Photo: Moreau.henri · CC BY-SA 4.0Gourin is older than 94% of compared French towns: a median age of 55.3
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 1.5%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Gourin is home to 3,960 residents in 2,030 households, by the 2023 Census. Couples with children: 16% of the total. At 1.4%, the share of households in social housing is lower than in 98% 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 Gourin
An older town
Half of Gourin’s residents are under 55.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 33% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.4% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 290 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.
−3% since 2012, a pace below 80% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +7% for the median Morbihan town, the change came in two steps: −7% from 2012 to 2017, then +4% to 2023.
Above 91% of compared French towns: 33% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Gourin 55.3. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 8.3%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Morbihan 51.6%, France 51.8%.
Only 7.1% of households are single parents in Gourin
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
43% of households are one person living alone, against 35% in the typical compared French town. On average, 1.9 people share a household. In the typical compared French town, single-parent households come to 10%.
Second homes make up 7.6% in Gourin, more than in 85% 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
One household in 10 has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town. Elsewhere, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Census figures put empty homes at 12% in Gourin. Flats are rarer here than in 87% of compared French towns.
Standard of living at the median: €23,490 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 Gourin’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €23,490 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 77% of compared French towns. Poverty touches 14.0% of residents.
A larger share of households headed by a retired person than 91% of compared French towns: 44%
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
Compared with 14% in the typical compared French town, 21% of households are headed by a manual worker here. For comparison, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
4.3% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 71% 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.
The median compared commune in Morbihan has 2.3%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 71% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Across Gourin, 3.4% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Gourin sits above 73% of compared French towns for married residents (46%)
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: 23% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 87% of compared French towns, at 19%
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
Adults with no qualification: 22% here and 19% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (3,932 to 3,988 people), the 4th oldest
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 32.4 in Suippes to 64.9 in Erquy.
Gourin is younger than 1 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gourin | 55.3 | 33% | 7.6% | 4.3% |
| Le Faouët 2,814 · 8.7 mi | 56.1 | 37% | 8.2% | 3.8% |
| Carhaix-Plouguer 7,412 · 9.4 mi | 52.2 | 32% | 3.9% | 6% |
| Scaër 5,178 · 9.6 mi | 51 | 28% | 4.6% | 2.6% |
| Châteauneuf-du-Faou 3,651 · 10.5 mi | 51.2 | 30% | 15% | 7.4% |
| Rostrenen 3,282 · 14.8 mi | 54.6 | 34% | 8.3% | 6.8% |
| Bannalec 5,725 · 14.9 mi | 48 | 24% | 5.8% | 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 Gourin
What is the population of Gourin?
3,960 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (4,068).
How old are Gourin’s residents?
The median age is 55.3, older than 94% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 33% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Gourin?
190, with occasional dwellings: 7.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Gourin?
INSEE counts 170 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.3% of residents, and 140 foreign nationals (3.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Gourin?
€23,490 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 14.0% 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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