Audierne’s grades pull in different directions. Schools are its strong suit — brevet results 5.8 points above the expected rate. Overall, Audierne earns a B, which places it #46 of 59 in Finistère. On that grade it does better than 55% of compared French towns. Add walkability to its strengths: 64% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 18% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €2,451/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Cap Sizun - Pointe du Raz. Residents’ health trails most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 1% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. The rest of its grades are middling: B− for safety and C+ for jobs & income.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior).
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 Audierne 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 Audierne.
Who lives here
Children make up only 8.2% of Audierne, fewer than in Finistère’s towns and compared French towns
5.7% of the population is aged 15 to 24, lower than both Finistère’s towns (9.3%) and compared French towns (11%). The 65-and-over age group makes up 44% of residents. Audierne has a median age of 61.9.
61.9median age
AudierneFinistère medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
44%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma17%
CAP or BEP24%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education31%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Finistère 51.7%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Finistère median and France median: the median of compared communes
Schools
Schools around Audierne do better than those of 96% of compared French towns
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the collèges within 5 km of Audierne, 95.0% passed the brevet, close to Finistère’s towns (94.1%) and above compared French towns (87.5%). School results put the town #6 of 63 in Finistère. The closest collège is 1 mi off.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
History
Audierne keeps more of its old housing than Finistère’s towns or compared French towns: 15% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
3 of the 5 are churches, chapels and other religious buildings. Among the classé monuments in Audierne is Camp protohistorique de Suguensou. Relative to its size, Audierne keeps 13 protected monuments per 10,000 residents. On the Culture ministry’s list, Audierne counts 5 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 4 inscrit at the second.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth C−
Audierne’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is higher than in 78% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Weighed against its ages and care homes, Audierne records 99 deaths per 100 expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 716 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 798, 11% more. The nearest emergency department to Audierne is Centre hospitalier de Douarnenez, 11.6 mi away. For a family doctor, residents of Audierne can choose among 8 GPs.
−1%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw111
Adjusted99
Median town88
Expected100
8
GPs in Audierne · 5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
11.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Douarnenez
21.3 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Intercommunal de Cornouaille Quimper
84.8 · 79
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Finistère, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Unemployment in Audierne, 13.0%, runs above Finistère’s towns and compared French towns
18.3% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, above both Finistère’s towns (8.4%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Audierne holds 1,250 jobs; 1,150 of its residents are in work, so 1.1 jobs each. Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €25,700 a year.
18%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving73%
On foot9%
Public transport5%
Bicycle4%
Motorbike or scooter2%
1,250
jobs based in Audierne, 1.1 per working resident
13.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,700
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 71% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living C
Audierne is graded a C for cost of living
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
233 sales of houses and apartments in Audierne, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,451/m². In Audierne, houses go for €2,305/m² and apartments for €2,751/m². Houses accounted for 69% of sales, apartments for the rest.
€2,451/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Audierne€2,451/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Finistère median€2,388/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,305/m²
161
Apartments
€2,751/m²
72
€12.02/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.50 to €15.20/m² a month)
6.8
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.69/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,200
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Cap Sizun - Pointe du Raz
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Audierne has less crime per resident than 51% of compared French towns
Violence against people averaged 6.2 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 14.9. 70 offenses were reported in Audierne during 2025. The commonest graded crime here was criminal damage (2025).
6.2recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage39
Family violence13
Burglary13
Other physical violence5
Armed robbery0
Theft without violence23
Fraud20
Drug use14
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.
6.2
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
14.9
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
70
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
7.4%
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 · When sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (7.4% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Audierne
Is Audierne safe?
It grades B− for safety, #46 of 59 in Finistère. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 13 burglaries and 39 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Audierne good?
They grade A+, better than 96% of compared French towns and #6 of 63 in Finistère. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Audierne expensive to live in?
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,451/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.02/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Audierne grades C for cost of living.
About Audierne
Commune in Finistère, Brittany
Audierne is a commune of 3,727 people in the Communauté de communes Cap Sizun - Pointe du Raz. 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.
