Anduze grades C− overall: better than 16% of compared French towns, and #46 of 60 in Gard. Its weakest subject is safety (D): an average of 12.8 recorded violent incidents and 19.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. At the median price of €2,303/m², a 70 m² home costs 7.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération Alès Agglomération. Its strongest is walkability (B+): 65% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 15% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
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 Anduze 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 Anduze.
Who lives here
An older town: 37% of people in Anduze are 65 or over, more than in Gard’s towns or compared French towns
On this, Anduze is above both Gard’s towns (24%) and compared French towns (22%). Under-15s account for 13% of the population.
56.8median age
AnduzeGard medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
37%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma23%
CAP or BEP23%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education28%
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 84 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gard 51.9%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Gard median and France median: the median of compared communes
Safety
Crime per resident in Anduze runs higher than in 87% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 95 offenses in the graded categories in Anduze in 2025. With 1,600 jobs for 950 working residents, Anduze draws people from neighboring communes, and crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its number of residents. For armed robbery, burglary and vehicle theft, 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, 4.6% of the index here.
12.8recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearDSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage38
Sexual violence16
Theft from vehicles16
Family violence15
Other physical violence10
Fraud30
Theft without violence28
Drug use27
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.
12.8
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
19.8
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
95
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
4.6%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
Anduze has higher unemployment than Gard’s towns or compared French towns: 21.7%
For Anduze, that is above both Gard’s towns (11.9%) and compared French towns (10.1%). The median disposable income is €21,990 a year per consumption unit.
15%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving74%
On foot11%
Bicycle2%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
1,600
jobs based in Anduze, 1.7 per working resident
21.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€21,990
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
9%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 70% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B+
Fewer deaths than Anduze’s ages would predict, 81 per 100 expected, under Gard’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Anduze sits below both Gard’s towns (90) and compared French towns (88) on this measure. From 2016 to 2025, 698 residents of Anduze died, against 672 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 4% more. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
−19%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw104
Adjusted81
Median town88
Expected100
6
GPs in Anduze · 3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
7.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Nouvelle clinique Bonnefon Ales
8.8 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Ales Cevennes
85.7 · 80.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Gard, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Renting in Anduze costs less than in Gard’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €9.94/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
That puts Anduze below both Gard’s towns (€12.19/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €2,303/m², comes from 105 sales of houses and apartments in Anduze from July 2023 to June 2026.
€2,303/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Anduze€2,303/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Gard median€2,553/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,609/m²
79
€9.94/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.82 to €12.64/m² a month)
7.1
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.90/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€22,570
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Alès Agglomération
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Anduze keeps more of its old housing than Gard or compared French towns: 24% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Anduze: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in Anduze is Fontaine couverte.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Anduze
Is Anduze safe?
It grades D for safety, #57 of 60 in Gard.
Are schools in Anduze good?
They grade C−, better than 24% of compared French towns and #32 of 53 in Gard. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Anduze 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 €2,303/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Anduze grades C+ for cost of living.
About Anduze
Commune in Gard, Occitanie
Anduze is a commune of 3,391 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Alès 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.
