Pupils here do less well than most (D−): brevet results 18 points below the expected rate. At the median price of €2,199/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération de Nîmes Métropole. Its best grade is for walkability — 55% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 9% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The overall grade comes out at D−, behind almost every compared French town.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
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 Saint-Gilles 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
HealthHealth C−
Saint-Gilles’ death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is higher than in 85% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
After the care-home adjustment, Saint-Gilles’ deaths ran at 103 per 100 expected, above Gard’s towns (90) and compared French towns (88) alike. France’s death rates at each age would predict 1,224 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 1,359, 11% more. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Gilles is Polyclinique Grand Sud Nimes, 10 mi away. For a family doctor, residents of Saint-Gilles can choose among 7 GPs.
+3%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw111
Adjusted103
Median town88
Expected100
7
GPs in Saint-Gilles · 2.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
10 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Polyclinique Grand Sud Nimes
10 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Polyclinique Grand Sud Nimes
85.7 · 80.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Gard, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
A secteur sauvegardé since 2001, and 12 historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
A protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable) has covered part of the town since 2001. Per 10,000 residents, Saint-Gilles counts 8.1 protected monuments, above both Gard’s towns (3) and compared French towns (2.5). Among the classé monuments locally is Ancienne abbaye de Saint-Gilles. 9 of the 12 are houses and mansions.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HousingCost of living C
Saint-Gilles’s grade for cost of living: a C
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
In Saint-Gilles, houses go for €2,382/m² and apartments for €1,778/m². 436 sales of houses and apartments locally, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,199/m². The estimated advertised rent is €11.31/m² a month, below Gard’s towns (€12.19/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) alike.
€2,199/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Saint-Gilles€2,199/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Gard median€2,553/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,382/m²
323
Apartments
€1,778/m²
113
€11.31/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.11 to €14.05/m² a month)
6.6
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
€23,170
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération de Nîmes Métropole
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Saint-Gilles ranks above 66% of compared French towns for crime per resident
For 2025, the figures show 360 offenses in Saint-Gilles. Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 9.8 cases of violence against people and 15.2 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). The graded crime recorded most locally was criminal damage (2025).
9.8recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearCSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage132
Family violence82
Other physical violence45
Burglary33
Vehicle theft27
Sexual violence25
Theft from vehicles16
Drug use129
Fraud103
Theft without violence65
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.
9.8
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
15.2
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
360
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.2%
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, 0.2% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Work & commuteJobs & income D−
Incomes in Saint-Gilles run lower than in both Gard’s towns and compared French towns: a median €20,770 a year per consumption unit
Unemployment stands at 16.9%. At the census, 6.8% of working residents in Saint-Gilles didn’t travel to work at all. Walking, cycling and public transport carried nearly one in ten commuters at the census.
9%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving84%
On foot6%
Public transport2%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
4,200
jobs based in Saint-Gilles, 0.8 per working resident
16.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€20,770
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 59% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Fewer people in Saint-Gilles hold a degree than in Gard’s towns or compared French towns: 17%
The share of residents under 15 is 18%. Just over a tenth of the population is aged 15 to 24, above both Gard’s towns (9.5%) and compared French towns (11%). The 65-and-over age group makes up 21% of residents.
41.7median age
Saint-GillesGard medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
12%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma32%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education17%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Gard 51.9%, France 51.8%.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Saint-Gilles
Is Saint-Gilles safe?
It grades C for safety, #44 of 60 in Gard. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 33 burglaries and 132 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Saint-Gilles good?
They grade D−, better than 0% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Saint-Gilles 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 €2,199/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Gilles grades C for cost of living.
About Saint-Gilles
Commune in Gard, Occitanie
Saint-Gilles is a commune of 14,734 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de Nîmes Métropole. 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.
