Saint-Quay-Portrieux’s grades pull in different directions. Safety is its weak spot — an average of 14.3 recorded violent incidents and 23.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. The town grades C overall and ranks #43 of 45 in Côtes-d'Armor. It comes out better than a quarter of compared French towns. Prices are high against local incomes: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 10 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. School results are strong: bac results 6 points above the expected rate; brevet results 4 points below the expected rate.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
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 Saint-Quay-Portrieux 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-Quay-Portrieux.
Who lives here
Children make up only 8% of Saint-Quay-Portrieux, fewer than in Côtes-d'Armor’s towns and across compared French towns
The 65-and-over age group makes up 47% of residents. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 7.7% of residents, below Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (9.3%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Also worth knowing: 39% of adults hold a degree.
63.2median age
Saint-Quay-PortrieuxCôtes-d'Armor medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
47%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma12%
CAP or BEP21%
Baccalauréat22%
Higher education39%
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 86 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Côtes-d'Armor 52.9%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Côtes-d'Armor median and France median: the median of compared communes
Safety
Saint-Quay-Portrieux sees more crime per resident than nine in ten compared French towns
Saint-Quay-Portrieux comes 43rd of the 45 compared towns in Côtes-d'Armor on the Safety Grade. Over 2025, Saint-Quay-Portrieux logged 120 recorded offenses. Among the graded crimes locally, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025).
14.3recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearDSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage58
Other physical violence19
Family violence17
Burglary15
Sexual violence11
Theft without violence37
Fraud25
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.
14.3
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
23.4
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
120
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
2.7%
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 armed robbery, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, 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, 2.7% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
HousingCost of living D
A home in Saint-Quay-Portrieux sells for €3,708/m², more than in Côtes-d'Armor’s towns and across compared French towns
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €13.02/m² a month, about level with compared French towns (€12.41/m²) and above Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (€11.30/m²). A house in Saint-Quay-Portrieux goes for €3,282/m², an apartment for €4,246/m². Among the homes sold, 59% were houses.
€3,708/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Saint-Quay-Portrieux€3,708/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Côtes-d'Armor median€2,254/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,282/m²
173
Apartments
€4,246/m²
119
€13.02/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.22 to €16.57/m² a month)
10
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.15/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,890
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Saint-Brieuc Armor Agglomération
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Schools
Schools around Saint-Quay-Portrieux do better than those of 76% of compared French towns
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Vocational results within 5 km: 97% passed the bac pro, of 68 candidates. Near Saint-Quay-Portrieux, 92.0% of collège pupils passed the brevet, about level with Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (90.9%) and above compared French towns (87.5%). The closest lycée for the general bac is 9.5 mi off.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C
More deaths than expected: Saint-Quay-Portrieux is above 73% of compared French towns once ages and care homes are allowed for
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Saint-Quay-Portrieux is Centre hospitalier Yves le Foll, 11.8 mi away. Its care home for older people (64 places) counts its residents as Saint-Quay-Portrieux’s; allowing for it, deaths were 3% below expected. From 2016 to 2025, 669 residents of Saint-Quay-Portrieux died, against 629 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 6% more. At birth, a girl in Côtes-d'Armor can expect 84.8 years and a boy 78.5 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3.
−3%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw106
Adjusted97
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Saint-Quay-Portrieux · 2.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
11.8 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Yves le Foll
7.6 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopital Prive des Cotes D Armor
84.8 · 78.5
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Côtes-d'Armor, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Incomes in Saint-Quay-Portrieux run higher than in Côtes-d'Armor’s towns and across compared French towns: a median €28,600 a year per consumption unit
Per resident in work, Saint-Quay-Portrieux counts 1.2 jobs (1,150 jobs, 1,000 workers). Walking, cycling and public transport carried 14.2% of commuters at the census. The unemployment rate here is 10.6%.
14%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving79%
On foot7%
Public transport5%
Bicycle3%
Motorbike or scooter0%
1,150
jobs based in Saint-Quay-Portrieux, 1.2 per working resident
10.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€28,600
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 62% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Saint-Quay-Portrieux keeps more of its old housing than Côtes-d'Armor’s towns or compared French towns: 14% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its oldest listed monument dates from the 20th century. Saint-Quay-Portrieux has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Saint-Quay-Portrieux
Is Saint-Quay-Portrieux safe?
It grades D for safety, #43 of 45 in Côtes-d'Armor. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 15 burglaries and 58 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Saint-Quay-Portrieux good?
They grade A−, better than 76% of compared French towns and #16 of 50 in Côtes-d'Armor. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Saint-Quay-Portrieux expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Quay-Portrieux grades D for cost of living.
About Saint-Quay-Portrieux
Commune in Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany
Saint-Quay-Portrieux is a commune of 3,224 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Saint-Brieuc Armor Agglomération. 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.
