Where it does best is schools: brevet results 4 points above the expected rate. Homes sell for a median €1,992/m²: 70 m² comes to 5.1 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération du Pays de Landerneau-Daoulas. Jobs & income is a strength too (A+) — 0.9 jobs per working resident; 5.5% unemployment. Its other grades sit near the middle: B for health and B for walkability.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Daoulas 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 Daoulas 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.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living B+
Renting in Daoulas costs less than in Finistère’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €10.90/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €1,992/m²: 55 houses and apartments sold in Daoulas between July 2023 and June 2026. Among the homes sold, 98% were houses. A house rents for an estimated €9.86/m² a month.
€1,992/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Daoulas€1,992/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Finistère median€2,388/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,996/m²
54
€10.90/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.79 to €13.51/m² a month)
5.1
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.86/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€27,500
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération du Pays de Landerneau-Daoulas
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
4 historic monuments and a protected historic area since 1988
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Homes built before 1919 account for a tenth of the housing. Among the classé monuments in Daoulas is Ancienne abbaye. Most of the list is churches, chapels and other religious buildings: 3 of 4. Its heritage reaches back to the 12th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth B
Allowing for age and care homes, Daoulas sees 85 deaths per 100 expected, against 95 in Finistère’s towns and 88 in compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 246 deaths in Daoulas from 2016 to 2025; there were 275, 12% more. Women in Finistère live to 84.8 on average and men to 79 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. For a family doctor, residents of Daoulas can choose among 4 GPs.
−15%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw112
Adjusted85
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Daoulas · 5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
6.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Ferdinand Grall Landerneau
6.2 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Ferdinand Grall Landerneau
84.8 · 79
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Finistère, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Daoulas has lower unemployment than Finistère’s towns or compared French towns: 5.5%
Half of residents lived on more than €28,960 a year per consumption unit, above both Finistère’s towns (€26,720) and compared French towns (€25,970). Walking, cycling and public transport carried 6.1% of commuters at the census.
6%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving90%
On foot4%
Public transport1%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
700
jobs based in Daoulas, 0.9 per working resident
5.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€28,960
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 57% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Daoulas is a graduates’ town: 43% hold a degree, more than in Finistère’s towns or compared French towns
Nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over, below Finistère’s towns (26%) and close to compared French towns (22%). Young adults of 15 to 24 account for 7.3% of the town. One measure of family life: 19% of residents are under 15.
45.4median age
DaoulasFinistère medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
23%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma11%
CAP or BEP21%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education43%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Finistère 51.7%, France 51.8%.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Daoulas
Is Daoulas safe?
Daoulas has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Are schools in Daoulas good?
They grade A+, better than 98% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Daoulas expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,992/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Daoulas grades B+ for cost of living.
About Daoulas
Commune in Finistère, Brittany
Daoulas is a commune of 1,864 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Pays de Landerneau-Daoulas. 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
1,864 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération du Pays de Landerneau-Daoulas
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.
