Photo: XIIIfromTOKYO · CC BY-SA 3.0Plumelin ranks below 97% of compared French towns on flats: 4%
Households without a car make up 3.9%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Plumelin had 2,885 residents in 1,090 households at the 2023 census. 27% of households are one person living alone, or about one in four. Compared with other places, households in social housing are scarce here: 3.1%, fewer than in 94% of compared French towns.
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 Plumelin
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 10% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A growing town: +9% since 2012, faster 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
The change was +3% from 2012 to 2017 and +6% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Morbihan town +7%.
8.8% of residents are 15 to 24, below 84% 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
■ Plumelin 43.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Plumelin’s residents are under 43.3, younger than in 56% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. For Plumelin, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 21%.
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%.
A higher share of couples with children than 91% of compared French towns, at 34%
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 2.5 people. In the typical compared French town, 25% of households are couples with children. One in ten households are single parents, more than in 52% of compared French towns.
Below 66% of compared French towns: 5.6% of homes stand empty
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
Newcomers of less than two years account for nearly one in ten households, residents of 30 years or more for 17%. As a reference point, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. 2.3% of homes are second homes, more than in 53% of compared French towns.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €25,650 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.
The median standard of living in Plumelin is €25,650 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 53% of compared French towns. Residents below the poverty line make up 8.0%.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 21% in Plumelin, more than in 85% 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
By its share of households headed by a manager or professional (5.5%), Plumelin is below just over four fifths of compared French towns. On the census count, a third of households are headed by a retired person. 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).
1.7% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 95% 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.
The median compared commune in Morbihan has 2.3%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 95% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Here, 1.3% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Plumelin, 45% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 67% 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
Single residents: 25% of the total. In the median compared French town 43% are married and 6.1% in a PACS; here it is 45% and 8.3%, and 6.1% are widowed.
13% of adults out of school have no qualification, below 86% 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
In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in Plumelin, 28%. The share of adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town is 19%.
41 French towns of 2,860 to 2,911 people: this is the 10th youngest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Avord is the youngest (32.5); Batz-sur-Mer the oldest (60.3).
Median age: 4 of the 6 towns around Plumelin 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 Plumelin
What is the population of Plumelin?
2,885 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (2,641).
How old are Plumelin’s residents?
The median age is 43.3, younger than 56% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Plumelin?
27, with occasional dwellings: 2.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Plumelin?
INSEE counts 49 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.7% of residents, and 38 foreign nationals (1.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Plumelin?
€25,650 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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