2.6% of households have no car, below 99% of compared French towns
Households in social housing make up 5.7%, against 12% in the typical compared French town. Plouvorn’s 1,200 households held 2,916 residents at the 2023 Census. Across Plouvorn, 2.7% of homes are flats. Compared with other places, one-person households are scarce here: 29%, fewer than in nearly four fifths 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 Plouvorn
A town of families
33% of households are couples with children and 7.3% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Empty homes
The census found 180 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
+4% since 2012, a pace below 52% 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 first five years brought +3%; the six to 2023, +2%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Finistère town +4%.
9.6% of residents are 15 to 24, below 71% 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
■ Plouvorn 43.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Plouvorn’s residents are under 43.3, younger than in 56% of compared French towns. Against that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. On the census count, just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Finistère 51.7%, France 51.8%.
Plouvorn ranks above 88% of compared French towns on couples with children: 33%
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. 7.3% of households are single parents, a lower share than in 87% of compared French towns. The share of couples with children in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Empty homes: 13%, a higher share than 90% 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
Of all households, 5.6% moved in during the last two years and 23% have stayed three decades or more. For empty homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.7%. Second homes: 2.6%, near enough the figure in the typical compared French town.
At the median, €25,240 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €25,240 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 57% of compared French towns. 10.0% of residents have a standard of living below 60% of France’s median.
Above 78% of compared French towns: 19% 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
In Plouvorn, 7.5% of households are headed by a manager or professional, beside 9.4% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town: 14%. Households headed by a retired person make up about one in three here (33%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 94% of compared French towns: 1.8% of residents are immigrants
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.
1% of residents are foreign nationals (typical compared French town: 4.3%). The median compared commune in Finistère has 2.4%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 94% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
22% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 82% 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
Here 44% of residents 15 and over are married, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 43%. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 85% of compared French towns, at 13%
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
Census figures put graduates of higher education at 31% in Plouvorn. The benchmark for adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town: 19%.
41 French towns of 2,892 to 2,941 people: this is the 10th 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.
Avord is the youngest (32.5); Batz-sur-Mer the oldest (60.3).
A younger town than 3 of the 6 around it: Plouvorn
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plouvorn | 43.3 | 22% | 2.6% | 1.8% |
| Guiclan 2,585 · 3.8 mi | 40.4 | 18% | 4.6% | 1.9% |
| Plouénan 2,610 · 4 mi | 44.3 | 23% | 6.8% | 2.4% |
| Landivisiau 9,426 · 5.2 mi | 42.5 | 21% | 2.8% | 4.4% |
| Saint-Thégonnec Loc-Eguiner 3,148 · 6.2 mi | 42.5 | 19% | 4.2% | 2.4% |
| Taulé 2,914 · 6.5 mi | 50.3 | 28% | 4.9% | 3.4% |
| Cléder 3,584 · 7.3 mi | 53.1 | 28% | 26% | 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 Plouvorn
What is the population of Plouvorn?
2,916 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (2,795).
How old are Plouvorn’s residents?
The median age is 43.3, younger than 56% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Plouvorn?
37, with occasional dwellings: 2.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Plouvorn?
INSEE counts 53 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.8% of residents, and 30 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Plouvorn?
€25,240 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 10.0% 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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