Saint-Victor-la-Coste’s weakest is cost of living (C−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Getting around depends on the car (C−): 46% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Health is weaker too — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 4% below 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 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Saint-Victor-la-Coste 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 Saint-Victor-la-Coste 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.
Ruines du Castellas · Inscrit · Photo: Liliane DELATTRE · CC BY-SA 3.0
Saint-Victor-la-Coste’s story
Saint-Victor-la-Coste in pictures
The Culture ministry lists 4 historic monuments in Saint-Victor-la-Coste: 3 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 11th century; the first monument here was protected in 1980.
14% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
The Culture ministry lists 4 historic monuments in Saint-Victor-la-Coste: 3 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Mayran: Photo: EmDee · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ruines de la chapelle Saint-Martin: Photo: EmDee · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lavoir et sa fontaine: Photo: Liliane DELATTRE · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ruines du Castellas: Photo: Liliane DELATTRE · CC BY-SA 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Victor-la-Coste.
Work & commuteJobs & income C
Incomes in Saint-Victor-la-Coste run higher than in both Gard’s towns and compared French towns: a median €28,320 a year per consumption unit
4%walk, cycle or take transit
Jobs located in Saint-Victor-la-Coste: 250, for 1,000 residents in work (0.2 each). At the census, 4.5% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Gard’s towns (8.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. Also worth knowing: of those in the labour force, 9.7% are unemployed.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving92%
Public transport2%
On foot1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
250
jobs based in Saint-Victor-la-Coste, 0.2 per working resident
9.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€28,320
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C−
Walkability: better than 18% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living C−
A typical home in Saint-Victor-la-Coste sells for €2,708/m²
€2,708/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Sales in Saint-Victor-la-Coste from July 2023 to June 2026: 49 houses and apartments. Renting a house costs an estimated €11.60/m² a month. Advertised rents are estimated at €12.58/m² a month, in line with Gard’s towns (€12.19/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Saint-Victor-la-Coste€2,708/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Gard median€2,553/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,708/m²
49
€12.58/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.39 to €15.23/m² a month)
7.6
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€11.60/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,930
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération du Gard Rhodanien
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C
Allowing for age and care homes, deaths in Saint-Victor-la-Coste run higher than in 71% of compared French towns
−4%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Saint-Victor-la-Coste is Centre hospitalier Louis Pasteur Bagnols Sur Ceze, 6.7 mi away. Weighed against its ages and care homes, Saint-Victor-la-Coste records 96 deaths per 100 expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 172 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 165, 4% fewer. 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
Raw96
Adjusted96
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Saint-Victor-la-Coste · 1.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
6.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Louis Pasteur Bagnols Sur Ceze
5.9 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Louis Pasteur Bagnols Sur Ceze
85.7 · 80.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Gard, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Saint-Victor-la-Coste keeps more of its old housing than Gard’s towns or compared French towns: 14% built before 1919
4historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its oldest listed monument dates from the 11th century. Among the classé monuments in Saint-Victor-la-Coste is Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Mayran. The Culture ministry lists 4 historic monuments in the town: 3 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Degrees are more common in Saint-Victor-la-Coste than in Gard’s towns or across compared French towns: 33% of adults
45.7median age
People aged 15 to 24 are nearly a tenth of the population. Just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over, lower than Gard’s towns (24%) and near compared French towns (22%). Children under 15 count for 18% of the people here.
Saint-Victor-la-CosteGard medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
21%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma17%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education33%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Gard 51.9%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Gard median and France median: the median of compared communes
Safety
Saint-Victor-la-Coste has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
2.9recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
The graded crime recorded most in Saint-Victor-la-Coste was criminal damage (2025). In all, 23 offenses reached the police record here in 2025. Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 2.9 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 11.3.
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage17
Burglary6
Armed robbery0
Fraud13
Theft without violence7
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.
2.9
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
11.3
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
23
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
31.5%
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 · For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 31.5% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Saint-Victor-la-Coste is a commune of 2,233 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Gard Rhodanien. 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
2,233 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération du Gard Rhodanien
Département
Gard (30)
Région
Occitanie
Area
10.3 sq mi (26.7 km²)
INSEE code
30302
Saint-Victor-la-Coste’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-Victor-la-Coste
Is Saint-Victor-la-Coste safe?
Saint-Victor-la-Coste has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 6 burglaries and 17 acts of criminal damage.
Is Saint-Victor-la-Coste expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Victor-la-Coste grades C− 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.
