The data are hard on it. Buying in is costly: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 16.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Zonza’s overall grade is D, better than just over a tenth of compared French towns. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work: a quarter of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. People here tend to be in good health (B+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 20% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · 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 Zonza 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.
Tour de Pinarello ou d'Isoli di Corsi: Photo: Aa77zz · CC0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Zonza.
HousingCost of living D
A home in Zonza sells for €5,770/m², more than in Corse-du-Sud’s towns and across compared French towns
€5,770/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses in Zonza sell for €6,354/m² and apartments for €4,712/m². The town is the second most expensive of the 11 towns in Corse-du-Sud, at €5,770/m². The estimated advertised rent is €12.42/m² a month, lower than Corse-du-Sud’s towns (€16.26/m²) and near compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Zonza€5,770/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Corse-du-Sud median€4,811/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€6,354/m²
126
Apartments
€4,712/m²
42
€12.42/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.87 to €15.63/m² a month)
16.3
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.56/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,840
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes de l'Alta Rocca
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income C
On foot, Zonza works less well than 84% of compared French towns
6%walk, cycle or take transit
For its 1,250 residents in work, Zonza has 900 jobs: 0.7 each. 6.7% of the town’s working residents had no journey to work at the census. Median disposable income comes to €25,300 a year per consumption unit.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving86%
On foot4%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport1%
Bicycle1%
900
jobs based in Zonza, 0.7 per working resident
10.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,300
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C−
Walkability: better than 16% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B+
Fewer deaths than Zonza’s ages would predict, 80 per 100 expected, under Corse-du-Sud’s towns and compared French towns
−20%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Average lifespans in Corse-du-Sud: 87.2 years for women, 82.1 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. From 2016 to 2025, 234 residents of Zonza died, against 293 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 20% fewer. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Zonza is Clinique Chirurgicale du Sud de la Corse, 7.6 mi away. The town has 10 family doctors.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw80
Adjusted80
Median town88
Expected100
10
GPs in Zonza · 5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
7.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Clinique Chirurgicale du Sud de la Corse
7.6 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Clinique Chirurgicale du Sud de la Corse
87.2 · 82.1
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Corse-du-Sud, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Zonza has more crime per resident than 70% of compared French towns
10.8recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearCSafety Grade
Among the graded crimes in Zonza, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025). Graded property crimes ran at 15.5 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 10.8 (2023–2025 average). Over 2025, Zonza logged 73 recorded offenses. On the Safety Grade, Zonza ranks 8th of the 9 compared towns in Corse-du-Sud.
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage35
Family violence27
Other physical violence11
Armed robbery0
Fraud24
Theft without violence22
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.
10.8
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
15.5
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
73
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
4.9%
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 · For sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 4.9% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Who lives here
Zonza skews older, with 26% of residents 65 or over, more than in Corse-du-Sud’s towns and across compared French towns
47.6median age
Nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24, close to Corse-du-Sud’s towns (8.7%) and below compared French towns (11%). The middle age in Zonza is 47.6. Children are 16% of the town.
ZonzaCorse-du-Sud medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
26%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma22%
CAP or BEP19%
Baccalauréat22%
Higher education31%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Corse-du-Sud 51.4%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Corse-du-Sud median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
3 historic monuments in Zonza, 1 classé
3historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
3.7% of its homes were built before 1919, below Corse-du-Sud’s towns (4%) and compared French towns (7.4%) alike. Among the classé monuments in Zonza is Maison de vacances du docteur Pierre Gauthier. Castles and fortifications, 2 of the 3, make up the bulk. Protection here reaches back to the 16th century.
Noël Giorgi: Anonymous Unknown author , no author disclosure, Public domain
About Zonza
Commune in Corse-du-Sud, Corsica
Zonza is a commune of 2,989 people in the Communauté de communes de l'Alta Rocca. 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
Population
2,989 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de l'Alta Rocca
Département
Corse-du-Sud (2A)
Région
Corsica
Area
52 sq mi (134.7 km²)
INSEE code
2A362
Zonza’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
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.
