Carantec grades B overall: better than 65% of compared French towns, and #42 of 59 in Finistère. Its weakest subject is cost of living (C): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is safety (A−): an average of 2.5 recorded violent incidents and 12.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
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 Carantec 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 Carantec.
Who lives here
An older town: 42% of people in Carantec are 65 or over, more than in Finistère’s towns or compared French towns
In the comparison, Carantec comes above both Finistère’s towns (26%) and compared French towns (22%). Children under 15 make up 10% of residents.
60.5median age
CarantecFinistère medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
42%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma10%
CAP or BEP19%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education45%
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 85 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
Safety
Crime per resident in Carantec runs lower than in 83% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 32 offenses in the graded categories in Carantec in 2025. Of the graded crimes in Carantec, criminal damage came up most often (2025). For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, 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, 24.9% of the index here. Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most.
2.5recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearA−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage19
Burglary13
Armed robbery0
Fraud27
Theft without violence14
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.
2.5
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
12.3
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
32
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
24.9%
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
HousingCost of living C
Buying in Carantec costs more than in Finistère’s towns or across compared French towns: the median sale is €3,320/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
For Carantec, that is above both Finistère’s towns (€2,388/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Houses in Carantec sell for €3,394/m² and apartments for €2,976/m².
€3,320/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Carantec€3,320/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Finistère median€2,388/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,394/m²
148
Apartments
€2,976/m²
49
€11.36/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.00 to €14.33/m² a month)
9.1
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.00/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,560
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Morlaix Communauté
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth C+
Carantec’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is higher than in 60% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 566 residents of Carantec died, against 558 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 1% more. Its care home for older people (62 places) counts its residents as Carantec’s; allowing for it, deaths were 9% below expected. The adjustment lowers most towns’ figures, so the comparison is what counts: the median of compared French towns is 12% below expected. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
−9%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw101
Adjusted91
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Carantec · 2.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
7.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, C H des Pays de Morlaix
7.5 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, C H des Pays de Morlaix
84.8 · 79
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Finistère, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Carantec is better off than Finistère’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €31,680 a year per consumption unit
Carantec sits above both Finistère’s towns (€26,720) and compared French towns (€25,970) on this measure. Carantec has 700 jobs for 1,100 working residents, 0.6 per worker.
11%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving84%
On foot5%
Public transport4%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter0%
700
jobs based in Carantec, 0.6 per working resident
9.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€31,680
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 52% of compared French towns
Église Saint-Carantec: Photo: This illustration was made by Peter Potrowl . · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Chapelle Notre-Dame de l'Ile Callot: Photo: Kilyann Le Hen · CC BY-SA 4.0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Carantec
Is Carantec safe?
It grades A− for safety, #30 of 59 in Finistère. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 13 burglaries and 19 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Carantec good?
They grade B−, better than 50% of compared French towns and #57 of 63 in Finistère. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Carantec expensive to live in?
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.36/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Carantec grades C for cost of living.
About Carantec
Commune in Finistère, Brittany
Carantec is a commune of 3,272 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Morlaix Communauté. 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.
