Plumelec sits below 96% of compared French towns for households headed by a manager or professional (3.4%)
With households in social housing at 3.5%, Plumelec is behind 92% of compared French towns on that count. Flats: 5.6% of the total. Residents aged 15 to 24 are rarer here than in 86% of compared French towns. The town counted 2,754 residents and 1,200 households at the 2023 Census.
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 Plumelec
Empty homes
The census found 190 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +1% change since 2012: slower than 67% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved −2%, and from 2017 to 2023 +3%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Morbihan town +7%.
Plumelec is older than 61% of compared French towns: a median age of 45.7
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Plumelec 45.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with other places, residents aged 65 and over are scarce here: 21%, fewer than in 56% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Morbihan 51.6%, France 51.8%.
Plumelec ranks below 83% of compared French towns on single-parent households: 7.7%
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 figure for couples with children is 27% in Plumelec and 25% in the typical compared French town. Average household size: 2.2 people. Few places have as many one-person households: 36% here, more than in 55% of compared French towns. For single-parent households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 10%.
Plumelec: 13% of homes stand empty, above 90% 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
Households that moved in under two years ago: 9.5%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 23%. Measured more widely, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Few places have as many second homes: 7.7% here, more than in 85% of compared French towns. There is little gap on households without a car: 11%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
A typical living standard of €24,090 a year
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.
Living standards centre on €24,090 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 70% of compared French towns. 12.0% of the population lives below the poverty line.
In Plumelec, 23% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 91% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%; Plumelec has 36%. The share of households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 98% of compared French towns: 1.3% of residents are immigrants
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.
The median compared commune in Morbihan has 2.3%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 98% of compared French towns. Census figures put foreign nationals at 0.9% in Plumelec. Set beside 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.
Plumelec sits above 71% of compared French towns for married residents (46%)
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
Put another way, about one in four: a quarter of residents 15 and over are single. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
21% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 82% 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 21% in Plumelec. Against that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 12th youngest of 41 French towns of 2,730 to 2,779 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.
Trieux is the youngest (37.7); Collioure the oldest (60.8).
Plumelec sits below 2 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plumelec | 45.7 | 21% | 7.7% | 1.3% |
| Saint-Jean-Brévelay 2,869 · 4.4 mi | 45.5 | 22% | 2.8% | 3.3% |
| Sérent 3,429 · 6 mi | 43.2 | 22% | 7.3% | 2.2% |
| Elven 6,651 · 7 mi | 41.4 | 18% | 2.4% | 2.6% |
| Monterblanc 3,356 · 7.2 mi | 41.2 | 15% | 1.6% | 1.8% |
| Bignan 2,757 · 7.6 mi | 48 | 26% | 2% | 3.1% |
| Val d'Oust 2,807 · 9.4 mi | 46.1 | 22% | 10% | 2.4% |
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 Plumelec
What is the population of Plumelec?
2,754 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (2,732).
How old are Plumelec’s residents?
The median age is 45.7, older than 61% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Plumelec?
120, with occasional dwellings: 7.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Plumelec?
INSEE counts 37 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.3% of residents, and 24 foreign nationals (0.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Plumelec?
€24,090 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 12.0% 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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