Photo: Ludovic NICOLAS · CC BY-SA 3.0Half of Carentoir is over 51.3, older than 87% of compared French towns
Single-parent households make up 5.6%, against 10% in the typical compared French town. At 6.3%, the share of flats is lower than in 93% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 3,232 residents in 1,570 households. For Carentoir, the census puts households headed by a retired person at 41%.
Throughout this page, the Morbihan 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 Carentoir
One home in 10 is a second home
The census counted 210 second homes and occasional dwellings in Carentoir, 10% of its 2,000 homes: higher than in 88% of compared French towns. 98% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Carentoir’s residents are under 51.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 29% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.5% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 230 homes empty (11%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Carentoir ranks above 88% of compared French towns on second homes: 10%
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 6.7% in the typical compared French town, just over one in ten homes stand empty here. At the same time, 5.6% of households rent social housing (HLM), a lower share than in 84% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Carentoir changed by −2% from 2012 to 2023, behind 76% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Morbihan town +7%. The first five years brought −4%; the six to 2023, +2%.
More residents aged 65 and over than 83% of compared French towns: 29%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Carentoir 51.3. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 8.6%, Carentoir is behind 87% of compared French towns on that count. Set beside that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Morbihan 51.6%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children make up 21% in Carentoir, less than in 71% 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 Morbihan median and the France median
Living alone · share
In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%; Carentoir has 41%. As a reference point, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. On average, 2 people share a household.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €23,570 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 €23,570 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 76% of compared French towns. Residents below the poverty line make up 13.0%.
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 5% in Carentoir, less than in 86% 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
In Carentoir, 22% of households are headed by a manual worker, beside 14% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Carentoir ranks below 92% of compared French towns on immigrants: 1.9%
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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Carentoir comes in at 1.6%. To put it in context, 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.
A higher share of single residents than 63% of compared French towns, at 27%
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
Compared with 43% in the typical compared French town, just over two in five residents 15 and over are married here. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Only 21% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Carentoir
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
Nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, against 23% in Carentoir. For graduates of higher education, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%.
Ranked by age, 8th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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 Ormoy (32.2), the oldest Jard-sur-Mer (68.1).
Every neighbor is younger than Carentoir
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carentoir | 51.3 | 29% | 10% | 1.9% |
| La Gacilly 3,995 · 3.9 mi | 51 | 29% | 6.1% | 2.5% |
| Guer 6,208 · 6.8 mi | 41.6 | 22% | 5% | 3.6% |
| Val d'Anast 3,930 · 7.8 mi | 42.5 | 21% | 6.1% | 1.3% |
| Bains-sur-Oust 3,535 · 8.2 mi | 47.5 | 25% | 4.3% | 1.7% |
| Pipriac 3,859 · 8.4 mi | 42.4 | 20% | 3.7% | 0.8% |
| Redon 9,542 · 11.3 mi | 47.1 | 27% | 3.8% | 8.1% |
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 Carentoir
What is the population of Carentoir?
3,232 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (3,283).
How old are Carentoir’s residents?
The median age is 51.3, older than 87% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Carentoir?
210, with occasional dwellings: 10% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Carentoir?
INSEE counts 63 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.9% of residents, and 53 foreign nationals (1.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Carentoir?
€23,570 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 13.0% 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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