Flats: 3.2%, a lower share than 98% of compared French towns
The share of second homes tops 85% of compared French towns: 7.9%. In Taupont, 1.7% of households rent social housing (HLM). One-person households are rarer here than in just over four fifths of compared French towns. The town had 2,428 residents in 1,080 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.
Since 2012, Taupont has grown +11%, faster than 72% 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 change was ±0%; from 2017 to 2023, +10%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Morbihan town +7%.
A median age of 47.8: Taupont is older than 74% 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
■ Taupont 47.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in Taupont. Residents aged 65 and over: nearly a quarter of the total.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Morbihan 51.6%, France 51.8%.
In Taupont, 28% of households are couples with children, more than in 65% 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
Each household has 2.3 people on average. As a yardstick, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households are rarer here than in two thirds of compared French towns.
6.7% of households have no car, below 76% 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
The share of empty homes is 8.4%, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. Nearly a quarter of households have been in place 30 years or more; 12% moved in within the last two years.
A typical living standard of €26,260 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 midpoint of living standards here is €26,260 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 53% of compared French towns. Below the poverty line: 9.0% of residents.
Taupont: 17% of households are headed by a manual worker, above 71% 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
Where 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, Taupont has 7.5%. For households headed by a manual worker, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 14%. Across Taupont, just over a third of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 2.8% in Taupont, less than in 84% 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.
Foreign nationals: 1.6%, below 85% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 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.
Fewer single residents than 90% of compared French towns: 20%
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
In the typical compared French town, 43% of residents 15 and over are married; in Taupont, 49%. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
25% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 70% 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
The figure for adults with no qualification is 16% in Taupont and 19% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
15th highest median age among 41 French towns of 2,428 to 2,582
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 Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Taupont is younger than 4 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taupont | 47.8 | 23% | 7.9% | 2.8% |
| Ploërmel 10,163 · 3 mi | 48.1 | 26% | 4.1% | 3.9% |
| Josselin 2,584 · 5 mi | 52.7 | 34% | 8.4% | 11% |
| Val d'Oust 2,807 · 6.3 mi | 46.1 | 22% | 10% | 2.4% |
| Sérent 3,429 · 9.6 mi | 43.2 | 22% | 7.3% | 2.2% |
| Malestroit 2,558 · 10.6 mi | 59.1 | 39% | 4.8% | 2.3% |
| Mauron 3,163 · 10.7 mi | 54.7 | 35% | 5.6% | 3% |
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 Taupont
What is the population of Taupont?
2,428 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% more than in 2012 (2,195).
How old are Taupont’s residents?
The median age is 47.8, older than 74% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Taupont?
100, with occasional dwellings: 7.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Taupont?
INSEE counts 67 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.8% of residents, and 38 foreign nationals (1.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Taupont?
€26,260 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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