Half of Scrignac is over 56.1, older than 95% of compared French towns
The share of households headed by a manager or professional is 4.3%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Couples with children are rarer here than in 92% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Scrignac was home to 816 people in 440 households. In Scrignac, 1.7% of households rent social housing (HLM).
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 Scrignac
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 260 second homes and occasional dwellings in Scrignac, 34% of its 770 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 100% 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 Scrignac’s residents are under 56.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 32% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.5% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
34% of homes in Scrignac are second homes
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 20, against 11% in the median compared French town. Fewer flats than in 99% of compared French towns: 1.4%. For second homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. On the census count, 5.1% of households have no car.
A change of +1% since 2012 leaves Scrignac behind 64% 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 −6%; the six to 2023, +8%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Finistère town +4%.
5.5% of residents are 15 to 24, below 99% 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
■ Scrignac 56.1. The median compared French town: 44.
32% of residents are 65 or over; in the typical compared French town the figure is 22%. Across the comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Finistère 51.7%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households make up 5.4% in Scrignac, less than in 98% 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
The average household has 1.8 people. On one-person households, Scrignac sits higher than just over four fifths of compared French towns: 44%. The comparison figure for single-parent households is 10% in the typical compared French town.
Median living standard: €23,170 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.
Living standards centre on €23,170 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 80% of compared French towns.
Above 96% of compared French towns: 48% of households are headed by a retired person
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
The census found that 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in Scrignac. Households headed by a retired person: 32% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A larger share of foreign nationals than 88% of compared French towns: 12%
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.
13% of residents are immigrants, against 6.5% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Immigrants make up a share higher than in four fifths of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Finistère has 2.4%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Scrignac sits below 86% of compared French towns for single residents (21%)
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 account for 42%. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Graduates of higher education make up 25% in Scrignac, less than in 69% 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
19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, against 17% in Scrignac. In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%.
Ranked by age, 5th oldest of 41 French towns this size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Scrignac is older 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scrignac | 56.1 | 32% | 34% | 13% |
| Plougonven 3,382 · 7.4 mi | 49 | 28% | 7.1% | 1.9% |
| Plouigneau 5,014 · 10 mi | 47.3 | 25% | 5.6% | 2.2% |
| Plourin-lès-Morlaix 4,548 · 10.1 mi | 48.6 | 28% | 2.5% | 2.6% |
| Pleyber-Christ 3,166 · 10.8 mi | 46.5 | 26% | 7.3% | 2.3% |
| Carhaix-Plouguer 7,412 · 11.7 mi | 52.2 | 32% | 3.9% | 6% |
| Morlaix 15,194 · 12.8 mi | 45.4 | 23% | 5% | 6.8% |
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 Scrignac
What is the population of Scrignac?
816 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% more than in 2012 (805).
How old are Scrignac’s residents?
The median age is 56.1, older than 95% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 32% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Scrignac?
260, with occasional dwellings: 34% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Scrignac?
INSEE counts 100 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 13% of residents, and 100 foreign nationals (12%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Scrignac?
€23,170 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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