Where it does best is schools (A+): brevet results 16 points above the expected rate. Walkability is a strength too: 63% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 16% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Health outcomes fall short of most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 36% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. A 70 m² home at the median €2,000/m² costs 7.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération du Sud.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, 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. Saint-Philippe has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Saint-Philippe 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.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth D−
Saint-Philippe loses more people than its age profile suggests, 136 per 100 expected, above Réunion’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Saint-Philippe can choose among 8 GPs. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Philippe is Chu site Sud Saint Pierre, 16.7 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 303 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 411, 36% more. At birth, a girl in Réunion can expect 84.5 years and a boy 78.2 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3.
+36%deaths against expected, after care homesD−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw136
Adjusted136
Median town88
Expected100
8
GPs in Saint-Philippe · 5.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
16.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Chu site Sud Saint Pierre
16.8 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
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
75 sales of houses and apartments in Saint-Philippe, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,000/m². Advertised rents are estimated at €13.41/m² a month, between Réunion’s towns (€14.14/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Among the homes sold, 97% were houses.
€2,000/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Saint-Philippe€2,000/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Réunion median€2,445/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,000/m²
73
€13.41/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.83 to €16.61/m² a month)
7.8
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.73/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
Who lives here
Degrees are less common in Saint-Philippe than in Réunion’s towns or across compared French towns: 9.2% of adults
Children are nearly a fifth of the town. People 65 and over make up 15% of the town, higher than Réunion’s towns (14%) yet lower than compared French towns (22%). 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
42.8median age
Saint-PhilippeRéunion medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
12%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma49%
CAP or BEP22%
Baccalauréat14%
Higher education9%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Réunion 51.8%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Réunion median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income D−
More people in Saint-Philippe are out of work than in Réunion’s towns or across compared French towns: 40.6%
The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €16,890 a year per consumption unit. 16.3% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, above Réunion’s towns (11.4%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike.
16%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving75%
On foot12%
Public transport3%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle1%
1,150
jobs based in Saint-Philippe, 0.8 per working resident
40.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€16,890
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 67% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
4 historic monuments in Saint-Philippe, none of them classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Protection here reaches back to the 18th century. Homes from before 1919 make up 0.4% of the total, close to Réunion’s towns (0.4%) and below compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Saint-Philippe has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
The commonest graded crime in Saint-Philippe was family violence (2025). Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 10.8 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 6.9. The 2025 count: 77 offenses locally.
10.8recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Family violence24
Criminal damage19
Other physical violence18
Sexual violence10
Theft from vehicles6
Armed robbery0
Drug use36
Fraud19
Theft without violence6
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.
10.8
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
77
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
29.2%
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 burglary and vehicle theft number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (29.2% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Cheminée dite "La Trinité": Photo: Thierry Caro · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Puits des Anglais: Photo: EmilieM1FLERéunion · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Usine du Baril: Photo: Ville de Saint Philippe · CC BY-SA 4.0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Saint-Philippe
Is Saint-Philippe safe?
Saint-Philippe has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Are schools in Saint-Philippe good?
They grade A+, better than 100% of compared French towns and #1 of 24 in Réunion. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Saint-Philippe expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,000/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Saint-Philippe grades D for cost of living.
About Saint-Philippe
Commune in Réunion
Saint-Philippe is a commune of 5,082 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.
