Photo: Yzergues · CC BY-SA 4.0More residents aged 65 and over than 73% of compared French towns: 26%
30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town, against 18% in Combourg. Higher than in nearly three quarters of compared French towns: 37% of households are headed by a retired person. This Ille-et-Vilaine town had 6,411 residents in 2,890 households at the 2023 Census. Put another way, about one in 29: 3.4% of homes are second homes.
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.
Combourg’s population changed by +12% since 2012, more than in 74% 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 median Ille-et-Vilaine town changed +15% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +4% and the next six +8%.
Older than 66% of compared French towns: half of Combourg is over 46.4
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Combourg 46.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, against 10% in Combourg.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ille-et-Vilaine 51.2%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
23% of households are couples with children, below 60% 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
One-person households: 37% here and 35% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. On average, 2.2 people share a household.
10% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 60% 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
Of all households, 11% moved in during the last two years and 20% have stayed three decades or more. As a yardstick, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. At 6.6%, the share of empty homes is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €25,670 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €25,670 a year: lower than in 53% of compared French towns. As for poverty, 12.0% of residents are below the line.
8.8% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 54% 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
Here, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a manager or professional come to 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 89% of compared French towns, at 2.3%
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.
Foreign nationals: 1.5%, below 87% of compared French towns. Typically, 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.
Fewer single residents than 73% of compared French towns: 23%
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 (45%), Combourg is above nearly two thirds of compared French towns. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Above 73% of compared French towns: 24% of adults out of school have no 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
28% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. For comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 6,343 to 6,480 people: this is the 14th 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.
At the ends of the range sit La Tronche (34.9), the youngest, and Louhans-Châteaurenaud (55.4), the oldest.
A younger town than 1 of the 6 around it: Combourg
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Combourg | 46.4 | 26% | 3.4% | 2.3% |
| Saint-Domineuc 2,619 · 6.6 mi | 41.5 | 18% | 3.5% | 1.7% |
| Mesnil-Roc'h 4,492 · 7.1 mi | 41.4 | 19% | 6.6% | 1.5% |
| Tinténiac 3,939 · 7.2 mi | 42 | 20% | 2.1% | 2.3% |
| Plerguer 2,895 · 9.2 mi | 40.9 | 19% | 3.2% | 1.6% |
| Dol-de-Bretagne 5,829 · 9.4 mi | 47.9 | 27% | 4.4% | 1.9% |
| Miniac-Morvan 4,408 · 10.3 mi | 39.2 | 17% | 4.9% | 1.5% |
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 Combourg
What is the population of Combourg?
6,411 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% more than in 2012 (5,739).
How old are Combourg’s residents?
The median age is 46.4, older than 66% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Combourg?
110, with occasional dwellings: 3.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Combourg?
INSEE counts 150 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.3% of residents, and 93 foreign nationals (1.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Combourg?
€25,670 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 12.0% 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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