Ploërdut is older than 93% of compared French towns: a median age of 54.6
The figure for households in social housing is 2.6% in Ploërdut and 12% in the typical compared French town. Locally, 2.3% of homes are flats. On households headed by a manager or professional, Ploërdut sits lower than 77% of compared French towns: 5.9%. The 2023 Census counted 1,255 residents in 590 households.
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 Ploërdut
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 160 second homes and occasional dwellings in Ploërdut, 18% of its 890 homes: higher than in 92% of compared French towns. 99% 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 Ploërdut’s residents are under 54.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 32% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.1% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 140 homes empty (16%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
18% of homes are second homes, more than in 92% 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
Without a car: one household in 14, against 11% in the median compared French town. Few places have as many empty homes: 16% here, more than in 97% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. 7.2% of households have no car.
From 2012 to 2023, 57% of compared French towns grew faster than Ploërdut: +3%
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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Morbihan town +7%. The first five years brought ±0%; the six to 2023, +3%.
Only 6.9% of residents are 15 to 24 in Ploërdut
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Ploërdut 54.6. The median compared French town: 44.
In Ploërdut, 32% of residents are 65 or over, beside 22% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Morbihan 51.6%, France 51.8%.
Below 70% of compared French towns: 21% 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
With single-parent households at 12%, Ploërdut is ahead of 76% of compared French towns on that count. In the typical compared French town, couples with children come to 25%. Households average 2.1 people. One-person households are rarer here than in 55% of compared French towns.
At the median, €22,820 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.
Half of residents live in households above €22,820 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 83% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 19% in Ploërdut, more than in 81% 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 retired person: a third of the total. Measured more widely, 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).
8.9% of residents are foreign nationals, a share 78% of compared French towns don’t reach
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.
Against a figure of 6.5% in the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants in Ploërdut comes in at 9.2%. The median compared commune in Morbihan has 2.3%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 67% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%.
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 86% 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
43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, against 47% in Ploërdut. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
25% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 70% 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
20% of adults out of school have no qualification, more than in 57% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for graduates of higher education is 30% in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (1,255 to 2,582 people), the 7th oldest
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.
Median age: 2 of the 6 towns around Ploërdut are older
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 Ploërdut
What is the population of Ploërdut?
1,255 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (1,216).
How old are Ploërdut’s residents?
The median age is 54.6, older than 93% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 32% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Ploërdut?
160, with occasional dwellings: 18% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Ploërdut?
INSEE counts 120 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 9.2% of residents, and 110 foreign nationals (8.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Ploërdut?
€22,820 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).
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.