Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Some 4,863 people live in this town, in Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
Ceyreste grades C+ overall, better than two fifths of compared French towns. In the ranking it comes #38 of 99 in Bouches-du-Rhône. Buying in is costly: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 14.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Where it does best is safety (A−) — an average of 3.9 recorded violent incidents and 12.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. The rest of its grades are middling: C+ for schools, B− for health, B− for jobs & income and B− for walkability.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things Ceyreste does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Ceyreste 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Ceyreste as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Chapelle des Pénitents Bleus (ancienne), in La Ciotat, 2.9 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Ceyreste.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Apartments in Ceyreste sell for €4,113/m², houses for €5,714/m². Advertised rents are estimated at €16.61/m² a month, near Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (€15.81/m²) and higher than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Renting a house costs an estimated €20.21/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €5,714/m² | 113 |
| Apartments | €4,113/m² | 30 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
More of the graded crimes in Ceyreste were criminal damage than anything else (2025). 2025 saw 49 offenses recorded in the town.
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · Small counts of other physical violence, sexual violence, armed robbery, 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, 16.2% of the index here. Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
A quarter of residents are 65 or over, above both Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (22%). Under 15: 16% of residents. Degrees are held by 42% of adults.
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bouches-du-Rhône 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Ceyreste | Bouches-du-Rhône median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.4% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 21% | 22% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 42% | 36% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Bouches-du-Rhône median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Ceyreste, 95.7% of lycée candidates passed the bac, above both Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (92.6%) and compared French towns (92.9%). The town’s pupils have a collège 1.9 mi away. Schools rank #61 of 96 in Bouches-du-Rhône.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège les MatagotsNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 165 | 82%−7 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent de la MéditerranéeNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 290 | 98%+1 pt |
| Lycée polyvalent Auguste et Louis LumièreBest against expectations: 6 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 23 | 91%+6 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
406 deaths in Ceyreste between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 468: 13% below. Women in Bouches-du-Rhône live to 86 on average and men to 81 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 6 GPs practise locally.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
For its 2,050 residents in work, Ceyreste has 550 jobs: 0.3 each. At the census, 7.5% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train. Unemployment stood at 8.8%, below Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (9.4%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Other places to visit, museums and heritage in and near Ceyreste. Best known first.
Art galleryChapelle des Pénitents bleus de La Ciotat4.7 km southwest, in La CiotatChâteauChâteauChâteau de Julhans4.9 km north, in Roquefort-la-BédouleAttractionAttractionPalais Lumière3.4 km southwest, in La CiotatAttractionAttractionPlage du Liouquet4.6 km southeast, in La CiotatPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Ceyreste is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Ceyreste yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ceyreste | 4,863 | — | C+ | D− | A− | B− |
| La Ciotat | 38,477 | 2.2 | D | D− | D | C |
| Roquefort-la-Bédoule | 5,798 | 3.3 | B− | D− | B | B− |
| Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer Var | 11,658 | 4.2 | C− | D− | D | B |
| Carnoux-en-Provence | 6,873 | 4.6 | B | D− | B+ | B |
| Cassis | 6,661 | 4.7 | C | D− | D− | A− |
| La Cadière-d'Azur Var | 5,739 | 5.2 | C+ | D | B | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A− for safety, #7 of 99 in Bouches-du-Rhône. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 13 burglaries and 26 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C+, better than 44% of compared French towns and #61 of 96 in Bouches-du-Rhône. The lycée stands out: 98% of 290 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent de la Méditerranée in 2025, a point above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Ceyreste grades D− for cost of living.
Commune in Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Ceyreste is a commune of 4,863 people in the Métropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence. 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
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025 · SSMSI, recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Ministry of Education (DEPP), brevet and bac results and value-added indicators, 2025 · INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses 2012–2023; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025 (care homes, emergency and maternity units, GPs, pharmacies); DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 (provisional) · INSEE, BPE 2025 and Filosofi 200 m grid (walking distances) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, updated November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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.