Pupils here do less well than most: brevet results 12 points below the expected rate. Sciez grades C overall and ranks #46 of 57 in Haute-Savoie. Nationally, it does better than just over a quarter of compared French towns. Homes are dear (C−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The local economy does well: 0.3 jobs per working resident; 8.6% unemployment. The rest of its grades are middling: B− for safety, B for health and B for walkability.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025.
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 Sciez 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
HousingCost of living C−
Renting in Sciez costs an estimated advertised €16.57/m² a month, against €18.15/m² in Haute-Savoie’s towns and €12.41/m² in compared French towns
€4,186/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Half the homes sold went for more than €4,186/m², near Haute-Savoie’s towns (€4,342/m²) and higher than compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Apartments in Sciez sell for €4,000/m², houses for €4,300/m². Also worth knowing: of the homes sold, 60% were houses.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Sciez€4,186/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Haute-Savoie median€4,342/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€4,300/m²
137
Apartments
€4,000/m²
91
€16.57/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€12.44 to €22.06/m² a month)
8.7
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€21.38/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€33,740
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Thonon Agglomération
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Few people in Sciez are 15 to 24: 9%, fewer than in Haute-Savoie’s towns and across compared French towns
42.1median age
People 65 and over make up 18% of the town. Degrees are held by 37% of adults, about level with Haute-Savoie’s towns (37%) and above compared French towns (30%). Ages in Sciez split evenly at 42.1: half are older, half younger.
SciezHaute-Savoie medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
9%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma13%
CAP or BEP26%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education37%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Savoie 51.0%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Savoie median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income B
Incomes in Sciez run higher than in Haute-Savoie’s towns and across compared French towns: a median €36,970 a year per consumption unit
13%walk, cycle or take transit
Unemployment stood at 8.6%, between Haute-Savoie’s towns (8.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%). No commute at all: 4.6% of working residents in Sciez at the census.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving78%
Public transport10%
Motorbike or scooter4%
On foot2%
Bicycle1%
1,000
jobs based in Sciez, 0.3 per working resident
8.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€36,970
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 63% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B
Sciez has a lower adjusted death rate than 61% of compared French towns
−15%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 447 deaths in Sciez from 2016 to 2025; there were 378, 15% fewer. In Haute-Savoie, life expectancy at birth reaches 86.6 years for women and 81.8 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. There are 6 general practitioners here.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw85
Adjusted85
Median town88
Expected100
6
GPs in Sciez · 2.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
5.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopitaux du Leman
5.1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopitaux du Leman
86.6 · 81.8
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Haute-Savoie, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The earliest of these monuments dates from the 13th century. Among the classé monuments in Sciez is Pierre à cupules dite Pierre-du-Carreau. 6% of its homes were built before 1919, above Haute-Savoie’s towns (4.9%) but below compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Crime per resident in Sciez is lower than in 52% of compared French towns
5recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB−Safety Grade
Violence against people averaged 5 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 15.9. 2025 saw 129 offenses recorded in Sciez. More of the graded crimes here were criminal damage than anything else (2025).
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage43
Family violence31
Burglary23
Other physical violence13
Theft from vehicles11
Vehicle theft8
Drug use54
Fraud46
Theft without violence32
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
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
15.9
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
129
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
3.2%
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 sexual violence and armed robbery go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 3.2% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
François Zbinden: Marc Zbinden . J'ai numérisé une photo de famille datant de 1910., CC BY-SA 3.0
About Sciez
Commune in Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Sciez is a commune of 6,447 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Thonon 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
Population
6,447 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Thonon Agglomération
Département
Haute-Savoie (74)
Région
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Area
7.9 sq mi (20.4 km²)
INSEE code
74263
Sciez’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 Sciez
Is Sciez safe?
It grades B− for safety, #29 of 57 in Haute-Savoie. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 23 burglaries and 43 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Sciez good?
They grade D−, better than 2% of compared French towns and #59 of 61 in Haute-Savoie. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Sciez expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Sciez 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.
