In Saint-Divy, 36% of households are couples with children, more than in 95% of compared French towns
7.2% of residents are 15 to 24, against 11% in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 4% of households rent social housing (HLM). Lower than in 98% of compared French towns: 3.1% of households have no car. There were 660 households in Saint-Divy at the 2023 Census, home to 1,605 residents.
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 Saint-Divy
A town of families
36% of households are couples with children and 6.9% single parents with children; 22% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
+14% since 2012, a pace 78% of compared French towns didn’t match
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
In two steps, +9% to 2017 and +4% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +4% in Finistère.
Saint-Divy is younger than 72% of compared French towns: a median age of 41.1
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-Divy 41.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 20% here and 22% 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%.
Fewer one-person households than 99% of compared French towns: 21%
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
A household here holds 2.4 people on average. Set beside that, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Saint-Divy has fewer single-parent households than 90% of compared French towns, at 6.9%.
1.5% of homes are flats, fewer than in 99% 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
Households that moved in under two years ago: 7.3%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 32%. 3.2% of homes stand empty, fewer than in 94% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of second homes is 2.1%; Saint-Divy has 0.9%.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €28,240 a year
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 €28,240 a year: higher than in 73% of compared French towns.
Saint-Divy sits above 63% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (16%)
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 one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 9.4%. 31% of households are headed by a retired person. For 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).
Below 90% of compared French towns: 2.1% of residents 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.
The share of foreign nationals trails 92% of compared French towns: 1.1%. By way of comparison, 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.
Single residents: 14%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
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
Married residents: 57% here and 43% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Only 9.5% of adults out of school have no qualification in Saint-Divy
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
39% of Saint-Divy’s residents 15 and over who have left education hold a higher-education diploma, against 30% in the median compared French town; 9.5% have no diploma (19%).
4th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 1,605 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Of the 6 towns nearest Saint-Divy, 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Divy | 41.1 | 20% | 0.9% | 2.1% |
| Landerneau 16,363 · 3.3 mi | 45.2 | 23% | 2.2% | 2.7% |
| Guipavas 15,538 · 4.1 mi | 42.8 | 21% | 0.9% | 3.3% |
| Plouédern 3,103 · 4.2 mi | 40 | 18% | 1.6% | 1.7% |
| Le Relecq-Kerhuon 11,897 · 4.7 mi | 45.5 | 22% | 2.4% | 2.7% |
| Plabennec 8,686 · 5.3 mi | 41.6 | 19% | 1.2% | 1.3% |
| Ploudaniel 3,732 · 5.4 mi | 43.4 | 21% | 2.2% | 1.6% |
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 Saint-Divy
What is the population of Saint-Divy?
1,605 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% more than in 2012 (1,414).
How old are Saint-Divy’s residents?
The median age is 41.1, younger than 72% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Divy?
6, with occasional dwellings: 0.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Divy?
INSEE counts 34 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.1% of residents, and 18 foreign nationals (1.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Divy?
€28,240 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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