A smaller share of households without a car than 93% of compared French towns: 4.2%
Set against 32% in the typical compared French town, nearly a quarter of households are headed by a retired person in Guipel. In 2023, the Census found 1,738 residents locally, living in 710 households. The census found that 8.8% of homes are flats locally. Half of the town’s residents are under 40.1, younger than in 78% of compared French towns.
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 +3% since 2012 leaves Guipel behind 58% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +15% in Ille-et-Vilaine. Here the change came as ±0% to 2017, then +2% to 2023.
Below 81% of compared French towns: 17% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Guipel 40.1. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 11%. Typically, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ille-et-Vilaine 51.2%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of couples with children than 88% of compared French towns, at 33%
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 share of one-person households is 30%, against 35% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. In Guipel, 7.7% of households are single parents.
A lower share of households in social housing than 91% of compared French towns, at 4%
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
Compared with 2.1% in the typical compared French town, 4.1% of homes are second homes here. The wider picture: just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. In the last two years, 9% of households moved in; at the other end, 19% have stayed 30 years or more.
Median living standard: €25,460 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 Guipel is €25,460 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 55% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker: 22%, a higher share than 89% 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
The census found that nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in Guipel. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a manual worker come to 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
1.6% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 96% 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.
0.7% of residents are foreign nationals; in the typical compared French town the figure is 4.3%. In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
23% of residents 15 and over are single, below 66% 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
In Guipel, 41% of residents 15 and over are married, beside 43% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
A larger share of graduates of higher education than 58% of compared French towns: 32%
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
18% of adults out of school have no qualification. Against that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 3rd youngest of 41 French towns of 1,738 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Around Guipel, 3 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guipel | 40.1 | 17% | 4.1% | 1.6% |
| Tinténiac 3,939 · 5.5 mi | 42 | 20% | 2.1% | 2.3% |
| Melesse 7,541 · 5.6 mi | 40.1 | 18% | 1.1% | 3.3% |
| Saint-Aubin-d'Aubigné 4,304 · 5.8 mi | 39.1 | 16% | 1.3% | 2.4% |
| La Mézière 5,033 · 5.8 mi | 41.7 | 15% | 1.7% | 3% |
| Gévezé 6,061 · 6.1 mi | 38.3 | 14% | 0.9% | 4.4% |
| Combourg 6,411 · 7.9 mi | 46.4 | 26% | 3.4% | 2.3% |
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 Guipel
What is the population of Guipel?
1,738 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (1,690).
How old are Guipel’s residents?
The median age is 40.1, younger than 78% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Guipel?
33, with occasional dwellings: 4.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Guipel?
INSEE counts 27 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.6% of residents, and 13 foreign nationals (0.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Guipel?
€25,460 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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