45% of households are one person living alone, a share 84% of compared French towns don’t reach
Set against 14% in the typical compared French town, 18% of households are headed by a manual worker in Quimperlé. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 12,469, in 6,130 households. 3% more people than in 2012. The median age here is 44.9, higher than in 56% 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.
Quimperlé’s population moved +3% on 2012, less than in 56% 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%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought ±0%; 2017 to 2023, +3%.
Quimperlé ranks above 58% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 23%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Quimperlé 44.9. The median compared French town: 44.
11% of residents are 15 to 24. On average, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Finistère 51.7%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children make up 20% in Quimperlé, less than in 72% 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. Measured more widely, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. On single-parent households, 9.7% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town.
In Quimperlé, 12% of households have no car, more than in 58% 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
At 5.9%, the share of empty homes is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town. Few places have as many second homes: 2.9% here, more than in 61% of compared French towns. Households without a car: 11% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Flats: 31% of the total.
€25,180 a year is the median standard of living here
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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €25,180 a year: lower than in 58% of compared French towns. Below the poverty threshold: 13.0% of the population.
A smaller share of households headed by a manager or professional than 68% of compared French towns: 7%
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
Here just over a third of households are headed by a retired person, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 32%. Against that, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Quimperlé, 4.1% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 72% 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.
3.4% of residents are foreign nationals, or about one in 29. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% 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.
Quimperlé sits below 87% of compared French towns for married residents (36%)
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
30% of residents 15 and over are single; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 70% of compared French towns, at 15%
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
Here 32% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. Across the comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 13th oldest of 41 French towns of 12,199 to 12,731 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 Villetaneuse (33.2), the oldest Andernos-les-Bains (60).
Median age: 4 of the 6 towns around Quimperlé are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quimperlé | 44.9 | 23% | 2.9% | 4.1% |
| Mellac 3,404 · 2.3 mi | 42.1 | 18% | 2.3% | 1.9% |
| Rédené 3,043 · 3.7 mi | 42.8 | 19% | 2.9% | 3.1% |
| Clohars-Carnoët 4,708 · 6 mi | 54.5 | 33% | 40% | 1.9% |
| Guidel 12,338 · 6.2 mi | 50 | 27% | 18% | 1.6% |
| Moëlan-sur-Mer 6,749 · 6.4 mi | 59 | 38% | 27% | 1.7% |
| Gestel 2,601 · 6.7 mi | 48.2 | 21% | 0.4% | 1.4% |
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 Quimperlé
What is the population of Quimperlé?
12,469 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (12,052).
How old are Quimperlé’s residents?
The median age is 44.9, older than 56% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Quimperlé?
200, with occasional dwellings: 2.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Quimperlé?
INSEE counts 520 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.1% of residents, and 420 foreign nationals (3.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Quimperlé?
€25,180 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 13.0% 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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