Above 86% of compared French towns: 33% of households are couples with children
Households without a car make up 5.5%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Few places have so few flats: 18% here, fewer than in 72% of compared French towns. Elven counted 6,651 residents and 2,770 households at the 2023 Census. Roughly three in ten: 28% of households are headed by a retired person.
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 Elven
Growing fast
Elven had 5,510 residents at the 2012 census and 6,651 in 2023, up 21%: faster growth than in 91% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, Elven outgrew 91% of compared French towns: +21%
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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Morbihan town +7%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was +9%; from 2017 to 2023, +10%.
18% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 78% 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
■ Elven 41.4. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Elven is 41.4, lower than in 70% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 11% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Morbihan 51.6%, France 51.8%.
Elven ranks below 74% of compared French towns on one-person households: 31%
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
There are 2.4 people in the average household. Few places have as many single-parent households: 10% here, more than in 56% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, just over a third of households are one person living alone.
82% of homes are houses
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
Car-free households: one in 18, where the median compared French town has 11%. The share of empty homes stands at 5.9%. 2.4% of homes are second homes, a higher share than in 54% of compared French towns.
The median resident lives on €26,170 a year per consumption unit
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 €26,170 a year: higher than in 52% of compared French towns. Poverty touches 9.0% of residents.
A higher share of households headed by a manual worker than 62% of compared French towns, at 16%
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
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 11%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 2.6%, a lower share than 86% 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.
Foreign nationals make up 1.6%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Set beside 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.
Married residents make up 41% in Elven, less than in 61% 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
Single residents account for 24%. In the median compared French town 43% are married and 6.1% in a PACS; here it is 41% and 11%, and 6.4% are widowed.
Elven sits below 79% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (14%)
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
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, just over a third of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification here. Measured more widely, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 14th youngest 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.
Chasse-sur-Rhône is the youngest (36.3); Châtelaillon-Plage the oldest (59.8).
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 4 are older than Elven
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elven | 41.4 | 18% | 2.4% | 2.6% |
| Treffléan 2,572 · 4 mi | 40.5 | 16% | 2.2% | 2.1% |
| Saint-Nolff 3,990 · 4.4 mi | 46.8 | 23% | 1.6% | 2.9% |
| Sulniac 3,852 · 4.7 mi | 41.6 | 17% | 8% | 2% |
| Monterblanc 3,356 · 4.8 mi | 41.2 | 15% | 1.6% | 1.8% |
| Plumelec 2,754 · 7 mi | 45.7 | 21% | 7.7% | 1.3% |
| Sérent 3,429 · 7.5 mi | 43.2 | 22% | 7.3% | 2.2% |
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 Elven
What is the population of Elven?
6,651 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 21% more than in 2012 (5,510).
How old are Elven’s residents?
The median age is 41.4, younger than 70% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Elven?
72, with occasional dwellings: 2.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Elven?
INSEE counts 170 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.6% of residents, and 110 foreign nationals (1.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Elven?
€26,170 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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