A tough set of grades. At D overall, Le Port is better than 8% of compared French towns and ranks #15 of 22 in Réunion. Health is a weak point (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 11% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Cost of living is weaker too — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its best grade is for walkability (A): 84% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 25% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · 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 Le Port 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 Le Port.
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
Unemployment in Le Port, 37.3%, runs above Réunion’s towns and compared French towns
Half of residents lived on more than €16,710 a year per consumption unit, below Réunion’s towns (€19,045) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. Jobs based in Le Port number 22,050, against 9,050 residents in work (2.4 per worker).
25%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving70%
On foot13%
Public transport6%
Bicycle5%
Motorbike or scooter2%
22,050
jobs based in Le Port, 2.4 per working resident
37.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€16,710
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A
Walkability: better than 94% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth D
More deaths than expected: Le Port is above 92% of compared French towns once ages and care homes are allowed for
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
There are 52 general practitioners in Le Port. Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Le Port come to 111 per 100 predicted. From 2016 to 2025, 2,207 residents of Le Port died, against 1,891 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 17% more. Women in Réunion live to 84.5 on average and men to 78.2 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
+11%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw117
Adjusted111
Median town88
Expected100
52
GPs in Le Port · 5.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
2.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Ouest Reunion
0.1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Clinique les Orchidees
84.5 · 78.2
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Réunion, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
A young town: 15% of people in Le Port are 15 to 24, more than in Réunion’s towns and across compared French towns
14% of residents are 65 or over, close to Réunion’s towns (14%) and below compared French towns (22%). Degrees are held by just over one in ten adults. The median resident of Le Port is 36.2 years old.
36.2median age
Le PortRéunion medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
15%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma42%
CAP or BEP23%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education11%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Réunion 51.8%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Réunion median and France median: the median of compared communes
HousingCost of living C−
Estimated advertised rents run higher in Le Port than in Réunion’s towns or across compared French towns: €15.33/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median sale price was €1,972/m², below both Réunion’s towns (€2,445/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Houses sell for €1,908/m² in Le Port, apartments for €2,111/m². Also worth knowing: among the homes sold, 74% were houses.
€1,972/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Le Port€1,972/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Réunion median€2,445/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,908/m²
190
Apartments
€2,111/m²
68
€15.33/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.54 to €22.28/m² a month)
6.8
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€14.31/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€20,400
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Territoire de la Côte Ouest (TCO)
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Le Port ranks above 69% of compared French towns for crime per resident
Le Port comes 20th of the 22 compared towns in Réunion on the Safety Grade. In all, 889 offenses reached the police record in the town in 2025. Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 14.7 cases of violence against people and 11.3 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average).
14.7recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearCSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Family violence282
Criminal damage259
Other physical violence171
Sexual violence67
Theft from vehicles50
Vehicle theft32
Burglary28
Drug use388
Theft without violence164
Fraud66
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.
14.7
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
11.3
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
889
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.2%
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 · When armed robbery number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (0.2% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
History
Le Port has 6 historic monuments, none of them classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
5 of the 6 are houses and mansions. The oldest protected building goes back to the 19th century. Homes from before 1919 make up 0.3% of the total.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Schools
78.9% of candidates passed the brevet at the eight collèges within 5 km, 2 points above the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Le Port is 90.1%, near Réunion’s towns (90.8%) and lower than compared French towns (92.9%). Results rank its schools #16 of 24 in Réunion. At the three general lycées, 94% of 827 candidates passed the bac, a point above the expected rate.
94%passed the bac (general and technological)C+School Grade
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Le Port
Is Le Port safe?
It grades C for safety, #20 of 22 in Réunion. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 28 burglaries and 259 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Le Port good?
They grade C+, better than 44% of compared French towns and #16 of 24 in Réunion. The lycée stands out: 93% of 278 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Jean Hinglo in 2025, 2 points above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Le Port expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Le Port grades C− for cost of living.
About Le Port
Commune in Réunion
Le Port is a commune of 33,969 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Territoire de la Côte Ouest (TCO). 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
33,969 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Territoire de la Côte Ouest (TCO)
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.
