Housing is expensive: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 14.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Work and incomes lag: 0.4 jobs per working resident; 12.0% unemployment. The overall grade lands at D−, #77 of 84 in Hérault. It comes out better than 2% of compared French towns.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment, INSEE census 2023.
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 Vic-la-Gardiole 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 Vic-la-Gardiole.
HousingCost of living D−
A home in Vic-la-Gardiole sells for €4,931/m², more than in Hérault’s towns and across compared French towns
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €15.01/m² a month, above both Hérault’s towns (€13.36/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses were 97% of what sold. Renting a house costs an estimated €14.06/m² a month.
€4,931/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Vic-la-Gardiole€4,931/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Hérault median€3,252/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€5,051/m²
183
€15.01/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€11.94 to €18.87/m² a month)
14.1
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€14.06/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,500
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Sète Agglopôle Méditerranée
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C
Vic-la-Gardiole sees 94 deaths per 100 expected: under what its ages predict, yet above Hérault’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
There are 3 general practitioners in Vic-la-Gardiole. In Hérault, life expectancy at birth reaches 86.3 years for women and 80.6 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 290 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 349, 20% more.
−6%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw120
Adjusted94
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Vic-la-Gardiole · 4.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
6.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Clinique Saint Jean Sud de France
7.1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Polyclinique Sainte Therese
86.3 · 80.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Hérault, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Per resident, Vic-la-Gardiole sees more crime than 66% of compared French towns
The commonest graded crime in Vic-la-Gardiole was criminal damage (2025). In 2025, 93 offenses were recorded here. The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 7.1 violent offenses and 18.1 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents.
7.1recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearCSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage24
Theft from vehicles22
Family violence18
Burglary11
Other physical violence10
Vehicle theft8
Theft without violence23
Fraud21
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.
7.1
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
18.1
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
93
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
5.1%
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, 5.1% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
History
1 historic monument in Vic-la-Gardiole, 1 classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Homes from before 1919 make up 4.1% of the total, below Hérault’s towns (8.8%) and compared French towns (7.4%) alike. Among the classé monuments in Vic-la-Gardiole is Église Sainte-Léocadie. 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 Vic-la-Gardiole than in Hérault’s towns or compared French towns: 15% are under 15
The 65-and-over age group makes up just over a fifth of residents. Nearly a tenth of the population is aged 15 to 24, below Hérault’s towns (9.7%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Degrees are held by 29% of adults.
45.7median age
Vic-la-GardioleHérault medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
21%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma16%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education29%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Hérault median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
Fewer commuters in Vic-la-Gardiole walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Hérault’s towns or compared French towns: 6.9%
At the census, 5.4% of working residents in Vic-la-Gardiole didn’t travel to work at all. The unemployment rate comes to 12.0%. Bus, tram or train carried 3.5% of working residents in Vic-la-Gardiole to work at the census.
7%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving85%
Public transport3%
Motorbike or scooter3%
On foot3%
Bicycle1%
700
jobs based in Vic-la-Gardiole, 0.4 per working resident
12.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,970
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 51% of compared French towns
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Vic-la-Gardiole
Is Vic-la-Gardiole safe?
It grades C for safety, #53 of 84 in Hérault. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 11 burglaries and 24 acts of criminal damage.
Is Vic-la-Gardiole expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Vic-la-Gardiole grades D− for cost of living.
About Vic-la-Gardiole
Commune in Hérault, Occitanie
Vic-la-Gardiole is a commune of 3,428 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Sète Agglopôle Méditerranée. 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.
