Half of Locmariaquer is over 63.6, older than 99% of compared French towns
Set against 6.7% in the typical compared French town, 0.1% of homes stand empty in Locmariaquer. The 2023 Census counted 1,577 residents in 850 households. 7% of households are headed by a manual worker, or about one in 14. Lower than in 95% of compared French towns: 13% of households are couples with children.
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 Locmariaquer
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 1,250 second homes and occasional dwellings in Locmariaquer, 59% of its 2,100 homes: higher than in 98% of compared French towns. 79% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Locmariaquer’s residents are under 63.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 46% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 10% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Locmariaquer ranks above 98% of compared French towns on second homes: 59%
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
With flats at 16%, Locmariaquer is behind just over three quarters of compared French towns on that count. Few places have so few households in social housing: 4.1% here, fewer than in 90% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. The census found that 6.7% of households have no car in the town.
Slower than most: −1% since 2012, behind 76% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −2%, then +1% to 2023. Over those years, the median Morbihan town changed +7% and the median compared French town +5%.
In Locmariaquer, 46% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 99% 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
■ Locmariaquer 63.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 5.9% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 86 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Morbihan 51.6%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
5.3% of households are single parents, below 98% of compared French towns
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
Two in five households are one person living alone; in the typical compared French town the figure is 35%. A household here holds 1.9 people on average. Single-parent households make up 10% in the typical compared French town.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €29,910 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 residents live in households above €29,910 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 84% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person make up 63% in Locmariaquer, more than in 99% 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
The share of households headed by a manager or professional is 2.9%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 32% of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 1.8% of residents are immigrants in Locmariaquer
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: 0.8% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. That is lower than in 94% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Morbihan has 2.3%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Locmariaquer ranks above 99% of compared French towns on married residents: 55%
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 share of single residents is 18%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 43% of residents 15 and over are married.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 86% of compared French towns: 13%
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
Graduates of higher education: 39%, above 77% of compared French towns. Adults with no qualification: 19% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
The oldest of 41 French towns of 1,577 to 2,582 people
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Locmariaquer (63.6), the oldest.
Locmariaquer is older than every town around it
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 Locmariaquer
What is the population of Locmariaquer?
1,577 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% fewer than in 2012 (1,600).
How old are Locmariaquer’s residents?
The median age is 63.6, older than 99% of compared French towns. 11% are under 18 and 46% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Locmariaquer?
1,250, with occasional dwellings: 59% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Locmariaquer?
INSEE counts 29 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.8% of residents, and 13 foreign nationals (0.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Locmariaquer?
€29,910 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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