A median age of 56: Plovan is older than 95% of compared French towns
The share of empty homes is 1.3%, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Plovan counted 677 residents and 340 households at the 2023 Census. Put another way, about one in 63: 1.6% of homes are flats. Lower than in 98% of compared French towns: 3.2% of households have no car.
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 Plovan
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 270 second homes and occasional dwellings in Plovan, 43% of its 620 homes: higher than in 97% of compared French towns. 99% 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 Plovan’s residents are under 56 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 33% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A town of second homes: 43% of its homes
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
Here 4.7% of households rent social housing (HLM), where the figure in the typical compared French town is 12%. For second homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 2.1%.
+2% since 2012, a pace below 63% 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%.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 5.9% of residents are 15 to 24
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Plovan 56. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 33% here and 22% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Finistère 51.7%, France 51.8%.
4.3% of households are single parents, below 99% 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. On couples with children, Plovan sits lower than 69% of compared French towns: 21%. Measured more widely, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. One-person households: 40% here and 35% in the typical compared French town.
The median resident lives on €25,130 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.
Living standards centre on €25,130 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 59% of compared French towns.
In Plovan, 48% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 96% of compared French towns
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
Set against 14% in the typical compared French town, 10% of households are headed by a manual worker in Plovan. The wider picture: 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manager or professional are more common here than in 54% of compared French towns.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 81% of compared French towns, at 3.1%
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.
The share of foreign nationals is 1.9%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 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.
Only 23% of residents 15 and over are single in Plovan
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 census found that 44% of residents 15 and over are married in Plovan. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
11% of adults out of school have no qualification, below 91% 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
37% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, against 30% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 5th oldest of 41 French towns of 677 to 2,582 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Nearby, 2 of 6 towns have older populations than Plovan
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plovan | 56 | 33% | 43% | 3.1% |
| Plonéour-Lanvern 6,452 · 4.5 mi | 45.8 | 23% | 7.6% | 1.5% |
| Plozévet 2,984 · 4.9 mi | 57.3 | 35% | 30% | 2.6% |
| Plomeur 3,904 · 7.4 mi | 49.8 | 27% | 14% | 1.7% |
| Pont-l'Abbé 8,484 · 7.6 mi | 53.8 | 33% | 9.9% | 2.9% |
| Penmarch 5,508 · 8 mi | 60.8 | 41% | 40% | 2.9% |
| Pluguffan 4,223 · 9.2 mi | 44.6 | 22% | 2.6% | 3.1% |
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 Plovan
What is the population of Plovan?
677 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (666).
How old are Plovan’s residents?
The median age is 56, older than 95% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 33% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Plovan?
270, with occasional dwellings: 43% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Plovan?
INSEE counts 21 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.1% of residents, and 13 foreign nationals (1.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Plovan?
€25,130 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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