People here tend to be in good health (A−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 24% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It also does well on cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B for jobs & income and B− for walkability.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Iffendic has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Iffendic 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 Iffendic.
HealthHealth A−
Iffendic is 15.6 mi from the nearest emergency department
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Average lifespans in Ille-et-Vilaine: 86 years for women, 80.9 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. 3 GPs practise in Iffendic. Adjusted for age and care homes, Iffendic records 76 deaths per 100 expected, close to Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (80) and below compared French towns (88). France’s death rates at each age would predict 337 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 287, 15% fewer.
−24%deaths against expected, after care homesA−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw85
Adjusted76
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Iffendic · 2.2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
15.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Regional Universitaire Rennes Pontchaillo
14.7 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
A town of families: 21% of people in Iffendic are under 15, more than in Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns and across compared French towns
16% of residents are 65 or over, lower than both Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (22%). Degrees are held by 31% of adults. The age that splits Iffendic in two is 41.1.
41.1median age
IffendicIlle-et-Vilaine medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
11%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma16%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education31%
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% 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 B+
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Iffendic than in Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns or across compared French towns: €10.71/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Half the homes sold went for more than €2,118/m², below Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (€2,729/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²) alike. Among the homes sold, 97% were houses. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 113 homes in Iffendic.
€2,118/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Iffendic€2,118/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Ille-et-Vilaine median€2,729/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,121/m²
110
€10.71/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.48 to €13.53/m² a month)
5.4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.70/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€27,380
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Montfort Communauté
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Old homes shape Iffendic: 17% were built before 1919, more than in Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns and across compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Iffendic has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé). Its oldest listed monument dates from the 15th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income B
Fewer people in Iffendic are out of work than in Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns or across compared French towns: 5.7%
Iffendic holds 800 jobs; 2,200 of its residents are in work, so 0.4 jobs each. Just over one in ten commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census. At the census, 5.1% of working residents in Iffendic didn’t travel to work at all.
11%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving83%
Public transport6%
On foot4%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
800
jobs based in Iffendic, 0.4 per working resident
5.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,110
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 48% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Iffendic has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
Graded property crimes ran at 5.5 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 3.3 (2023–2025 average). The police record for Iffendic lists 38 offenses in 2025. Of the graded crimes locally, family violence came up most often (2025).
3.3recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Family violence18
Criminal damage12
Theft from vehicles8
Armed robbery0
Fraud19
Theft without violence14
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.
3.3
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
5.5
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
38
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
32.9%
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 other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary and vehicle theft, 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, 32.9% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Iffendic
Is Iffendic safe?
Iffendic has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Is Iffendic expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Iffendic grades B+ for cost of living.
About Iffendic
Commune in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany
Iffendic is a commune of 4,609 people in the Communauté de communes Montfort Communauté. 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.
