A lower share of households without a car than 99% of compared French towns, at 2%
In the typical compared French town, 2.1% of homes are second homes; in Nostang, 8.2%. The town is home to 1,676 residents in 710 households, by the 2023 Census. Here, 7.8% of residents are 15 to 24. 3.4% of households rent social housing (HLM), a lower share than in 93% 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 Nostang
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 6.8% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Nostang had 1,433 residents at the 2012 census and 1,676 in 2023, up 17%: faster growth than in 85% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +17% change since 2012: faster than 85% 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 +8%, and from 2017 to 2023 +8%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Morbihan town +7%.
Below 70% of compared French towns: 19% 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
■ Nostang 43.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Nostang’s residents are under 43.2, younger than in 57% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Morbihan 51.6%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children make up 35% in Nostang, more than in 92% 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
Compared with 10% in the typical compared French town, 6.8% of households are single parents here. Lower than in 89% of compared French towns: 27% of households are one person living alone. Elsewhere, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 2.4 people on average.
Below 97% of compared French towns: 4% of homes are flats
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
In the last two years, nearly one in ten households moved in; at the other end, 19% have stayed 30 years or more. Empty homes are rarer here than in 73% of compared French towns.
At the median, €26,150 a year to live on
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.
Living standards centre on €26,150 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 52% of compared French towns.
Below 77% of compared French towns: 27% of households are headed by a retired person
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
Just over one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manual worker account for 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 97% of compared French towns: 1.5%
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.
By its share of foreign nationals (0.7%), Nostang is below 98% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 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.
21% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 87% 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
Against a figure of 43% in the typical compared French town, the share of married residents in Nostang comes in at 46%. In the typical compared French town, 25% of residents 15 and over are single.
Only 9.5% of adults out of school have no qualification in Nostang
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
Here 39% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. Set beside that, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 12th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Nostang sits below 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nostang | 43.2 | 19% | 8.2% | 1.5% |
| Merlevenez 3,174 · 2.8 mi | 45.8 | 21% | 3.7% | 1.3% |
| Landévant 4,056 · 3.1 mi | 41.5 | 19% | 3.3% | 1.6% |
| Kervignac 7,204 · 3.2 mi | 42.6 | 18% | 2.4% | 1.6% |
| Landaul 2,516 · 4.7 mi | 40.2 | 15% | 3.3% | 0.8% |
| Locoal-Mendon 3,530 · 4.9 mi | 46.2 | 21% | 13% | 1.5% |
| Plouhinec 5,400 · 4.9 mi | 54.8 | 33% | 27% | 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 Nostang
What is the population of Nostang?
1,676 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 17% more than in 2012 (1,433).
How old are Nostang’s residents?
The median age is 43.2, younger than 57% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Nostang?
67, with occasional dwellings: 8.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Nostang?
INSEE counts 24 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.5% of residents, and 12 foreign nationals (0.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Nostang?
€26,150 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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