Flats make up 0.9% in La Croix-Helléan, less than in 99% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car is 11%; La Croix-Helléan has 4.2%. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 892, in 380 households. 0.5% of households rent social housing (HLM). More couples with children than in 88% of compared French towns: 33%.
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.
+4% since 2012: slower than 54% 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 those years, the median Morbihan town changed +7% and the median compared French town +5%.
Below 75% of compared French towns: 18% 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
■ La Croix-Helléan 42.8. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 trails just over four fifths of compared French towns: 9%. The wider picture: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. Half of La Croix-Helléan’s residents are under 42.8, younger than in 60% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Morbihan 51.6%, France 51.8%.
La Croix-Helléan ranks below 98% of compared French towns on single-parent households: 5.3%
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
By its share of one-person households (27%), La Croix-Helléan is below 87% of compared French towns. The wider picture: one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2.4 people.
A larger share of second homes than 85% of compared French towns: 7.8%
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
Long tenure is the mark of 20% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 8.6% (under two years). On average, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. La Croix-Helléan has more empty homes than 74% of compared French towns, at 9.1%.
The median resident lives on €25,260 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 €25,260 a year: lower than in 57% of compared French towns.
29% of households are headed by a retired person, fewer than in 70% 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
12% of households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Few places have as many households headed by a manual worker: 16% here, more than in 62% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for households headed by a retired person is 32% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 3.4% in La Croix-Helléan, less than in 78% 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 share of foreign nationals is 2.8%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. On average, 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.
Only 19% of residents 15 and over are single in La Croix-Helléan
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, 47% of residents 15 and over are married here. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Only 14% of adults out of school have no qualification in La Croix-Helléan
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 figure for graduates of higher education is 26% in La Croix-Helléan and 30% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 10th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
La Croix-Helléan is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Croix-Helléan | 42.8 | 18% | 7.8% | 3.4% |
| Josselin 2,584 · 1.8 mi | 52.7 | 34% | 8.4% | 11% |
| Ploërmel 10,163 · 5.8 mi | 48.1 | 26% | 4.1% | 3.9% |
| Val d'Oust 2,807 · 7.1 mi | 46.1 | 22% | 10% | 2.4% |
| Sérent 3,429 · 9.1 mi | 43.2 | 22% | 7.3% | 2.2% |
| Plumelec 2,754 · 10.3 mi | 45.7 | 21% | 7.7% | 1.3% |
| Malestroit 2,558 · 11.8 mi | 59.1 | 39% | 4.8% | 2.3% |
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 La Croix-Helléan
What is the population of La Croix-Helléan?
892 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (860).
How old are La Croix-Helléan’s residents?
The median age is 42.8, younger than 60% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Croix-Helléan?
35, with occasional dwellings: 7.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Croix-Helléan?
INSEE counts 31 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.4% of residents, and 25 foreign nationals (2.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in La Croix-Helléan?
€25,260 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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