On safety it is strong: an average of 6.7 recorded violent incidents and 10.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Walkability is a strength too (B+): 58% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 18% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The drawback is jobs & income: 1 job per working resident; 18.7% unemployment. A 70 m² home at the median €1,724/m² costs 5.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Alès Agglomération. Health is weaker too (C) — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 6% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Overall, that makes a B, good for #10 of 60 in Gard. Nationally, it does better than 58% of compared French towns.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · 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-Jean-du-Gard 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 Saint-Jean-du-Gard.
History
Old homes shape Saint-Jean-du-Gard: 36% were built before 1919, more than in Gard’s towns and across compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Saint-Jean-du-Gard has 5 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé). Per 10,000 residents, Saint-Jean-du-Gard counts 19 protected monuments. Its oldest listed monument dates from the 12th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Fewer children live in Saint-Jean-du-Gard than in Gard’s towns or compared French towns: 12% are under 15
People aged 15 to 24 make up nearly a tenth of the town, lower than both Gard’s towns (9.5%) and compared French towns (11%). 30% of residents are 65 or over. At 53.3, the median resident of Saint-Jean-du-Gard sits in the middle of the age range.
53.3median age
Saint-Jean-du-GardGard medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
30%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma22%
CAP or BEP24%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education27%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 93 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
Work & commuteJobs & income D
Unemployment in Saint-Jean-du-Gard, 18.7%, runs above Gard’s towns and compared French towns
Median disposable income comes to €21,770 a year per consumption unit. Jobs located in Saint-Jean-du-Gard: 900, for 900 residents in work (1 each). At the census, 17.8% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, higher than both Gard’s towns (8.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%).
18%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving72%
On foot12%
Public transport4%
Bicycle3%
Motorbike or scooter0%
900
jobs based in Saint-Jean-du-Gard, 1 per working resident
18.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€21,770
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
10%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 74% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living B+
Renting in Saint-Jean-du-Gard costs less than in Gard’s towns and across compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €8.90/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,724/m², comes from 72 sales of houses and apartments in Saint-Jean-du-Gard from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses made up 65% of the homes sold; apartments the rest. Also worth knowing: a house rents for an estimated €7.53/m² a month.
€1,724/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Saint-Jean-du-Gard€1,724/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Gard median€2,553/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,360/m²
47
€8.90/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.32 to €10.82/m² a month)
5.3
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.53/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
HealthHealth C
Saint-Jean-du-Gard gets a C for health
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 448 residents of Saint-Jean-du-Gard died, against 387 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 16% more. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Jean-du-Gard is Nouvelle clinique Bonnefon Ales, 10 mi away. Its two care homes for older people (85 places) count their residents as Saint-Jean-du-Gard’s; allowing for them, deaths were 6% below expected. There are 4 general practitioners in the town.
−6%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw116
Adjusted94
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Saint-Jean-du-Gard · 3.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
10 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Nouvelle clinique Bonnefon Ales
10.8 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
Ancienne église: Photo: Archibald Tuttle · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Pont sur le Gardon: Photo: W. Bulach · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Temple protestant: Photo: Chris06 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Eugène Rubens-Alcais: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain · Jean Pelet: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain · Joseph Pelet de la Lozère: Frédéric Christophe d'Houdetot, Public domain · Ruben Saillens: JBOrchies, Public domain · Isabelle Lafaye Marziou: Gaël Marziou from Grenoble, France, CC BY 2.0
Saint-Jean-du-Gard’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 Saint-Jean-du-Gard
Is Saint-Jean-du-Gard safe?
It grades B+ for safety, #20 of 60 in Gard.
Is Saint-Jean-du-Gard expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,724/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Saint-Jean-du-Gard grades B+ for cost of living.
About Saint-Jean-du-Gard
Commune in Gard, Occitanie
Saint-Jean-du-Gard is a commune of 2,586 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.
