Photo: Mouh2jijel · CC BY-SA 3.0A larger share of one-person households than 97% of compared French towns: 54%
In Quimper, 18% of households have no car, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. This Finistère town had 64,385 residents in 34,920 households at the 2023 Census. Across Quimper, 14% of residents are 15 to 24. Half are older than 44.2, older than 51% 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 Quimper
Many people living alone
54% of Quimper’s households are one person: higher than in 97% of compared French towns; 42% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Quimper changed by +2% from 2012 to 2023, behind 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
The first five years brought −1%; the six to 2023, +2%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Finistère town +4%.
Half of Quimper is over 44.2, older than 51% 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
■ Quimper 44.2. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 23%.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Finistère 51.7%, France 51.8%.
15% of households are couples with children, below 90% 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
In Quimper, nearly one in ten households are single parents, beside 10% in the typical compared French town. Average household size: 1.8 people. The benchmark for couples with children in the typical compared French town: 25%.
More flats than 79% of compared French towns: 54%
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
Without a car: one household in six, against 11% in the median compared French town. Census figures put households in social housing at 15% in Quimper. More second homes than in 64% of compared French towns: 3.2%. For comparison, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town.
The median resident lives on €25,490 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.
At €25,490 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 55% of compared French towns. 14.5% of residents have a standard of living below 60% of France’s median.
A larger share of households headed by a manager or professional than 59% of compared French towns: 11%
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 the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%; Quimper has 31%. The share of households headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town is 9.4%. Households headed by a manual worker account for 13%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
6.3% of residents in Quimper 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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 52% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Finistère has 2.4%. In Quimper, 4.8% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 32% of residents 15 and over are married in Quimper
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
In Quimper, 36% of residents 15 and over are single, beside 25% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
Adults with no qualification: 13%, a lower share than 82% 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
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, two in five adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification here. Adults with no qualification: 19% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
41 French towns of 56,799 to 72,978 people: this is the 5th 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 Cergy (30.4), the youngest, and Fréjus (49.5), the oldest.
Quimper is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quimper | 44.2 | 23% | 3.2% | 6.3% |
| Ergué-Gabéric 8,606 · 3.4 mi | 45.4 | 22% | 0.9% | 2.6% |
| Pluguffan 4,223 · 3.6 mi | 44.6 | 22% | 2.6% | 3.1% |
| Plomelin 4,239 · 4.2 mi | 50.6 | 26% | 4.1% | 1.5% |
| Saint-Évarzec 3,574 · 5.1 mi | 49.1 | 25% | 2.4% | 2.3% |
| Gouesnach 2,836 · 5.5 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 9.4% | 1.6% |
| Pleuven 3,311 · 6.2 mi | 48.4 | 27% | 6.1% | 2.2% |
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 Quimper
What is the population of Quimper?
64,385 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (63,360).
How old are Quimper’s residents?
The median age is 44.2, older than 51% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Quimper?
1,280, with occasional dwellings: 3.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Quimper?
INSEE counts 4,030 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.3% of residents, and 3,110 foreign nationals (4.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Quimper?
€25,490 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 14.5% 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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