Photo: Moreau.henri · CC BY-SA 3.0Taulé ranks below 97% of compared French towns on flats: 4.2%
With a median age of 50.3, Taulé is older than 84% of compared French towns. The town’s 1,300 households held 2,914 residents at the 2023 Census. Households without a car: 5.6% of the total. Compared with 32% in the typical compared French town, 37% of households are headed by a retired person here.
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.
A −2% change since 2012: slower than 77% 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
In two steps, −1% to 2017 and −1% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +4% in Finistère.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 8.1% in Taulé, less than in 92% 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
■ Taulé 50.3. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over is 22%; Taulé has 28%. The wider picture: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Finistère 51.7%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Taulé ranks below 64% of compared French towns on couples with children: 22%
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
Single-parent households: 9.2%, near enough the figure in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. On average, 2.1 people share a household.
4.2% of households rent social housing (HLM), below 90% 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
Car-free households: one in 18, where the median compared French town has 11%. As a yardstick, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Census figures put second homes at 4.9% in Taulé. Empty homes are more common here than in 72% of compared French towns.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €25,900 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 Taulé is €25,900 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 51% of compared French towns. Poverty touches 10.0% of residents.
Taulé sits above 59% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (15%)
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
Put another way, about one in 12: nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional. Elsewhere, 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 79% of compared French towns: 3.4% 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.
2.7% of residents are foreign nationals; in the typical compared French town the figure is 4.3%. As a reference point, 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: 23%, a lower share than 72% 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
The share of married residents stands at 44%. Elsewhere, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification make up 15% in Taulé, less than in 73% 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
Nearly a third of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. Measured more widely, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 2,889 to 2,939 people: this is the 10th 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.
Avord is the youngest (32.5); Batz-sur-Mer the oldest (60.3).
A younger town than 2 of the 6 around it: Taulé
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taulé | 50.3 | 28% | 4.9% | 3.4% |
| Saint-Martin-des-Champs 4,773 · 3.2 mi | 50.9 | 32% | 2.8% | 4.4% |
| Morlaix 15,194 · 3.7 mi | 45.4 | 23% | 5% | 6.8% |
| Carantec 3,272 · 3.8 mi | 60.5 | 42% | 41% | 2.1% |
| Plouénan 2,610 · 4 mi | 44.3 | 23% | 6.8% | 2.4% |
| Guiclan 2,585 · 5.4 mi | 40.4 | 18% | 4.6% | 1.9% |
| Plourin-lès-Morlaix 4,548 · 5.9 mi | 48.6 | 28% | 2.5% | 2.6% |
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 Taulé
What is the population of Taulé?
2,914 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (2,966).
How old are Taulé’s residents?
The median age is 50.3, older than 84% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Taulé?
74, with occasional dwellings: 4.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Taulé?
INSEE counts 98 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.4% of residents, and 77 foreign nationals (2.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Taulé?
€25,900 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 10.0% 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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