Where it does best is cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health is a weak point (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 13% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B− for jobs & income and B− for walkability. Homes change hands at a median €1,469/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Saint-Caradec 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 Saint-Caradec 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Caradec.
HealthHealth D
Mortality in Saint-Caradec, once ages and care homes are allowed for, tops Côtes-d'Armor’s towns and compared French towns: 113 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
There is one general practitioner in Saint-Caradec. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Caradec is Chcb site Kerio, 7.7 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 113 residents of Saint-Caradec died, against 100 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 13% more. Life expectancy at birth in Côtes-d'Armor is 84.8 years for women and 78.5 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
+13%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw113
Adjusted113
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Saint-Caradec · 2.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
7.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Chcb site Kerio
7.2 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Chcb site Kerio
84.8 · 78.5
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Côtes-d'Armor, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Degrees are less common in Saint-Caradec than in Côtes-d'Armor’s towns or across compared French towns: 20% of adults
The share aged 15 to 24 is 8.6%. People 65 and over make up 25% of the town, between Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (29%) and compared French towns (22%). The age that splits Saint-Caradec in two is 49.3.
49.3median age
Saint-CaradecCôtes-d'Armor medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
25%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma21%
CAP or BEP33%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education20%
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Côtes-d'Armor 52.9%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Côtes-d'Armor median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Saint-Caradec keeps more of its old housing than Côtes-d'Armor’s towns or compared French towns: 15% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The earliest of these monuments dates from the 18th century. The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Saint-Caradec, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income B−
Money is tighter in Saint-Caradec than in Côtes-d'Armor’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €24,840 a year per consumption unit
At the census, 6.9% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (9.6%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. Jobs located in Saint-Caradec: 500, for 500 residents in work (1 each). The unemployment rate comes to 8.8%.
7%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving86%
On foot4%
Public transport1%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
500
jobs based in Saint-Caradec, 1 per working resident
8.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,840
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 54% of compared French towns
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Saint-Caradec
Is Saint-Caradec safe?
Saint-Caradec has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 6.5 recorded violent incidents and 6.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Saint-Caradec expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Saint-Caradec grades A− for cost of living.
About Saint-Caradec
Commune in Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany
Saint-Caradec is a commune of 1,132 people in the Communauté de communes Loudéac Communauté - Bretagne Centre. 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
1,132 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Loudéac Communauté - Bretagne Centre
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.
