Photo: Moreau.henri · CC BY-SA 3.0In Plouvien, 36% of households are couples with children, more than in 95% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM); in Plouvien, 3.2%. The 2023 Census counted 3,968 residents in 1,650 households. Put another way, about one in seven: 15% of residents are 65 or over. Compared with other places, households without a car are scarce here: 4.2%, fewer than in 93% 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 Plouvien
A town of families
36% of households are couples with children and 7.1% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Plouvien has grown +7%, faster than 59% 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
In two steps, +2% to 2017 and +5% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +4% in Finistère.
Plouvien is younger than 81% of compared French towns: a median age of 39.7
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Plouvien 39.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Locally, just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Finistère 51.7%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of single-parent households than 89% of compared French towns, at 7.1%
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
A household here holds 2.4 people on average. 30% of households are one person living alone, a lower share than in 79% of compared French towns. As a reference point, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
Plouvien ranks below 94% of compared French towns on flats: 5.9%
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
Some 8.6% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 21% who have been there 30 years or more. Census figures put empty homes at 4.5% in Plouvien.
Half above, half below €26,870 a year in standard of living
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 Plouvien’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €26,870 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 60% of compared French towns. Below the poverty threshold: 7.0% of the population.
Fewer households headed by a retired person than 80% of compared French towns: 26%
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
9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, against 8% in Plouvien. The share of households headed by a manual worker stands at 17%. For households headed by a retired person, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
1.7% of residents are immigrants, below 94% 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 Plouvien, 1.2%. As a reference point, 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.
A smaller share of single residents than 71% of compared French towns: 23%
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 married residents is 45% in Plouvien and 43% in the typical compared French town. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Adults with no qualification make up 9.2% in Plouvien, less than in 97% 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
With graduates of higher education at 35%, Plouvien is ahead of 66% of compared French towns on that count. Adults with no qualification: 19% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
The youngest of 41 French towns of 3,942 to 3,995 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.
Ages run from 39.7 in Plouvien to 64.9 in Erquy.
No nearby town is as young as Plouvien
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plouvien | 39.7 | 15% | 2.2% | 1.7% |
| Plabennec 8,686 · 2.7 mi | 41.6 | 19% | 1.2% | 1.3% |
| Bourg-Blanc 3,573 · 3.2 mi | 43 | 22% | 1.2% | 2.1% |
| Lannilis 5,709 · 4.2 mi | 44.9 | 22% | 4.2% | 1.4% |
| Gouesnou 6,501 · 5.8 mi | 45.6 | 22% | 0.8% | 2.5% |
| Le Folgoët 3,315 · 5.9 mi | 48.1 | 26% | 0.9% | 1.2% |
| Plouguerneau 6,755 · 6.2 mi | 51.9 | 29% | 23% | 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 Plouvien
What is the population of Plouvien?
3,968 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (3,708).
How old are Plouvien’s residents?
The median age is 39.7, younger than 81% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Plouvien?
39, with occasional dwellings: 2.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Plouvien?
INSEE counts 69 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.7% of residents, and 46 foreign nationals (1.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Plouvien?
€26,870 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 7.0% 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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