Overall, Tonnay-Charente earns a D: better than 13% of compared French towns, and #36 of 44 in Charente-Maritime. A 70 m² home at the median €2,097/m² costs 5.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Rochefort Océan. Its weakest is schools — brevet results 7 points below the expected rate. Its other grades sit near the middle: C+ for safety, C+ for health and C+ for walkability.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Tonnay-Charente 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
Who lives here
Degrees are less common in Tonnay-Charente than in Charente-Maritime’s towns or across compared French towns: 25% of adults
Children under 15 make up 14%, above Charente-Maritime’s towns (12%) but below compared French towns (17%). People 65 and over make up 27% of the town. Young adults of 15 to 24 are nearly a tenth of the population.
49median age
Tonnay-CharenteCharente-Maritime medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
27%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma20%
CAP or BEP32%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education25%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Per resident, Tonnay-Charente sees more crime than 59% of compared French towns
The graded crime recorded most in Tonnay-Charente was criminal damage (2025). 193 offenses were reported in Tonnay-Charente during 2025. Violence against people ran at 7.1 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 16.1 (2023–2025 average).
7.1recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC+Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage75
Burglary28
Sexual violence26
Other physical violence25
Family violence18
Vehicle theft12
Theft from vehicles9
Fraud55
Drug use34
Theft without violence30
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.
7.1
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
16.1
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
193
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.8%
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 armed robbery go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 0.8% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Work & commuteJobs & income C
Only 6.9% of commuters in Tonnay-Charente go to work without a car, fewer than in Charente-Maritime’s towns and compared French towns
Half of residents lived on more than €24,570 a year per consumption unit, below both Charente-Maritime’s towns (€26,025) and compared French towns (€25,970). Tonnay-Charente holds 2,350 jobs; 3,300 of its residents are in work, so 0.7 jobs each. Bus, tram or train carried 2.4% of working residents in Tonnay-Charente to work at the census.
7%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving88%
On foot2%
Public transport2%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
2,350
jobs based in Tonnay-Charente, 0.7 per working resident
10.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,570
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C+
Walkability: better than 41% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living C+
For cost of living, Tonnay-Charente gets a C+
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,097/m², comes from 396 sales of houses and apartments in Tonnay-Charente from July 2023 to June 2026. The split in the town: €2,249/m² for houses, €1,869/m² for apartments. House rents are put at about €10.73/m² a month.
€2,097/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Tonnay-Charente€2,097/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Charente-Maritime median€3,369/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,249/m²
266
Apartments
€1,869/m²
130
€11.64/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.26 to €14.64/m² a month)
5.8
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.73/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,210
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Rochefort Océan
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C+
Tonnay-Charente’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is higher than in 55% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Women in Charente-Maritime live to 85.5 on average and men to 79.6 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. Its care home for older people (102 places) counts its residents as Tonnay-Charente’s; allowing for it, deaths were 10% below expected. From 2016 to 2025, 990 residents of Tonnay-Charente died, against 1,000 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 1% fewer.
−10%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw99
Adjusted90
Median town88
Expected100
12
GPs in Tonnay-Charente · 4.2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
3.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Rochefort
3.6 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Rochefort
85.5 · 79.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Charente-Maritime, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Tonnay-Charente
Is Tonnay-Charente safe?
It grades C+ for safety, #22 of 44 in Charente-Maritime. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 28 burglaries and 75 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Tonnay-Charente good?
They grade D, better than 8% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Tonnay-Charente expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,097/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.64/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Tonnay-Charente grades C+ for cost of living.
About Tonnay-Charente
Commune in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Tonnay-Charente is a commune of 8,289 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Rochefort Océan. 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.
