Photo: Loïc LE BAIL · CC BY 4.0Older than 94% of compared French towns: half of Plouhinec is over 54.8
With households headed by a retired person at 49%, Plouhinec is ahead of 97% of compared French towns on that count. This Morbihan town had 5,400 residents in 2,640 households at the 2023 census. On the census count, 7.2% of homes are flats. Fewer households without a car than in 85% of compared French towns: 5.3%.
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 Plouhinec
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 1,060 second homes and occasional dwellings in Plouhinec, 27% of its 3,890 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 73% 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 Plouhinec’s residents are under 54.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 33% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.1% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
27% of homes are second homes, more than in 95% 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
Where 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town, Plouhinec has 7%. 4.9% of homes stand empty, a lower share than in 76% of compared French towns. The benchmark for second homes in the typical compared French town: 2.1%. Newcomers of less than two years account for nearly one in ten households, residents of 30 years or more for 23%.
Plouhinec changed by +4% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 55% 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 +3%, then +1% to 2023. Over those years, the median Morbihan town changed +7% and the median compared French town +5%.
In Plouhinec, 33% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 91% 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
■ Plouhinec 54.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 8.4% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 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.
In Plouhinec, 6.9% of households are single parents, fewer than in 91% 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
The average household has 2 people. Lower than in 76% of compared French towns: 19% of households are couples with children. Across the comparison, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Compared with 35% in the typical compared French town, just over a third of households are one person living alone here.
€27,360 a year: the median standard of living
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 €27,360 a year: higher than in 65% of compared French towns. 8.0% of residents have a standard of living below 60% of France’s median.
Below 87% of compared French towns: 8% of households are headed by a manual worker
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 stands at 8.6%. Households headed by a manual worker make up 14% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 1.4%, a lower share than 98% of compared French towns
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.
In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Plouhinec, 0.8%. Against that, 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.
52% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 96% 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 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of single residents in Plouhinec comes in at 19%. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
Only 15% of adults out of school have no qualification in Plouhinec
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
Across Plouhinec, 29% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. By way of comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The oldest of 41 French towns of 5,352 to 5,448 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 Crégy-lès-Meaux (35.3), the youngest, and Plouhinec (54.8), the oldest.
Plouhinec and its 6 nearest towns: 2 of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plouhinec | 54.8 | 33% | 27% | 1.4% |
| Merlevenez 3,174 · 3 mi | 45.8 | 21% | 3.7% | 1.3% |
| Belz 3,893 · 3.2 mi | 57.7 | 36% | 23% | 1% |
| Riantec 5,865 · 3.8 mi | 54.3 | 33% | 12% | 1.5% |
| Erdeven 4,008 · 5.1 mi | 51.7 | 29% | 47% | 1.7% |
| Locmiquélic 4,093 · 5.1 mi | 53.5 | 31% | 10% | 1.7% |
| Port-Louis 2,608 · 5.3 mi | 57.7 | 38% | 26% | 1.6% |
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 Plouhinec
What is the population of Plouhinec?
5,400 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (5,214).
How old are Plouhinec’s residents?
The median age is 54.8, older than 94% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 33% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Plouhinec?
1,060, with occasional dwellings: 27% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Plouhinec?
INSEE counts 73 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.4% of residents, and 41 foreign nationals (0.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Plouhinec?
€27,360 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 November 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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