Questembert sits below 90% of compared French towns for households in social housing (4.2%)
The figure for second homes is 5.1% in Questembert and 2.1% in the typical compared French town. At the 2023 Census, 8,133 people lived locally, in 3,730 households. Locally, 15% of homes are flats. The median age here is 48.3, higher than in just over three quarters 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.
Growth of +9% since 2012 puts Questembert ahead of 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 +7%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Morbihan town +7%.
More residents aged 65 and over than 76% of compared French towns: 27%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Questembert 48.3. The median compared French town: 44.
In Questembert, one in ten residents are 15 to 24, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 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.
Below 72% of compared French towns: 8.6% of households are single parents
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
Each household has 2.2 people on average. On average, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Couples with children are rarer here than in 54% of compared French towns. Questembert sits close to the norm on one-person households: 35%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
7.6% of households have no car, fewer than in 69% 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 13, against 11% in the median compared French town. 6.3% of homes stand empty, a lower share than in 55% of compared French towns.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €26,270 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.
Half of residents live in households above €26,270 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 53% of compared French towns. Under the poverty line sit 9.0% of residents.
Questembert: 39% of households are headed by a retired person, above 80% 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
8.2% of households are headed by a manager or professional (typical compared French town: 9.4%). For comparison, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Across Questembert, 16% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Questembert, 2.3% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 88% 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.
4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, against 1.7% in Questembert. 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.
Questembert ranks below 65% of compared French towns on single residents: 24%
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
Here 44% of residents 15 and over are married, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 43%. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
In Questembert, 16% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 67% 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 Questembert, 29% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. Set beside that, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (8,031 to 8,240 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.
The youngest is Mazingarbe (35.8), the oldest Cavalaire-sur-Mer (57.1).
2 of 6 neighbors are older than Questembert
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 Questembert
What is the population of Questembert?
8,133 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (7,449).
How old are Questembert’s residents?
The median age is 48.3, older than 76% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Questembert?
210, with occasional dwellings: 5.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Questembert?
INSEE counts 190 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.3% of residents, and 140 foreign nationals (1.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Questembert?
€26,270 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 9.0% 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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