Older than 93% of compared French towns: half of Guiscriff is over 54.6
Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, 16% of households are couples with children in Guiscriff. Census day 2023: 2,037 residents and 1,080 households here. 2.4% of households rent social housing (HLM). Lower than in 92% of compared French towns: 4.2% of households are headed by a manager or professional.
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 Guiscriff
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 210 second homes and occasional dwellings in Guiscriff, 14% of its 1,510 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 99% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Guiscriff had 2,374 residents at the 2012 census and 2,037 in 2023, down 14%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Guiscriff’s residents are under 54.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 29% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 220 homes empty (15%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A lower share of flats than 98% of compared French towns, at 3.6%
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
7.6% of households moved in less than two years ago; 32% have been in their home 30 years or more. Guiscriff has more second homes than 90% of compared French towns, at 14%. What’s more, the share of empty homes is 15%, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town.
A change of −14% since 2012 leaves Guiscriff behind 99% 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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Morbihan town +7%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was −12%; from 2017 to 2023, −2%.
Only 7.3% of residents are 15 to 24 in Guiscriff
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Guiscriff 54.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Here 29% of residents are 65 or over, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 22%. Elsewhere, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Morbihan 51.6%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of single-parent households than 99% of compared French towns, at 4.1%
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 1.9 people in the average household. More one-person households than in 84% of compared French towns: 45%. Measured more widely, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €23,040 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 Guiscriff’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €23,040 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 81% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a manual worker than 99% of compared French towns: 28%
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
Here 40% of households are headed by a retired person, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 32%. The usual figure: 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).
2.9% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 82% 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.
4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, against 2.8% in Guiscriff. Immigrants make up 6.5% 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.
Fewer single residents than 66% of compared French towns: 23%
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 census found that just over two in five residents 15 and over are married in Guiscriff. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
Graduates of higher education: 15%, a lower share than 98% of compared French towns
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
In the typical compared French town, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification; in Guiscriff, 26%. Elsewhere, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (2,037 to 2,582 people), the 7th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 2 are older than Guiscriff
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Guiscriff
What is the population of Guiscriff?
2,037 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% fewer than in 2012 (2,374).
How old are Guiscriff’s residents?
The median age is 54.6, older than 93% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Guiscriff?
210, with occasional dwellings: 14% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Guiscriff?
INSEE counts 60 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.9% of residents, and 58 foreign nationals (2.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Guiscriff?
€23,040 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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