Health is its strong suit — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 39% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Cost of living is its weak spot: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 42.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Second homes make up 64% of its housing. The median sale price is €15,654/m².
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat 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 Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat 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.
SafetyNot graded: over a quarter of the index would rest on the département’s average, where small counts aren’t published–
Hazard riskNot graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas–
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Villa Ile-de-France ou villa Ephrussi-de-Rothschild · Classé · Photo: Berthold Werner · CC BY-SA 3.0
Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat’s story
Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat in pictures
The Culture ministry lists 9 historic monuments in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat: 4 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 5 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 14th century; the first monument here was protected in 1929.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat.
HousingCost of living D−
Estimated advertised rents run higher in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat than in Alpes-Maritimes’ towns or across compared French towns: €27.73/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat sell for €28,640/m² and apartments for €11,938/m². House rents are put at about €19.11/m² a month. The market here: 140 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
€15,654/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat€15,654/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Alpes-Maritimes median€4,877/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€28,640/m²
52
Apartments
€11,938/m²
88
€27.73/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€19.42 to €39.59/m² a month)
42.9
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€19.11/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,530
median annual income per consumption unit, Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth A+
Deaths in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat run below what its ages would predict: 61 per 100 expected, fewer than in both Alpes-Maritimes’ towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
There are 4 general practitioners in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat. Life expectancy in Alpes-Maritimes: 86.5 years for women and 81.1 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. France’s death rates at each age would predict 217 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 132, 39% fewer.
−39%deaths against expected, after care homesA+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw61
Adjusted61
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat · 4.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
3.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Chu de Nice Hopital Pasteur
4.6 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Polyclinique Santa Maria
86.5 · 81.1
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Alpes-Maritimes, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
More commuters in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Alpes-Maritimes’ towns or compared French towns: 29.4%
Unemployment stood at 7.4%, below both Alpes-Maritimes’ towns (9.2%) and compared French towns (10.1%). For its 600 residents in work, Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat has 1,150 jobs: 1.9 each. Bus, tram or train carried 11.0% of working residents in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat to work at the census.
29%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving48%
On foot17%
Motorbike or scooter11%
Public transport11%
Bicycle2%
1,150
jobs based in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, 1.9 per working resident
7.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€28,120
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
11%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A+
Walkability: better than 96% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
An older town: 32% of people in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat are 65 or over, more than in both Alpes-Maritimes’ towns and compared French towns
Children under 15 make up 13%, below both Alpes-Maritimes’ towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%). Young adults of 15 to 24 account for 7.4% of the town. Among adults, 39% have a degree.
52.6median age
Saint-Jean-Cap-FerratAlpes-Maritimes medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
32%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma14%
CAP or BEP19%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education39%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Alpes-Maritimes 52.2%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Alpes-Maritimes median and France median: the median of compared communes
Schools
86.3% of candidates passed the brevet at the 10 collèges within 5 km, 1.2 points above the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the lycées within 5 km of Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, 91.8% passed the bac, about level with compared French towns (92.9%) and below Alpes-Maritimes’ towns (93.2%). The nearest collège is 0.9 mi away.
95%passed the bac (general and technological)BSchool Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
History
More protected monuments for its size in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat than in Alpes-Maritimes or compared French towns: 59 per 10,000 residents
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat is Tour de Saint-Hospice dite Tour Génoise. The Culture ministry lists 9 historic monuments here: 4 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 5 inscrit (the second level). The earliest of these monuments dates from the 14th century.
The Culture ministry lists 9 historic monuments in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat: 4 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 5 inscrit (the second level).
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat
Is Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat safe?
Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 6 recorded violent incidents and 15 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat good?
They grade B, better than 64% of compared French towns. The lycée stands out: 100% of 99 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Saint-Joseph in 2025, 2 points above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat grades D− for cost of living.
About Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat
Commune in Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat is a commune of 1,531 people in the Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur. 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.
