Serrières has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is schools (D): brevet results 6.1 points below the expected rate. Its strongest is cost of living (A−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Serrières 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.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living A−
Buying in Serrières costs less than in both Ardèche’s towns and compared French towns: the median sale is €1,481/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €9.90/m² a month, close to Ardèche’s towns (€10.27/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). 53 houses and apartments changed hands in Serrières from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses accounted for 75% of sales, apartments for the rest.
€1,481/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Serrières€1,481/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Ardèche median€1,907/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,477/m²
40
€9.90/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.84 to €12.49/m² a month)
4.1
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.81/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,600
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Annonay Rhône Agglo
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income C+
For walkability, Serrières ranks above 81% of compared French towns
For its 450 residents in work, Serrières has 400 jobs: 0.8 each. A tenth of the labour force were unemployed, about level with compared French towns (10.1%) and below Ardèche’s towns (13.3%). Median disposable income comes to €24,790 a year per consumption unit.
11%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving83%
On foot7%
Public transport3%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle1%
400
jobs based in Serrières, 0.8 per working resident
9.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,790
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 81% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
For crime per resident, Serrières sits above 76% of compared French towns
Among the graded crimes in Serrières, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025). Recorded offenses locally came to 26 in 2025. The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 4.9 violent offenses and 23.5 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents.
4.9recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage11
Vehicle theft8
Theft from vehicles7
Armed robbery0
Theft without violence8
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
4.9
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
23.5
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
26
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
24.9%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · When family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence and burglary number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (24.9% of the index here). With more than 10% of the index estimated that way, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Who lives here
Children make up only 12% of Serrières, fewer than in both Ardèche’s towns and compared French towns
30% of residents have reached 65. Degrees are held by 18% of adults, lower than both Ardèche’s towns (25%) and compared French towns (30%). People aged 15 to 24 make up 11% of the town.
47.8median age
SerrièresArdèche medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
30%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma27%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education18%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Ardèche 52.7%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Ardèche median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth C+
More deaths than expected: Serrières is above 63% of compared French towns once ages and care homes are allowed for
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its care home for older people (69 places) counts its residents as Serrières’; allowing for it, deaths were 7% below expected. 279 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 223: 25% above. Life expectancy in Ardèche: 85.9 years for women and 79.7 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. This Ardèche town has one family doctor.
−7%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw125
Adjusted93
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Serrières · 3.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
4.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Clinique des Cotes du Rhone
7.1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Ardeche Nord
85.9 · 79.7
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Ardèche, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Old homes shape Serrières: 30% were built before 1919, more than in both Ardèche’s towns and compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
3 of the 3 are churches, chapels and other religious buildings. Among the classé monuments in Serrières is Chapelle de Saint-Sornin (ancienne). The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments here: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level). Its heritage reaches back to the 14th century.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Serrières
Are schools in Serrières good?
They grade D, better than 7% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Serrières expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Serrières grades A− for cost of living.
About Serrières
Commune in Ardèche, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Serrières is a commune of 1,095 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Annonay Rhône Agglo. 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.
