In Bazouges-la-Pérouse, 15% of homes stand empty, more than in 95% of compared French towns
30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town, against 6.2% in Bazouges-la-Pérouse. Compared with other places, households in social housing are scarce here: 4%, fewer than in 90% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Bazouges-la-Pérouse was home to 1,877 people in 810 households. The census found that 7.2% of households are single parents locally.
Throughout this page, the Ille-et-Vilaine 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 Bazouges-la-Pérouse
One home in 10 is a second home
The census counted 110 second homes and occasional dwellings in Bazouges-la-Pérouse, 10% of its 1,080 homes: higher than in 88% of compared French towns. 99% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Empty homes
The census found 160 homes empty (15%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
10% of homes in Bazouges-la-Pérouse 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
Just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town, against 7.7% in Bazouges-la-Pérouse. The usual figure: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Since 2012, Bazouges-la-Pérouse has changed by +2%, slower than 62% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +15% for the median Ille-et-Vilaine town, the change came in two steps: −2% from 2012 to 2017, then +4% to 2023.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 7.7%, a lower share than 94% 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
■ Bazouges-la-Pérouse 49.7. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Bazouges-la-Pérouse is 49.7, higher than in 82% of compared French towns. Put another way, about one in four: 27% of residents are 65 or over. Across the comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ille-et-Vilaine 51.2%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of one-person households than 62% of compared French towns, at 38%
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 Ille-et-Vilaine median and the France median
Living alone · share
Average household size: 2.1 people. One-person households make up 35% in the typical compared French town. Nearly a quarter of households are couples with children, a lower share than in 61% of compared French towns.
Median living standard: €24,420 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.
Half of residents live in households above €24,420 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 67% of compared French towns.
24% of households are headed by a manual worker, a share 94% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Set against 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 5.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Bazouges-la-Pérouse. Measured more widely, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a retired person make up about one in three here (35%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 2.1% in Bazouges-la-Pérouse, less than in 91% 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.
In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Bazouges-la-Pérouse, 1.6%. The median compared commune in Ille-et-Vilaine has 3.7%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 91% of compared French towns. Against that, 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.
A smaller share of married residents than 81% of compared French towns: 38%
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
25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, against 28% in Bazouges-la-Pérouse. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
20% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 86% 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
With adults with no qualification at 28%, Bazouges-la-Pérouse is ahead of 87% of compared French towns on that count. To put it in context, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
14th highest median age among 41 French towns of 1,877 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
2 of 6 neighbors are older than Bazouges-la-Pérouse
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bazouges-la-Pérouse | 49.7 | 27% | 10% | 2.1% |
| Val-Couesnon 4,072 · 4.6 mi | 51 | 30% | 8.5% | 2.9% |
| Sens-de-Bretagne 2,592 · 6.8 mi | 41.6 | 19% | 2.7% | 2.6% |
| Combourg 6,411 · 8.1 mi | 46.4 | 26% | 3.4% | 2.3% |
| Pontorson 4,280 · 9.1 mi | 55.7 | 37% | 13% | 5% |
| Maen Roch 5,088 · 10.1 mi | 44.7 | 23% | 2.5% | 5.4% |
| Dol-de-Bretagne 5,829 · 11.5 mi | 47.9 | 27% | 4.4% | 1.9% |
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 Bazouges-la-Pérouse
What is the population of Bazouges-la-Pérouse?
1,877 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (1,844).
How old are Bazouges-la-Pérouse’s residents?
The median age is 49.7, older than 82% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bazouges-la-Pérouse?
110, with occasional dwellings: 10% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bazouges-la-Pérouse?
INSEE counts 39 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.1% of residents, and 30 foreign nationals (1.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bazouges-la-Pérouse?
€24,420 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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