Fewer flats than 99% of compared French towns: 2.8%
Just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town, against 4.9% in Plerguer. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 2,895, in 1,200 households. Households headed by a manager or professional: 4.6% of the total. With a median age of 40.9, Plerguer is younger than 74% 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.
What stands out about the people of Plerguer
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 5.8% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Plerguer had 2,412 residents at the 2012 census and 2,895 in 2023, up 20%: faster growth than in 90% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, Plerguer outgrew 90% of compared French towns: +20%
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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +13%, and from 2017 to 2023 +6%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Ille-et-Vilaine town +15%.
19% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 70% 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
■ Plerguer 40.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 9.1% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 22% of residents are 65 or over 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%.
Couples with children: 34%, a higher share than 89% 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
By its share of one-person households (30%), Plerguer is below 77% of compared French towns. The benchmark for couples with children in the typical compared French town: 25%. Census figures put single-parent households at 5.8% in the town.
In Plerguer, 3.2% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 93% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of second homes is 2.1%; Plerguer has 3.2%. Newcomers of less than two years account for nearly one in ten households, residents of 30 years or more for 18%. Households in social housing make up 12% in the typical compared French town.
€25,660 a year: the median standard of living
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 €25,660 a year: lower than in 53% of compared French towns. Residents below the poverty line make up 9.0%.
Above 78% of compared French towns: 19% of households are headed by a manual worker
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
A third of households are headed by a retired person, or about one in three. 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).
Plerguer ranks below 96% of compared French towns on immigrants: 1.6%
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 figure for foreign nationals is 1% in Plerguer and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 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.
21% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 86% 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
Married residents: 44% of the total. The wider picture: 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 25%, a lower share than 67% 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
In the typical compared French town, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification; in Plerguer, 17%. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (2,874 to 2,916 people), the 7th 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.
Avord is the youngest (32.5); Batz-sur-Mer the oldest (60.3).
Around Plerguer, 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plerguer | 40.9 | 19% | 3.2% | 1.6% |
| Miniac-Morvan 4,408 · 2.4 mi | 39.2 | 17% | 4.9% | 1.5% |
| La Fresnais 2,509 · 4.6 mi | 41.5 | 20% | 6.1% | 1.5% |
| Dol-de-Bretagne 5,829 · 4.7 mi | 47.9 | 27% | 4.4% | 1.9% |
| Pleudihen-sur-Rance 2,924 · 4.7 mi | 48.9 | 27% | 14% | 2.3% |
| Mesnil-Roc'h 4,492 · 4.9 mi | 41.4 | 19% | 6.6% | 1.5% |
| Plouër-sur-Rance 3,416 · 7.1 mi | 48.8 | 25% | 17% | 1.8% |
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 Plerguer
What is the population of Plerguer?
2,895 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 20% more than in 2012 (2,412).
How old are Plerguer’s residents?
The median age is 40.9, younger than 74% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Plerguer?
42, with occasional dwellings: 3.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Plerguer?
INSEE counts 46 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.6% of residents, and 30 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Plerguer?
€25,660 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 9.0% 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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