Most journeys need a car: 43% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Cost of living is weaker too: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Rédené has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Rédené 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 Rédené.
Work & commuteJobs & income A−
On foot, Rédené works less well than nine in ten compared French towns
5.8% of people in the labour force have no job. At the census, 2.6% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Finistère’s towns (8.4%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Also worth knowing: after tax and benefits, the median income is €27,740 a year per consumption unit.
3%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving92%
On foot1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport1%
Bicycle1%
550
jobs based in Rédené, 0.4 per working resident
5.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,740
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D
Walkability: better than 7% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Children make up 19% of Rédené, above Finistère’s towns and compared French towns
Over-65s are nearly a fifth of the population. Just over a third of adults hold a degree, near Finistère’s towns (34%) and higher than compared French towns (30%). Ages in Rédené split evenly at 42.8: half are older, half younger.
42.8median age
RédenéFinistère medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
10%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma13%
CAP or BEP25%
Baccalauréat22%
Higher education35%
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Finistère 51.7%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Finistère median and France median: the median of compared communes
HousingCost of living C+
A typical home in Rédené sells for €2,400/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €9.82/m² a month. 91 houses and apartments changed hands in Rédené from July 2023 to June 2026. The estimated advertised rent is €11.74/m² a month, close to Finistère’s towns (€11.55/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
€2,400/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Rédené€2,400/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Finistère median€2,388/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,400/m²
91
€11.74/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.36 to €14.73/m² a month)
6.5
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.82/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,960
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Quimperlé Communauté
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C+
Rédené has a higher adjusted death rate than 56% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
After the care-home adjustment, Rédené’s deaths ran at 90 per 100 expected, about level with compared French towns (88) and below Finistère’s towns (95). France’s death rates at each age would predict 219 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 197, 10% fewer. Life expectancy in Finistère: 84.8 years for women and 79 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. There are 5 general practitioners here.
−10%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw90
Adjusted90
Median town88
Expected100
5
GPs in Rédené · 3.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
3.9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ghbs Hopital la Villeneuve
8.8 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ghbs site Hopital du Scorff
84.8 · 79
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Finistère, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Rédené has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 5 violent offenses and 6.9 graded property crimes a year. In all, 30 offenses reached the police record in Rédené in 2025. More of the graded crimes here were criminal damage than anything else (2025).
5recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage18
Family violence12
Armed robbery0
Theft without violence14
Fraud13
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.
5
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
6.9
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
30
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
32.0%
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 other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, 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 (32.0% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Rédené
Is Rédené safe?
Rédené has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Is Rédené expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Rédené grades C+ for cost of living.
About Rédené
Commune in Finistère, Brittany
Rédené is a commune of 3,043 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Quimperlé 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.