In Plescop, 5.7% of homes are second homes, more than in 79% of compared French towns
Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, nearly a fifth of households are couples with children in Plescop. 6.6% of households have no car, a lower share than in 76% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 6,362 residents and 3,230 households here. Households headed by a manual worker make up about one in nine here (11%).
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 Plescop
Growing fast
Plescop had 5,091 residents at the 2012 census and 6,362 in 2023, up 25%: faster growth than in 94% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +25% change since 2012: faster than 94% 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 +15%, then +9% to 2023. Over those years, the median Morbihan town changed +7% and the median compared French town +5%.
Plescop is older than 53% of compared French towns: a median age of 44.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Plescop 44.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 11%. About one in five: that is how common residents aged 65 and over are in Plescop (22%).
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Morbihan 51.6%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 43%, a higher share than 79% 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
Households average 2 people. To put it in context, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Fewer single-parent households than in 75% of compared French towns: 8.4%.
46% of homes are flats, more than in 70% of compared French towns
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
Here 4.9% of homes stand empty, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 6.7%. As a reference point, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. About one in nine: that is how common households in social housing are in Plescop (11%).
€27,710 a year is the median standard of living here
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 €27,710 a year: higher than in 68% of compared French towns. Below the poverty threshold: 8.0% of the population.
Only 29% of households are headed by a retired person in Plescop
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
For Plescop, the census puts households headed by a manager or professional at 9.9%. Elsewhere, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 78% of compared French towns: 3.5%
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.
Foreign nationals: 2.7% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 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.
38% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 81% 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
Where 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, Plescop has 28%. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 92% of compared French towns: 11%
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
41% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, against 30% in the typical compared French town. For adults with no qualification, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 19%.
Ranked by age, 17th oldest 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 33.9 in Pont-de-Chéruy to 53.4 in Embrun.
Plescop sits below 4 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
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 Plescop
What is the population of Plescop?
6,362 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 25% more than in 2012 (5,091).
How old are Plescop’s residents?
The median age is 44.5, older than 53% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Plescop?
210, with occasional dwellings: 5.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Plescop?
INSEE counts 220 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.5% of residents, and 170 foreign nationals (2.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Plescop?
€27,710 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 8.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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