Plesder ranks below 90% of compared French towns on households without a car: 4.7%
The share of flats trails 89% of compared French towns: 8.7%. Plesder has more second homes than 85% of compared French towns, at 7.9%. There were 350 households in the town at the 2023 Census, home to 790 residents. Residents aged 65 and over account for 19%.
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 Plesder
Empty homes
The census found 53 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Plesder grew +8% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 64% 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 +8% and the next six ±0%.
Younger than 72% of compared French towns: half of Plesder is under 41.2
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Plesder 41.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 account for 11%.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ille-et-Vilaine 51.2%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 32%, a lower share than 69% 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
Single-parent households make up 11%, against 10% in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2.3 people. Across the comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
12% of homes stand empty, more than in 89% 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
Here 6.3% of households rent social housing (HLM), where the figure in the typical compared French town is 12%. As a reference point, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. 8% of households moved in less than two years ago; 17% have been in their home 30 years or more.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €25,560 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 €25,560 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 54% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 21% in Plesder, more than in 87% 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
Just over a tenth of Plesder’s households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 26% by a retired person (32%). Typically, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Plesder ranks below 99% of compared French towns on immigrants: 1.1%
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.
Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 0.9% of residents are foreign nationals here. 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.
Plesder sits below 57% of compared French towns for single residents (24%)
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
The share of married residents stands at 43%. Typically, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Only 14% of adults out of school have no qualification in Plesder
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
Against a figure of 30% in the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education in Plesder comes in at 34%. Adults with no qualification: 19% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
6th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 790 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Plesder is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plesder | 41.2 | 19% | 7.9% | 1.1% |
| Mesnil-Roc'h 4,492 · 3.8 mi | 41.4 | 19% | 6.6% | 1.5% |
| Saint-Domineuc 2,619 · 3.9 mi | 41.5 | 18% | 3.5% | 1.7% |
| Lanvallay 4,291 · 4.8 mi | 50.4 | 31% | 6.7% | 2.9% |
| Dinan 14,764 · 6.2 mi | 52.9 | 32% | 7.4% | 4.7% |
| Pleudihen-sur-Rance 2,924 · 7.1 mi | 48.9 | 27% | 14% | 2.3% |
| Taden 2,636 · 7.2 mi | 45.5 | 23% | 5.5% | 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 Plesder
What is the population of Plesder?
790 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (729).
How old are Plesder’s residents?
The median age is 41.2, younger than 72% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Plesder?
34, with occasional dwellings: 7.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Plesder?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.1% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (0.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Plesder?
€25,560 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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