1% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At €2,373/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 6.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Cap Sizun - Pointe du Raz. Incomes are on the low side: 0.6 jobs per working resident; 11.7% unemployment.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment, INSEE census 2023. Plouhinec has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Plouhinec with other French towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far its rank is from the middle. American and UK towns are graded separately.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Plouhinec.
Who lives here
An older town: 41% of people in Plouhinec are 65 or over, more than in Finistère’s towns and across compared French towns
Degrees are held by 27% of adults, below Finistère’s towns (34%) and compared French towns (30%) alike. Children under 15 make up one in ten residents. Add to that, people aged 15 to 24 are 6.4% of the population.
60.6median age
PlouhinecFinistère medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
41%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma16%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education27%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 92 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.
INSEE, census 2023 · Finistère median and France median: the median of compared communes
Schools
Exam results around Plouhinec beat 96% of compared French towns
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
95.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collèges within 5 km of Plouhinec, close to Finistère’s towns (94.1%) and above compared French towns (87.5%). The nearest general lycée is 9.7 mi away. For exam results, it comes #6 of 63 in Finistère.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C−
Plouhinec has a higher adjusted death rate than 81% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Plouhinec is Centre hospitalier de Douarnenez, 10 mi away. Adjusted mortality in the town: 101 deaths for every 100 expected. 739 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 660: 12% above. Women in Finistère live to 84.8 on average and men to 79 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
+1%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw112
Adjusted101
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Plouhinec · 5.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
10 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Douarnenez
19.2 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Intercommunal de Cornouaille Quimper
84.8 · 79
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Finistère, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Unemployment in Plouhinec, 11.7%, runs above Finistère’s towns and compared French towns
At the census, 7.7% of working residents in Plouhinec didn’t travel to work at all. Public transport took 2.8% of the town’s working residents to work at the census. The median disposable income was €25,860 a year per consumption unit, in line with Finistère’s towns (€26,720) and compared French towns (€25,970).
8%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving82%
On foot3%
Public transport3%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
750
jobs based in Plouhinec, 0.6 per working resident
11.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,860
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
8%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C+
Walkability: better than 36% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living C+
For cost of living, Plouhinec gets a C+
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,373/m², comes from 223 sales of houses and apartments in Plouhinec from July 2023 to June 2026. Of the homes sold, 93% were houses. Houses are advertised at an estimated €8.69/m² a month.
€2,373/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Plouhinec€2,373/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Finistère median€2,388/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,304/m²
208
€11.26/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.89 to €14.26/m² a month)
6.6
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.69/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,200
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Cap Sizun - Pointe du Raz
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Old homes shape Plouhinec: 13% were built before 1919, more than in Finistère’s towns and across compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its heritage reaches back to prehistory. Among the classé monuments in Plouhinec is Nécropole mégalithique. The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments locally: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Plouhinec
Is Plouhinec safe?
Plouhinec has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.1 recorded violent incidents and 8.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Plouhinec good?
They grade A+, better than 96% of compared French towns and #6 of 63 in Finistère. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Plouhinec expensive to live in?
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,373/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.26/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Plouhinec grades C+ for cost of living.
About Plouhinec
Commune in Finistère, Brittany
Plouhinec is a commune of 3,919 people in the Communauté de communes Cap Sizun - Pointe du Raz. TownRatings compares communes, France’s local unit: each has its own mayor and its own statistics. Its area takes in the town and the countryside around it.
Built from INSEE’s 2026 official geography (COG) and IGN Admin Express boundaries
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.
