Fewer flats than 99% of compared French towns: 0.8%
Here nearly one in ten homes are second homes, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. Lower than in 95% of compared French towns: 2.7% of households rent social housing (HLM). Comblessac’s 300 households held 671 residents at the 2023 Census. Single-parent households account for 13%.
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.
A change of −4% since 2012 leaves Comblessac behind 84% 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 −3% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +15% in Ille-et-Vilaine.
Comblessac ranks below 79% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 9.2%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Comblessac 43.1. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Comblessac is 43.1, lower than in 57% of compared French towns. On the census count, 23% of residents are 65 or over. For comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ille-et-Vilaine 51.2%, France 51.8%.
31% of households are one person living alone, below 70% 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 Ille-et-Vilaine median and the France median
Living alone · share
The average household has 2.3 people. One-person households: 35% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Few places have so few couples with children: 23% here, fewer than in just over three fifths of compared French towns.
A lower share of households without a car than 87% of compared French towns, at 5.2%
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
Nearly one in ten households arrived within the last two years, while 23% have stayed 30 years or more. At 8.9%, the share of empty homes is higher than in 72% of compared French towns. Typically, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town.
Median standard of living: €24,200 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 €24,200 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 69% of compared French towns.
24% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 94% of compared French towns
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, 6.8% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Comblessac. Households headed by a manual worker: 14% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Across Comblessac, 32% of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Comblessac, 2.7% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 85% 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 Ille-et-Vilaine has 3.7%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 85% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. 1.6% 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.
Below 86% of compared French towns: 21% of residents 15 and over are single
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
By its share of married residents (46%), Comblessac is above 73% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Below 86% of compared French towns: 20% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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
In Comblessac, 18% of adults out of school have no qualification. Set beside that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 671 to 2,582 people: this is the 12th youngest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Nearby, 3 of 6 towns have older populations than Comblessac
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comblessac | 43.1 | 23% | 8.6% | 2.7% |
| Guer 6,208 · 3.4 mi | 41.6 | 22% | 5% | 3.6% |
| Val d'Anast 3,930 · 4.1 mi | 42.5 | 21% | 6.1% | 1.3% |
| Carentoir 3,232 · 4.3 mi | 51.3 | 29% | 10% | 1.9% |
| Pipriac 3,859 · 8 mi | 42.4 | 20% | 3.7% | 0.8% |
| La Gacilly 3,995 · 8.1 mi | 51 | 29% | 6.1% | 2.5% |
| Plélan-le-Grand 4,076 · 8.5 mi | 43.2 | 23% | 5.4% | 1.7% |
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 Comblessac
What is the population of Comblessac?
671 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (697).
How old are Comblessac’s residents?
The median age is 43.1, younger than 57% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Comblessac?
31, with occasional dwellings: 8.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Comblessac?
INSEE counts 18 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.7% of residents, and 11 foreign nationals (1.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Comblessac?
€24,200 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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