Le Grau-du-Roi grades low on several counts. Safety lags: an average of 20.5 recorded violent incidents and 35.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Prices are high against local incomes: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 13.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its best grade is for walkability: 95% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 18% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The overall grade lands at D−, behind almost every compared French town. Health lags (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 7% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
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 Le Grau-du-Roi 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 Le Grau-du-Roi.
Who lives here
Children make up only 7.7% of Le Grau-du-Roi, fewer than in both Gard’s towns and compared French towns
6.2% of residents are 15 to 24, below both Gard’s towns (9.5%) and compared French towns (11%). People 65 and over make up 45% of the town. Graduates make up just over a fifth of adults.
62.3median age
Le Grau-du-RoiGard medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
45%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma23%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education22%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 89 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 Le Grau-du-Roi runs higher than in 99% of compared French towns
With 3,350 jobs for 2,400 working residents, Le Grau-du-Roi draws people in from neighbouring communes. The town ranks last of the 60 compared towns in Gard on the Safety Grade. 2025 saw 455 offenses recorded locally. The commonest graded crime locally was criminal damage (2025).
20.5recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearD−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage138
Family violence78
Other physical violence59
Burglary51
Theft from vehicles51
Sexual violence50
Vehicle theft28
Theft without violence267
Drug use171
Fraud132
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.
20.5
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
35.8
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
455
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.1%
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 · Small counts of armed robbery go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 0.1% of the index here. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
HousingCost of living D−
Homes in Le Grau-du-Roi cost more than in both Gard’s towns and compared French towns, with a median sale of €5,058/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
No town in Gard costs more to buy into than Le Grau-du-Roi, at €5,058/m², the highest of 68. Houses sell for €4,634/m² locally, apartments for €5,081/m². The estimated advertised rent is €16.06/m² a month, above both Gard’s towns (€12.19/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
€5,058/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Le Grau-du-Roi€5,058/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Gard median€2,553/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€4,634/m²
124
Apartments
€5,081/m²
2,016
€16.06/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€11.87 to €21.73/m² a month)
13.9
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€13.53/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,460
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Terre de Camargue
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth D
More deaths than Le Grau-du-Roi’s ages would predict, 107 per 100 expected, above Gard’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Le Grau-du-Roi is Clinique Via Domitia, 9.3 mi away. 1,539 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 1,382: 11% above. In Gard, women can expect to live 85.7 years and men 80.6 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. The town has 7 family doctors.
+7%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw111
Adjusted107
Median town88
Expected100
7
GPs in Le Grau-du-Roi · 3.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
9.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Clinique Via Domitia
14.4 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Polyclinique Saint Roch
85.7 · 80.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Gard, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
More people in Le Grau-du-Roi are out of work than in Gard’s towns or across compared French towns: 16.5%
Nearly a fifth of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, above both Gard’s towns (8.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%). The median disposable income is €24,780 a year per consumption unit.
18%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving74%
On foot9%
Bicycle7%
Motorbike or scooter3%
Public transport2%
3,350
jobs based in Le Grau-du-Roi, 1.4 per working resident
16.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,780
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 80% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Le Grau-du-Roi: 2 historic monuments, 2 classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Le Grau-du-Roi is Ancien phare du Grau d'Aigues-Mortes ou du Grau-du-Roi. Protection here reaches back to the 19th century. Also worth knowing: 1.5% of its homes were built before 1919, below Gard’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (7.4%) alike.
Phare de l'Espiguette: Photo: Wolfgang Honisch · CC BY-SA 2.5 · Ancien phare du Grau d'Aigues-Mortes ou du Grau-du-Roi: Photo: User:Guigui59 · CC BY 2.5
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Le Grau-du-Roi
Is Le Grau-du-Roi safe?
It grades D− for safety. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 51 burglaries and 138 acts of criminal damage.
Is Le Grau-du-Roi expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Le Grau-du-Roi grades D− for cost of living.
About Le Grau-du-Roi
Commune in Gard, Occitanie
Le Grau-du-Roi is a commune of 8,588 people in the Communauté de communes Terre de Camargue. 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.
