Porspoder is older than 98% of compared French towns: a median age of 58.8
Flats: 3.8%, below 97% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put Porspoder’s population at 1,753, in 880 households. Households headed by a retired person account for 53%. Few places have so few households in social housing: 2.2% here, fewer than in 96% 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 Porspoder
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 570 second homes and occasional dwellings in Porspoder, 38% of its 1,490 homes: higher than in 96% of compared French towns. 95% 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 Porspoder’s residents are under 58.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 40% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 12% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A higher share of second homes than 96% of compared French towns, at 38%
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
6.6% of households have no car (typical compared French town: 11%). At 2.9%, the share of empty homes is lower than in 96% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Newcomers of less than two years account for 7.1% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 21%.
−2% since 2012, a pace below 76% 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
Porspoder ranks above 98% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 40%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Porspoder 58.8. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (5.9%), Porspoder is below 99% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Finistère 51.7%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households make up 5.1% in Porspoder, less than in 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
Nearly two in five households are one person living alone, against 35% in the typical compared French town. The census found that 17% of households are couples with children in Porspoder. To put it in context, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
At the median, €29,290 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 €29,290 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 80% of compared French towns.
Porspoder sits below 88% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (7.9%)
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 Porspoder, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional. By way of comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Porspoder, 1.8% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 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.
Where 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, Porspoder has 0.6%. The median compared commune in Finistère has 2.4%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 94% of compared French towns. 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.
Below 97% of compared French towns: 19% of residents 15 and over are single
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 51% in Porspoder and 43% in the typical compared French town. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 85% of compared French towns: 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
38% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification (typical compared French town: 30%). To put it in context, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 1,753 to 2,582 people: this is the 4th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
No nearby town is as old as Porspoder
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Porspoder | 58.8 | 40% | 38% | 1.8% |
| Plouarzel 4,029 · 4.7 mi | 45.8 | 21% | 17% | 1.6% |
| Ploudalmézeau 6,522 · 5 mi | 49.3 | 28% | 16% | 1.5% |
| Saint-Renan 8,577 · 8.1 mi | 42.6 | 21% | 1.2% | 1.4% |
| Milizac-Guipronvel 4,816 · 9.2 mi | 39.7 | 17% | 2.2% | 1.6% |
| Le Conquet 2,835 · 10.2 mi | 57.4 | 35% | 27% | 2.6% |
| Landéda 3,702 · 10.3 mi | 53 | 28% | 20% | 1.7% |
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 Porspoder
What is the population of Porspoder?
1,753 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (1,781).
How old are Porspoder’s residents?
The median age is 58.8, older than 98% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 40% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Porspoder?
570, with occasional dwellings: 38% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Porspoder?
INSEE counts 32 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.8% of residents, and 11 foreign nationals (0.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Porspoder?
€29,290 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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