Salazie’s grades pull in different directions. Where it falls short is health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 29% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It also trails on jobs & income: 0.8 jobs per working resident; 27.4% unemployment. A 70 m² home at the median €1,542/m² costs 6.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Intercommunale de la Réunion Est (CIREST). Schools do well (A): brevet results 9 points above the expected rate. The overall grade comes out at C, #2 of 22 in Réunion. Nationally, it does better than 25% of compared French towns. Its other grades sit near the middle: B for safety and B for walkability.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · amenities, INSEE BPE 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 Salazie 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.
Villa Folio: Photo: Nanère · CC BY 2.5 · Maison Morange: Photo: Lauriane Giraud Fonlupt · CC BY-SA 4.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Salazie.
HealthHealth D−
Mortality in Salazie, once ages and care homes are allowed for, tops Réunion’s towns and compared French towns: 129 per 100 expected
+29%deaths against expected, after care homesD−Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Women in Réunion live to 84.5 on average and men to 78.2 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 534 residents of Salazie died, against 415 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 29% more. The nearest emergency department to Salazie is Chu site Felix Guyon Saint Denis, 11 mi away. 5 GPs practise locally.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw129
Adjusted129
Median town88
Expected100
5
GPs in Salazie · 3.2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
11 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Chu site Felix Guyon Saint Denis
9.4 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Clinique Sainte Clotilde
84.5 · 78.2
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Réunion, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Exam results around Salazie beat 94% of compared French towns
88.0%passed the brevetASchool Grade
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Ranked by results, schools here are #3 of 24 in Réunion. 88.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collèges within 5 km of Salazie, higher than Réunion’s towns (84.6%) and near compared French towns (87.5%). No general lycée lies within 5 km; the nearest is 9 mi away.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
History
More protected monuments for its size in Salazie than in Réunion or compared French towns: 9.6 per 10,000 residents
7historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
5 of the 7 are houses and mansions. Among the classé monuments in Salazie is Église Saint-Martin. The earliest of these monuments dates from the 19th century. On the Culture ministry’s list, Salazie counts 7 historic monuments: 2 classé at the top level of protection and 5 inscrit at the second.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HousingCost of living C−
Renting in Salazie costs an estimated advertised €12.17/m² a month, against €14.14/m² in Réunion’s towns and €12.41/m² in compared French towns
€1,542/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
No town in Réunion costs less to buy into than Salazie, at €1,542/m², the lowest of 24. The median price, €1,542/m², comes from 47 sales of houses and apartments in the town from July 2023 to June 2026. A house rents for an estimated €9.82/m² a month.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Salazie€1,542/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Réunion median€2,445/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,542/m²
47
€12.17/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.68 to €15.32/m² a month)
6.4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.82/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€16,920
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Intercommunale de la Réunion Est (CIREST)
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Fewer people in Salazie hold a degree than in Réunion’s towns or compared French towns: 11%
39.4median age
Over-65s are 15% of the population. 22% are under 15, higher than both Réunion’s towns (21%) and compared French towns (17%). People aged 15 to 24 make up just over a tenth of the town.
SalazieRéunion medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
12%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma45%
CAP or BEP21%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education11%
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
Safety
Salazie has less crime per resident than 58% of compared French towns
10.8recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearBSafety Grade
The commonest graded crime in Salazie was family violence (2025). Violence against people averaged 10.8 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 9. All told, Salazie had 137 recorded offenses in 2025.
Recorded by type · 2025
Family violence50
Theft from vehicles27
Criminal damage24
Other physical violence23
Sexual violence13
Armed robbery0
Drug use46
Theft without violence12
Fraud9
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
9
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
137
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
7.9%
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 · 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 (7.9% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Work & commuteJobs & income D−
Money is tighter in Salazie than in Réunion’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €15,180 a year per consumption unit
14%walk, cycle or take transit
The jobless rate is 27.4%. No commute at all: 3.9% of working residents in Salazie at the census.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving82%
On foot11%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
1,800
jobs based in Salazie, 0.8 per working resident
27.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€15,180
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 57% of compared French towns
Salazie is a commune of 7,268 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Intercommunale de la Réunion Est (CIREST). 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
7,268 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Intercommunale de la Réunion Est (CIREST)
Département
Réunion (974)
Area
40.1 sq mi (103.9 km²)
INSEE code
97421
Salazie’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 Salazie
Is Salazie safe?
It grades B for safety, #10 of 22 in Réunion.
Are schools in Salazie good?
They grade A, better than 94% of compared French towns and #3 of 24 in Réunion. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Salazie expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,542/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Salazie grades C− for cost of living.
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.
