Several subjects drag its grade down. Cost of living is its weak spot (D−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Le Tampon’s overall grade is D, better than 12% of compared French towns. It ranks #9 of 22 in Réunion. Crime is low: an average of 10.5 recorded violent incidents and 6.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Health is weaker too — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 11% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
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 Le Tampon 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 Tampon.
HousingCost of living D−
The middle sale price in Le Tampon: €2,429/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Apartments in Le Tampon sell for €2,398/m², houses for €2,436/m². Houses were 69% of what sold. For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €11.89/m² a month.
€2,429/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Le Tampon€2,429/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Réunion median€2,445/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,436/m²
828
Apartments
€2,398/m²
368
€13.52/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.67 to €17.13/m² a month)
9.4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€11.89/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€17,990
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération du Sud
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth D
Adjusted for age and care homes, Le Tampon sees more deaths than nine in ten compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
After the care-home adjustment, Le Tampon’s deaths ran at 111 per 100 expected, about level with Réunion’s towns (113) and above compared French towns (88). France’s death rates at each age would predict 4,399 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 4,965, 13% more. In Réunion, life expectancy at birth reaches 84.5 years for women and 78.2 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. The nearest emergency department to Le Tampon is Chu site Sud Saint Pierre, 6.3 mi away.
+11%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw113
Adjusted111
Median town88
Expected100
92
GPs in Le Tampon · 5.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
6.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Chu site Sud Saint Pierre
1.5 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Clinique Durieux
84.5 · 78.2
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Réunion, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Students and young workers shape Le Tampon: 14% are 15 to 24, above Réunion’s towns and compared French towns
14% of residents are 65 or over. Children under 15 make up 21%, close to Réunion’s towns (21%) and above compared French towns (17%). Le Tampon has a median age of 37.2.
37.2median age
Le TamponRéunion medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
14%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma35%
CAP or BEP20%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education21%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 93 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
History
5 historic monuments, 1 classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Homes from before 1919 make up 0.4% of the total, near Réunion’s towns (0.4%) and lower than compared French towns (7.4%). Among the classé monuments in Le Tampon is Chapelle dite de l'ex-Apeca. Its heritage reaches back to the 19th century. Most of the list is houses and mansions: 3 of 5.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Le Tampon ranks below 70% of compared French towns for crime per resident
Of the graded crimes in Le Tampon, family violence came up most often (2025). For 2025, the figures show 1,476 offenses here.
10.5recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB+Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Family violence450
Criminal damage359
Other physical violence263
Sexual violence215
Theft from vehicles80
Vehicle theft65
Burglary44
Theft without violence321
Fraud263
Drug use228
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.
10.5
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
6.9
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
1,476
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 · Small counts of armed robbery go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 0.1% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Work & commuteJobs & income D−
More people in Le Tampon are out of work than in Réunion’s towns or across compared French towns: 29.7%
Half of residents lived on more than €18,470 a year per consumption unit, close to Réunion’s towns (€19,045) and below compared French towns (€25,970). No commute at all: 4.0% of working residents in Le Tampon at the census.
10%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving84%
On foot6%
Public transport3%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle1%
19,200
jobs based in Le Tampon, 0.7 per working resident
29.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€18,470
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 66% of compared French towns
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Le Tampon’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 Le Tampon
Is Le Tampon safe?
It grades B+ for safety, #7 of 22 in Réunion. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 44 burglaries and 359 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Le Tampon good?
They grade B−, better than 51% of compared French towns and #11 of 24 in Réunion. 91% of 140 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Boisjoly Potier in 2025, 3 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. At the six collèges (Collège du 12e km, Collège du 14e km, Collège privé Marthe Robin, Collège Trois Mares, Collège la Chatoire and Collège Terrain Fleury), 85.1% passed the brevet, 2.8 points above the expected rate. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Le Tampon expensive to live in?
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €13.52/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Le Tampon grades D− for cost of living.
About Le Tampon
Commune in Réunion
Le Tampon is a commune of 82,579 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Sud. 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.
