0.5% of homes are flats, below 99% of compared French towns
By its share of households headed by a manager or professional (2.8%), Plouyé is below 98% of compared French towns. 6.2% of households have no car, a lower share than in 79% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 687 residents in 350 households. For Plouyé, the census puts single-parent households at 5.5%.
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 Plouyé
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 130 second homes and occasional dwellings in Plouyé, 24% of its 560 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 100% 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 Plouyé’s residents are under 51.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 27% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.2% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Plouyé had 724 residents at the 2012 census and 687 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 88% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 70 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.
In Plouyé, 24% of homes are second homes, more than in 94% 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
The share of households in social housing trails 84% of compared French towns: 5.6%. In the typical compared French town, 2.1% of homes are second homes. Empty homes: 13% of the total.
A change of −5% since 2012 leaves Plouyé behind 88% 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
Here the change came as −7% to 2017, then +2% to 2023.
Plouyé is older than 88% of compared French towns: a median age of 51.8
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Plouyé 51.8. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (8.4%), Plouyé is below 89% of compared French towns. Compared with other places, residents aged 65 and over are common here: 27%, more than in 75% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Finistère 51.7%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 45% in Plouyé, more than in 84% 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
Average household size: 2 people. In the typical compared French town, 35% of households are one person living alone. Compared with other places, couples with children are scarce here: 23%, fewer than in three fifths of compared French towns.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €22,140 a year
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 €22,140 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 88% of compared French towns.
38% of households are headed by a retired person, a share 76% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 Plouyé, 15% of households are headed by a manual worker. 2.8% of the town’s households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 38% by a retired person (32%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Plouyé, 9.4% of residents are foreign nationals, more than in 80% 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.
Immigrants make up 10%, against 6.5% in the typical compared French town. That is higher than in 70% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Finistère has 2.4%. Measured more widely, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
Only 38% of residents 15 and over are married in Plouyé
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
Where 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, Plouyé has 28%. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
Below 59% of compared French towns: 27% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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 adults with no qualification at 17%, Plouyé is behind 63% of compared French towns on that count. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (687 to 2,582 people), the 9th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 2 are older than Plouyé
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plouyé | 51.8 | 27% | 24% | 10% |
| Carhaix-Plouguer 7,412 · 8.2 mi | 52.2 | 32% | 3.9% | 6% |
| Châteauneuf-du-Faou 3,651 · 10.1 mi | 51.2 | 30% | 15% | 7.4% |
| Pleyben 3,692 · 12.7 mi | 46.6 | 23% | 4.6% | 2.7% |
| Gourin 3,960 · 13.8 mi | 55.3 | 33% | 7.6% | 4.3% |
| Plougonven 3,382 · 14.2 mi | 49 | 28% | 7.1% | 1.9% |
| Pleyber-Christ 3,166 · 14.5 mi | 46.5 | 26% | 7.3% | 2.3% |
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 Plouyé
What is the population of Plouyé?
687 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (724).
How old are Plouyé’s residents?
The median age is 51.8, older than 88% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Plouyé?
130, with occasional dwellings: 24% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Plouyé?
INSEE counts 69 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 10% of residents, and 65 foreign nationals (9.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Plouyé?
€22,140 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970). 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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