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Home to 7,565 people, this town lies in Guadeloupe.
Pupils here do less well than most: brevet results 7 points below the expected rate. Jobs & income is weaker too (D−): 0.3 jobs per working resident; 23.5% unemployment. It also trails on safety — an average of 12.5 recorded violent incidents and 13.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment, INSEE census 2023 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior). Goyave has no overall grade because cost of living and walkability aren’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Goyave 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.
Goyave has no overall grade because cost of living and walkability aren’t graded here.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Goyave as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Fort l'Union, in Le Gosier, 6.6 mi away.
0.3% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Goyave.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
On school results, the town ranks #24 of 25 in Guadeloupe. The closest lycée for the general bac is 4.8 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège MatélianeNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 69 | 71%−7 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
In 2025, 216 offenses were recorded in Goyave. The commonest graded crime locally was criminal damage (2025). Police and gendarmerie recorded 216 offenses in the graded categories locally in 2025.
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.
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SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · Small counts of armed robbery go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 2.4% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
The share of residents under 15 is 19%. Over-65s are nearly a fifth of the population. Line up the people of Goyave by age and the one in the middle is 43.1.
55% women, 45% men
About 81 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: France 51.8%.
| Goyave | France median | |
|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 13% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 26% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 19% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 29% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · France median: the median of compared communes (Guadeloupe has none of its own)
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Goyave is Clinique les Eaux Claires, 7.2 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 477 residents of Goyave died, against 531 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 10% fewer. Also worth knowing: in Guadeloupe, life expectancy at birth reaches 84.7 years for women and 78.1 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. 6 GPs practise in the town.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic.
6.6% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below compared French towns (13.4%). At the census, 3.0% of working residents in Goyave didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,566/m²: 55 houses and apartments sold in Goyave between July 2023 and June 2026. Of the homes sold, 85% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,566/m² | 47 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Goyave is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Goyave.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goyave | 7,565 | — | — | — | C | C+ |
| Petit-Bourg | 24,665 | 4.2 | — | — | C | C− |
| Capesterre-Belle-Eau | 17,684 | 6.3 | — | — | C | C− |
| Le Gosier | 27,757 | 7.5 | — | — | D | C− |
| Pointe-à-Pitre | 15,040 | 8 | — | — | D− | D− |
| Baie-Mahault | 30,924 | 9.4 | — | — | D | C |
| Lamentin | 18,628 | 10 | — | — | C− | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C for safety, #12 of 26 in Guadeloupe. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 12 burglaries and 57 acts of criminal damage.
They grade D−, better than 2% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Guadeloupe
Goyave is a commune of 7,565 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Nord Basse-Terre. 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
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025 · SSMSI, recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Ministry of Education (DEPP), brevet and bac results and value-added indicators, 2025 · INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses 2012–2023; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025 (care homes, emergency and maternity units, GPs, pharmacies); DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 (provisional) · INSEE, BPE 2025 and Filosofi 200 m grid (walking distances) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, updated November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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.