Prices are modest for what you get (A): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its lowest grade is for schools — brevet results 12 points below the expected rate. Jobs & income is weaker too: 0.5 jobs per working resident; 25.9% unemployment. Health is weaker too — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 3% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Molières-sur-Cèze 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 Molières-sur-Cèze 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
Who lives here
Molières-sur-Cèze skews older, with 38% of residents 65 or over, more than Gard’s towns or compared French towns
57.6median age
6.9% of the population is aged 15 to 24, lower than both Gard’s towns (9.5%) and compared French towns (11%). Under-15s account for 12% of the population. Among adults, 17% have a degree.
Molières-sur-CèzeGard medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
38%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma31%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education17%
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.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C−
Molières-sur-Cèze has a higher adjusted death rate than 84% of compared French towns
+3%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
302 deaths in Molières-sur-Cèze between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 215: 41% above. Adjusted for age and care homes, Molières-sur-Cèze records 103 deaths per 100 expected, higher than both Gard’s towns (90) and compared French towns (88). The nearest emergency department to Molières-sur-Cèze is Centre hospitalier Ales Cevennes, 8.6 mi away. Life expectancy at birth in Gard is 85.7 years for women and 80.6 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw141
Adjusted103
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Molières-sur-Cèze · 4.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
8.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Ales Cevennes
8.6 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
Molières-sur-Cèze has higher unemployment than Gard’s towns or compared French towns: 25.9%
6%walk, cycle or take transit
The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €19,180 a year per consumption unit. 6.2% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below Gard’s towns (8.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. At the census, 7.2% of working residents in Molières-sur-Cèze didn’t travel to work at all.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving86%
On foot4%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
150
jobs based in Molières-sur-Cèze, 0.5 per working resident
25.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€19,180
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C−
Walkability: better than 24% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Molières-sur-Cèze keeps more of its old housing than Gard’s towns or compared French towns: 32% built before 1919
1historic monument
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its heritage reaches back to the 10th century. The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Molières-sur-Cèze, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Molières-sur-Cèze has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
5.4recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
The graded crime recorded most in Molières-sur-Cèze was criminal damage (2025). The police record for Molières-sur-Cèze lists 10 offenses in 2025. On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 5.4 violent offenses and 16.2 graded property crimes a year.
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage10
Armed robbery0
Vehicle theft0
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.
5.4
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
16.2
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
10
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
47.7%
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 family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 47.7% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Molières-sur-Cèze is a commune of 1,176 people in the Communauté de communes de Cèze Cévennes. 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
1,176 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de Cèze Cévennes
Département
Gard (30)
Région
Occitanie
Area
3.3 sq mi (8.7 km²)
INSEE code
30171
Molières-sur-Cèze’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Molières-sur-Cèze
Is Molières-sur-Cèze safe?
Molières-sur-Cèze has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Are schools in Molières-sur-Cèze good?
They grade D−, better than 1% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Molières-sur-Cèze expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,293/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Molières-sur-Cèze grades A for cost of living.
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.
