A smaller share of flats than 99% of compared French towns: 1.9%
Here 2.9% of households rent social housing (HLM), where the figure in the typical compared French town is 12%. Few places have so few households headed by a retired person: 18% here, fewer than in 97% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 365 residents in 170 households. On the census count, 15% of households are single parents.
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 Persquen
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 32 second homes and occasional dwellings in Persquen, 14% of its 230 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 93% 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 Persquen’s residents are under 50.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 24% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.4% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A larger share of second homes than 90% of compared French towns: 14%
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
The share of households without a car is 8.1%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Long tenure is the mark of 21% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 8.7% (under two years). Empty homes are more common here than in 83% of compared French towns. The benchmark for second homes in the typical compared French town: 2.1%.
A growing town: +12% since 2012, faster than 75% 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
The years 2012 to 2017 brought +6%; 2017 to 2023, +5%.
Half of Persquen is over 50.7, older than 85% 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
■ Persquen 50.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Here 24% of residents are 65 or over, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 22%.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Morbihan 51.6%, France 51.8%.
Below 59% of compared French towns: 23% of households are couples with children
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
On average, 2.1 people share a household. Set beside that, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Persquen has more one-person households than 52% of compared French towns, at 35%.
A median of €21,070 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 €21,070 a year: lower than in 93% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 21% in Persquen, more than in 85% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 5.9%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 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).
More foreign nationals than 61% of compared French towns: 5.7%
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.
Immigrants make up a share higher than in 53% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Morbihan has 2.3%. To put it in context, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. 7% of residents are immigrants, or about one in 14.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A larger share of married residents than 59% of compared French towns: 44%
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
Census figures put single residents at 26% in Persquen. Measured more widely, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
In Persquen, 22% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 78% 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
19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, against 22% in Persquen. For graduates of higher education, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%.
The 12th oldest of 41 French towns of 365 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Median age: 2 of the 6 towns around Persquen are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Persquen | 50.7 | 24% | 14% | 7% |
| Plouay 5,755 · 9.3 mi | 46.5 | 25% | 3.4% | 2.5% |
| Cléguérec 2,885 · 9.7 mi | 50.8 | 27% | 8.8% | 4% |
| Pluméliau-Bieuzy 4,632 · 10.6 mi | 47.3 | 24% | 8% | 3.7% |
| Pontivy 14,640 · 11.6 mi | 43 | 24% | 4% | 9.6% |
| Inzinzac-Lochrist 6,691 · 13 mi | 45.4 | 22% | 2.4% | 2.1% |
| Le Faouët 2,814 · 13.2 mi | 56.1 | 37% | 8.2% | 3.8% |
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 Persquen
What is the population of Persquen?
365 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% more than in 2012 (326).
How old are Persquen’s residents?
The median age is 50.7, older than 85% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Persquen?
32, with occasional dwellings: 14% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Persquen?
INSEE counts 26 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7% of residents, and 21 foreign nationals (5.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Persquen?
€21,070 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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