2.6% of homes are flats, below 99% of compared French towns
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 trails 95% of compared French towns: 7.6%. The 2023 Census counted 3,499 residents in 1,520 households. Households in social housing make up about one in 50 here (2%). Few places have so few households without a car: 4.1% here, fewer than in 94% of compared French towns.
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 Férel
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 270 second homes and occasional dwellings in Férel, 14% of its 1,930 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 97% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Férel ranks above 90% of compared French towns on second homes: 14%
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
Just over one in ten households moved in less than two years ago; 18% have been in their home 30 years or more. For second homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. Férel has more empty homes than 54% of compared French towns, at 7.1%.
A growing town: +13% since 2012, faster than 78% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +4%, and from 2017 to 2023 +9%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Morbihan town +7%.
A median age of 46: Férel is older than 64% 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
■ Férel 46. The median compared French town: 44.
24% of Férel’s residents are 65 or older, against 27% in the median Morbihan town and 22% in the median compared French town; 22% are under 18.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Morbihan 51.6%, France 51.8%.
Only 7.2% of households are single parents in Férel
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, just over a third of households are one person living alone; in Férel, 30%. Typically, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Households here average 2.2 people each. 25% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 51% of compared French towns.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €26,090 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 midpoint of living standards here is €26,090 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 51% of compared French towns. 10.0% of the population lives below the poverty line.
Households headed by a manual worker: 21%, a higher share than 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
7.2% of Férel’s households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 37% by a retired person (32%). At the same time, households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns. The wider picture: 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).
Férel sits below 99% of compared French towns for 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.
Foreign nationals: 0.5% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. 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.
19% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 94% 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 the typical compared French town, 43% of residents 15 and over are married; in Férel, 47%. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 69% of compared French towns: 16%
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
The share of graduates of higher education trails 67% of compared French towns: 26%. Adults with no qualification: 19% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Ranked by age, 20th 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.
Sainte-Geneviève is the youngest (36.6); Bréhal the oldest (60.1).
Férel sits below 1 of its 6 closest neighbors on 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Férel | 46 | 24% | 14% | 1.1% |
| Herbignac 7,224 · 3 mi | 41.9 | 20% | 5.4% | 1.8% |
| Marzan 2,684 · 3.7 mi | 43.1 | 22% | 17% | 1.5% |
| Nivillac 4,951 · 4.6 mi | 48.1 | 27% | 7.4% | 2% |
| La Chapelle-des-Marais 4,492 · 5.3 mi | 42.8 | 22% | 3.5% | 1.5% |
| Péaule 2,929 · 6.5 mi | 45.8 | 25% | 11% | 1.3% |
| Saint-Lyphard 5,304 · 7.3 mi | 42.5 | 20% | 5.8% | 1.4% |
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 Férel
What is the population of Férel?
3,499 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% more than in 2012 (3,088).
How old are Férel’s residents?
The median age is 46, older than 64% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Férel?
270, with occasional dwellings: 14% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Férel?
INSEE counts 38 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.1% of residents, and 18 foreign nationals (0.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Férel?
€26,090 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 10.0% 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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