Homes are affordable: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health is a weak point: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 9% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are on the low side: 1.2 jobs per working resident; 10.9% unemployment. Second homes make up 13% of its housing.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023. Plouray has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Plouray with other French towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far its rank is from the middle. American and UK towns are graded separately.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Plouray.
HealthHealth D
More deaths than Plouray’s ages would predict, 109 per 100 expected, above Morbihan’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Plouray is Chru Brest site Hopital de Carhaix, 12.9 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 183 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 287, 57% more. Women in Morbihan live to 85.4 on average and men to 79.2 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. For a family doctor, residents of Plouray can choose among 2 GPs.
+9%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw157
Adjusted109
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Plouray · 2.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
12.9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Chru Brest site Hopital de Carhaix
13 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Chru Brest site Hopital de Carhaix
85.4 · 79.2
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Morbihan, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Plouray has fewer young adults than Morbihan’s towns or compared French towns: 6.3% are 15 to 24
Degrees are held by just over a fifth of adults. 11% are under 15, below both Morbihan’s towns (15%) and compared French towns (17%). Retirement age and beyond: 33% of residents are 65 or older.
55.2median age
PlourayMorbihan medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
33%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma26%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education21%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Morbihan 51.6%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Morbihan median and France median: the median of compared communes
HousingCost of living B+
Buying in Plouray costs less than in Morbihan’s towns or across compared French towns: the median sale is €1,381/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €9.55/m² a month, below both Morbihan’s towns (€12.68/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Renting a house costs an estimated €8.23/m² a month. The market in Plouray: 53 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
€1,381/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Plouray€1,381/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Morbihan median€2,715/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,381/m²
53
€9.55/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.66 to €11.92/m² a month)
4.2
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.23/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,070
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Roi Morvan Communauté
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Old homes shape Plouray: 14% were built before 1919, more than in Morbihan’s towns or compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Protection here reaches back to prehistory. Among the classé monuments in Plouray is Dolmen de Guidfosse. The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments here: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
Money is tighter in Plouray than in Morbihan’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €21,660 a year per consumption unit
Unemployment stood at 10.9%, higher than both Morbihan’s towns (8.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 8.0% of working residents in Plouray didn’t travel to work at all. On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how just over one in ten commuters travelled at the census.
11%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving80%
On foot8%
Public transport2%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter0%
450
jobs based in Plouray, 1.2 per working resident
10.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€21,660
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
8%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 53% of compared French towns
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Plouray
Is Plouray safe?
Plouray has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 8.5 recorded violent incidents and 12.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Plouray expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Plouray grades B+ for cost of living.
About Plouray
Commune in Morbihan, Brittany
Plouray is a commune of 1,060 people in the Communauté de communes Roi Morvan Communauté. TownRatings compares communes, France’s local unit: each has its own mayor and its own statistics. Its area takes in the town and the countryside around it.
Built from INSEE’s 2026 official geography (COG) and IGN Admin Express boundaries
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.
