A well-rated place to live, with prices to match. Schools do well (A): bac results 1.6 points above the expected rate; brevet results at the expected rate. The trade-off is cost of living (C−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Put together, the subjects come to an A− overall, ranking #41 of 75 in Ille-et-Vilaine. Nationally, it does better than 84% of compared French towns.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · 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 Bruz 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 Bruz.
Schools
93.8% of candidates passed the brevet at the three collèges within 5 km, at the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Bruz is 100.0%, above both Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (97.0%) and compared French towns (92.9%). Schools rank #16 of 80 in Ille-et-Vilaine.
100%passed the bac (general and technological)ASchool Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income A−
23.2% of commuters in Bruz go to work without a car, more than in Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns and across compared French towns
Half of residents lived on more than €28,230 a year per consumption unit, near Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (€27,550) and higher than compared French towns (€25,970). Bruz holds 12,250 jobs; 8,700 of its residents are in work, so 1.4 jobs each. Public transport took 14.2% of the town’s working residents to work at the census.
23%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving72%
Public transport14%
On foot5%
Bicycle4%
Motorbike or scooter1%
12,250
jobs based in Bruz, 1.4 per working resident
9.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€28,230
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 84% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Students and young workers shape Bruz: 17% are 15 to 24, above Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns and compared French towns
Degrees are held by 45% of adults. People 65 and over make up 16% of the town, below Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Children under 15 count for 18% of the people here.
37.8median age
BruzIlle-et-Vilaine medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
17%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma13%
CAP or BEP20%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education45%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Ille-et-Vilaine 51.2%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Ille-et-Vilaine median and France median: the median of compared communes
HousingCost of living C−
Homes in Bruz cost more than in Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns and across compared French towns, with a median sale of €3,118/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Apartments in Bruz sell for €3,124/m², houses for €3,086/m². Houses made up nearly half of the homes sold; apartments the rest. From July 2023 to June 2026, 662 homes were sold locally.
€3,118/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Bruz€3,118/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Ille-et-Vilaine median€2,729/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,086/m²
326
Apartments
€3,124/m²
336
€12.74/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.66 to €15.22/m² a month)
8
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€11.08/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€27,280
median annual income per consumption unit, Rennes Métropole
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B+
Bruz’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is lower than in 71% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its two care homes for older people (163 places) count their residents as Bruz’s; allowing for them, deaths were 19% below expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 1,306 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 1,192, 9% fewer. Average lifespans in Ille-et-Vilaine: 86 years for women, 80.9 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. The town has 20 family doctors.
−19%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw91
Adjusted81
Median town88
Expected100
20
GPs in Bruz · 4.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
5.9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Chru de Rennes site Hopital Sud
5.4 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Clinique Mutualiste la Sagesse Rennes
86 · 80.9
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Ille-et-Vilaine, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Per resident, Bruz sees more crime than 53% of compared French towns
Graded property crimes ran at 14 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 8 (2023–2025 average). In 2025, 387 offenses were recorded in Bruz. Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Bruz (2025).
8recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage111
Burglary68
Family violence53
Theft from vehicles48
Other physical violence41
Vehicle theft38
Sexual violence28
Drug use255
Theft without violence136
Fraud116
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.
8
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
14
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
387
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.1%
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 · For armed robbery, 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, 0.1% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Bruz
Is Bruz safe?
It grades B− for safety, #55 of 75 in Ille-et-Vilaine. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 68 burglaries and 111 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Bruz good?
They grade A, better than 87% of compared French towns and #16 of 80 in Ille-et-Vilaine. The lycée stands out: 100% of 192 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Saint-Joseph in 2025, a point above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Bruz expensive to live in?
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.74/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Bruz grades C− for cost of living.
About Bruz
Commune in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany
Bruz is a commune of 19,683 people in the Rennes Métropole. 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.
