Plounéventer ranks below 99% of compared French towns on households without a car: 1.9%
Half of Plounéventer’s residents are under 39.1, younger than in 84% of compared French towns. Locally, 1.6% of households rent social housing (HLM). Its 910 households held 2,251 residents at the 2023 Census. In Plounéventer, 4.4% of homes are flats, beside 30% in the typical compared French town.
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 Plounéventer
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 9.9% single parents with children; 22% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Plounéventer grew +8% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 64% 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 whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Finistère town +4%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought ±0%; 2017 to 2023, +8%.
Fewer residents aged 65 and over than 87% of compared French towns: 16%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Plounéventer 39.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, 9.1% of residents are 15 to 24 here. Across the comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Finistère 51.7%, France 51.8%.
Plounéventer: 35% of households are couples with children, above 93% 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
Households here average 2.5 people each. Compared with other places, one-person households are scarce here: 25%, fewer than in 93% of compared French towns. There is little gap on single-parent households: 9.9%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
In Plounéventer, 5% of homes stand empty, fewer than in 74% of compared French towns
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
7.4% of households arrived within the last two years, while 23% have stayed 30 years or more. In the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes is 6.7%. Second homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 1.9%.
A median of €26,470 a year per consumption unit
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 €26,470 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 55% of compared French towns. Under the poverty line sit 8.0% of residents.
Above 86% of compared French towns: 21% of households are headed by a manual worker
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
29% of households are headed by a retired person (typical compared French town: 32%). Against that, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in nine: 11% of households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
1.6% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 95% 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.
In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Plounéventer, 1%. The median compared commune in Finistère has 2.4%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 95% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 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.
21% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 89% 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
In the typical compared French town, 43% of residents 15 and over are married; in Plounéventer, 45%. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
9.8% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 96% 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
The figure for graduates of higher education is 35% in Plounéventer and 30% in the typical compared French town. Typically, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 2,251 to 2,582 people, 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).
Every neighbor is older than Plounéventer
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plounéventer | 39.1 | 16% | 1.9% | 1.6% |
| Plouédern 3,103 · 3.1 mi | 40 | 18% | 1.6% | 1.7% |
| Landerneau 16,363 · 4.9 mi | 45.2 | 23% | 2.2% | 2.7% |
| Ploudaniel 3,732 · 4.9 mi | 43.4 | 21% | 2.2% | 1.6% |
| Landivisiau 9,426 · 6.3 mi | 42.5 | 21% | 2.8% | 4.4% |
| Lesneven 7,566 · 6.4 mi | 46.5 | 25% | 2.6% | 2% |
| Le Folgoët 3,315 · 6.8 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 Plounéventer
What is the population of Plounéventer?
2,251 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (2,083).
How old are Plounéventer’s residents?
The median age is 39.1, younger than 84% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Plounéventer?
19, with occasional dwellings: 1.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Plounéventer?
INSEE counts 37 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.6% of residents, and 23 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Plounéventer?
€26,470 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 8.0% 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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