Spézet is older than 91% of compared French towns: a median age of 53.3
By its share of households headed by a retired person (49%), Spézet is above 97% of compared French towns. For Spézet, the census puts flats at 1.9%. More empty homes than in 79% of compared French towns: 10%. The town had 1,774 residents in 920 households at the 2023 census.
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 Spézet
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 180 second homes and occasional dwellings in Spézet, 15% of its 1,230 homes: higher than in 91% of compared French towns. 98% 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 Spézet’s residents are under 53.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 31% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Above 91% of compared French towns: 15% of homes 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
Households without a car make up 6.9%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 2.1% of homes are second homes. Across Spézet, 5.2% of households rent social housing (HLM).
−2% since 2012, a pace below 76% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved ±0%, and from 2017 to 2023 −2%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Finistère town +4%.
Only 7.1% of residents are 15 to 24 in Spézet
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Spézet 53.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 31%, against 22% in the typical compared French town. 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%.
Spézet ranks below 99% of compared French towns on single-parent households: 4.2%
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
Where 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, Spézet has 20%. Compared with other places, one-person households are common here: 42%, more than in 78% of compared French towns. For single-parent households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 10%. Households average 1.9 people.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €23,690 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.
The median standard of living in Spézet is €23,690 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 75% of compared French towns.
Below 95% of compared French towns: 3.6% of households are headed by a manager or professional
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
13% of households are headed by a manual worker, or about one in eight. 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).
Immigrants make up 4.5% in Spézet, less than in 68% 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.
The median compared commune in Finistère has 2.4%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 68% of compared French towns. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%. Locally, 3.7% 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.
Married residents make up 41% in Spézet, less than in 63% 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
For Spézet, the census puts single residents at 25%. In the typical compared French town, 43% of residents 15 and over are married.
Only 22% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Spézet
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
Adults with no qualification make up 17%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
The 7th oldest of 41 French towns of 1,774 to 2,582 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Spézet is younger than 2 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spézet | 53.3 | 31% | 15% | 4.5% |
| Châteauneuf-du-Faou 3,651 · 5.4 mi | 51.2 | 30% | 15% | 7.4% |
| Gourin 3,960 · 5.7 mi | 55.3 | 33% | 7.6% | 4.3% |
| Carhaix-Plouguer 7,412 · 8.6 mi | 52.2 | 32% | 3.9% | 6% |
| Scaër 5,178 · 11.7 mi | 51 | 28% | 4.6% | 2.6% |
| Pleyben 3,692 · 12.5 mi | 46.6 | 23% | 4.6% | 2.7% |
| Le Faouët 2,814 · 14.3 mi | 56.1 | 37% | 8.2% | 3.8% |
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 Spézet
What is the population of Spézet?
1,774 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (1,802).
How old are Spézet’s residents?
The median age is 53.3, older than 91% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Spézet?
180, with occasional dwellings: 15% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Spézet?
INSEE counts 80 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.5% of residents, and 67 foreign nationals (3.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Spézet?
€23,690 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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