Residents are healthier than most (B+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 18% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Buying 70 m² at the median €2,338/m² takes 7 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Le Grand Narbonne. Its lowest grade is for schools — brevet results 10 points below the expected rate. It lags on jobs & income as well: 0.6 jobs per working resident; 11.0% unemployment.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment, INSEE census 2023. Ginestas 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 Ginestas 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 C
A typical home in Ginestas sells for €2,338/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Renting a house costs an estimated €10.17/m² a month. Advertised rents are estimated at €11.13/m² a month, near Aude’s towns (€10.99/m²) and lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). 61 houses and apartments changed hands in Ginestas from July 2023 to June 2026.
€2,338/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Ginestas€2,338/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Aude median€1,923/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,338/m²
61
€11.13/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.12 to €13.57/m² a month)
7
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.17/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,340
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Le Grand Narbonne
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B+
Mortality in Ginestas, once ages and care homes are allowed for, undercuts Aude’s towns and compared French towns: 82 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Women in Aude live to 84.4 on average and men to 78.3 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 149 deaths in Ginestas from 2016 to 2025; there were 122, 18% fewer. The town has 3 family doctors.
−18%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw82
Adjusted82
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Ginestas · 3.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
5.8 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopital Prive du Grand Narbonne
8.8 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Narbonne Hotel Dieu
84.4 · 78.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Aude, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Ginestas has fewer young adults than Aude’s towns or compared French towns: 7.5% are 15 to 24
Children under 15 make up 18% of residents. A quarter of residents are 65 or over, below Aude’s towns (29%) but above compared French towns (22%). Ginestas has a median age of 48.3 years.
48.3median age
GinestasAude medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
25%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma15%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat23%
Higher education27%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Aude median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Old homes shape Ginestas: 19% were built before 1919, more than in Aude’s towns and across compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 2 historic monuments in Ginestas; none is classé, France’s top protection. The protected list starts in the 11th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
Walking, cycling and public transport carry fewer commuters in Ginestas than in Aude’s towns or compared French towns: 6.5%
Unemployment runs at 11.0%. The median disposable income was €24,320 a year per consumption unit, about level with Aude’s towns (€23,350) and below compared French towns (€25,970).
6%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving85%
On foot4%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle1%
Public transport1%
400
jobs based in Ginestas, 0.6 per working resident
11.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,320
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 55% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Ginestas has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
All told, Ginestas had 19 recorded offenses in 2025. The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 2.8 violent offenses and 8.8 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents. Also worth knowing: of the graded crimes here, criminal damage came up most often (2025).
2.8recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage12
Burglary7
Armed robbery0
Fraud8
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.
2.8
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
8.8
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
19
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
44.9%
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 · Small counts of family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 44.9% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nearby attractions
Amphoralis and 6 more in and around Ginestas
Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Ginestas. Best known first.
Ancienne église Notre-Dame-des-Vals: Photo: Enrevseluj · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Canal du Midi : hameau du Somail (également sur commune de Saint-Nazaire-d'Aude): Photo: Peter Gugerell , Vienna, Austria · CC BY 2.5
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Ginestas
Is Ginestas safe?
Ginestas has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 7 burglaries and 12 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Ginestas good?
They grade D−, better than 2% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Ginestas expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Ginestas grades C for cost of living.
About Ginestas
Commune in Aude, Occitanie
Ginestas is a commune of 1,611 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Le Grand Narbonne. 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.
