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Home to 15,802 people, this town lies in Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
Crime runs high (D): an average of 8.7 recorded violent incidents and 29.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Taken together, its subjects give Port-de-Bouc a D− overall, behind almost every compared French town. Where it does best is walkability — 92% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 9% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At €2,689/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 7.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Métropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence. Jobs and pay trail most towns: 0.9 jobs per working resident; 16.3% unemployment. It also trails on health (D) — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 5% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The one thing Port-de-Bouc does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Port-de-Bouc 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.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Port-de-Bouc as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Sainte-Madeleine de l'Ile, in Martigues, 3.4 mi away.
2.8% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Port-de-Bouc.
More of the graded crimes in Port-de-Bouc were criminal damage than anything else (2025). Recorded offenses here came to 554 in 2025.
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 · For armed robbery, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 0.2% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 1,890 residents of Port-de-Bouc died, against 1,745 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 8% more. Adjusted mortality here: 105 deaths for every 100 expected. Life expectancy in Bouches-du-Rhône: 86 years for women and 81 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3.
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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €14.72/m² a month, between Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (€15.81/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The split in Port-de-Bouc: €3,309/m² for houses, €1,875/m² for apartments. Houses accounted for half of sales, apartments for the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,309/m² | 211 |
| Apartments | €1,875/m² | 213 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Half of residents lived on more than €21,830 a year per consumption unit, lower than both Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (€27,430) and compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 8.5% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The 65-and-over age group makes up 24% of residents. Under-15s account for 18% of the population. Half of Port-de-Bouc is older than 44.6, half younger.
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bouches-du-Rhône 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Port-de-Bouc | Bouches-du-Rhône median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 32% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 22% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 18% | 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.
Vocational results within 5 km: 77% passed the bac pro, of 260 candidates at 4 lycées. At the lycées within 5 km of Port-de-Bouc, 87.0% passed the bac, below Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (92.6%) and compared French towns (92.9%) alike. Results rank its schools #63 of 96 in Bouches-du-Rhône.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Paul ÉluardNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 124 | 81%−3 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Jean LurçatNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 266 | 97%+2 pts |
| Lycée professionnel Jean MoulinBest against expectations: 14 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 74 | 74%+14 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Port-de-Bouc. Best known first.
ChâteauFort de Bouc2 km south, in MartiguesChâteauChâteauChâteau de Fos-sur-Mer4.6 km northwest, in Fos-sur-MerMuseumMuseumMusée d'histoire de Martigues4.9 km east, in MartiguesAttractionAttractionPort a sec4 km east, in MartiguesPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Port-de-Bouc is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
7 notable people were born in Port-de-Bouc.
Olivier Mateu: Confédération générale du travail, CC BY 3.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Port-de-Bouc | 15,802 | — | D− | C− | D | D |
| Martigues | 48,298 | 3.1 | D | D | D | B− |
| Saint-Mitre-les-Remparts | 6,175 | 3.5 | C+ | D | B− | B |
| Fos-sur-Mer | 15,862 | 3.8 | D− | D | C− | C− |
| Istres | 44,292 | 7.1 | D | D | C | C+ |
| Sausset-les-Pins | 7,574 | 8.2 | C | D− | C | B+ |
| Châteauneuf-les-Martigues | 18,455 | 8.8 | D | D− | B− | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades D for safety, #82 of 99 in Bouches-du-Rhône. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 72 burglaries and 167 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C+, better than 43% of compared French towns and #63 of 96 in Bouches-du-Rhône. The lycée stands out: 97% of 266 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Jean Lurçat 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.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Port-de-Bouc grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Port-de-Bouc is a commune of 15,802 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 9, 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.