Poullaouen’s strongest subject is cost of living (A+) — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 2.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health lags (D−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 41% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Jobs & income is weaker too: 0.6 jobs per working resident; 10.5% unemployment. Holiday and other second homes account for nearly a quarter of homes.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023. Poullaouen has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Poullaouen with other French towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far its rank is from the middle. American and UK towns are graded separately.
Église Saint-Pierre et Saint-Paul: Photo: Moreau.henri · CC BY-SA 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Poullaouen.
HealthHealth D−
Deaths in Poullaouen run above what its ages would predict: 141 per 100 expected, more than Finistère’s towns or compared French towns
+41%deaths against expected, after care homesD−Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Finistère, life expectancy at birth reaches 84.8 years for women and 79 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. 268 deaths in Poullaouen between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 189: 41% above. For a family doctor, residents of Poullaouen have one GP on hand.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw141
Adjusted141
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Poullaouen · 2.2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
5.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Chru Brest site Hopital de Carhaix
5.6 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Chru Brest site Hopital de Carhaix
84.8 · 79
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Finistère, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Buying in Poullaouen costs less than in Finistère’s towns or across compared French towns: the median sale is €948/m²
€948/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €8.77/m² a month, below both Finistère’s towns (€11.55/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). A house rents for an estimated €7.95/m² a month. From July 2023 to June 2026, 91 homes were sold in Poullaouen.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Poullaouen€948/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Finistère median€2,388/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€948/m²
91
€8.77/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.89 to €11.16/m² a month)
2.7
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.95/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,300
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Poher communauté
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
On foot, Poullaouen works less well than 87% of compared French towns
5%walk, cycle or take transit
Half of residents lived on more than €24,130 a year per consumption unit, below Finistère’s towns (€26,720) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. 4.7% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport. The unemployment rate comes to 10.5%.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving82%
On foot4%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport1%
Bicycle0%
350
jobs based in Poullaouen, 0.6 per working resident
10.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,130
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
12%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D
Walkability: better than 13% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Few people in Poullaouen are 15 to 24: 6%, fewer than in Finistère’s towns and compared French towns
55.4median age
Nearly a third of residents have reached 65. Children under 15 make up 13%, lower than both Finistère’s towns (15%) and compared French towns (17%). At 55.4, the median resident of Poullaouen sits in the middle of the age range.
PoullaouenFinistère medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
32%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma16%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat24%
Higher education24%
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Finistère 51.7%, France 51.8%.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Poullaouen has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
5recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
More of the graded crimes in Poullaouen were criminal damage than anything else (2025). In 2025, 11 offenses were recorded here. On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 5 violent offenses and 8.6 graded property crimes a year.
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage11
Armed robbery0
Vehicle theft0
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
5
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
8.6
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
11
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
81.7%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · When family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (81.7% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Poullaouen is a commune of 1,470 people in the Communauté de communes Poher communauté. TownRatings compares communes, France’s local unit: each has its own mayor and its own statistics. Its area takes in the town and the countryside around it.
Built from INSEE’s 2026 official geography (COG) and IGN Admin Express boundaries
Population
1,470 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Poher communauté
Département
Finistère (29)
Région
Brittany
Area
34.4 sq mi (89 km²)
INSEE code
29227
Poullaouen’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.
