Groix has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is health (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 13% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €4,561/m², a 70 m² home costs 12.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération Lorient Agglomération. Its strongest is walkability (B+): 48% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 34% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Groix 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 Groix.
Who lives here
Groix skews older, with 43% of residents 65 or over, more than Morbihan’s towns or compared French towns
In the comparison, Groix comes above both Morbihan’s towns (27%) and compared French towns (22%). Children under 15 make up 9% of residents.
61.3median age
GroixMorbihan medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
43%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma18%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education32%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Morbihan 51.6%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Morbihan median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth D
Allowing for age and care homes, Groix sees more deaths than Morbihan’s towns or compared French towns: 113 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For Groix, that is above both Morbihan’s towns (92) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 477 residents of Groix died, against 375 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 27% more. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
+13%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw127
Adjusted113
Median town88
Expected100
7
GPs in Groix · 11.2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
9.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ghbs site Hopital du Scorff
9.2 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ghbs site Hopital du Scorff
85.4 · 79.2
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Morbihan, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Renting in Groix costs more than in Morbihan’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €14.26/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Groix sits above both Morbihan’s towns (€12.68/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) on this measure. The median price, €4,561/m², comes from 116 sales of houses and apartments in Groix from July 2023 to June 2026.
€4,561/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Groix€4,561/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Morbihan median€2,715/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€4,577/m²
113
€14.26/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.86 to €18.71/m² a month)
12.2
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€12.16/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€26,250
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Lorient Agglomération
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income C+
Groix gets to work on foot, by bike and by public transport more than Morbihan’s towns or compared French towns: 33.6% of commuters
That puts Groix above both Morbihan’s towns (9.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%). 13.2% of the labour force are out of work. Groix has 700 jobs for 700 working residents, 1 per worker.
34%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving54%
On foot14%
Bicycle14%
Public transport6%
Motorbike or scooter2%
700
jobs based in Groix, 1 per working resident
13.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,190
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
11%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 73% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Groix keeps more of its old housing than Morbihan or compared French towns: 23% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
On this, Groix is above both Morbihan’s towns (6.1%) and compared French towns (7.4%). Groix has 22 protected monuments for every 10,000 residents. The Culture ministry lists 5 historic monuments in Groix: 4 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Groix has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
Police and gendarmerie recorded 15 offenses in the graded categories in Groix in 2025. For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary and vehicle theft, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 44.6% of the index here.
3.9recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage15
Armed robbery0
Theft from vehicles0
Theft without violence14
Fraud10
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.
3.9
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
10.7
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
15
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
44.6%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Dolmen dit de Vagouar-Huen: Photo: Lyokoï88 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Dolmens dits Men Cam et Men Yann: Photo: Lyokoï88 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Menhir de Mez-Kerlard: Photo: Lyokoï88 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Phare de Pen-Men: Photo: Pline · CC BY-SA 3.0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Groix
Is Groix safe?
Groix has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.9 recorded violent incidents and 10.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Groix expensive to live in?
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €4,561/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Groix grades D for cost of living.
About Groix
Commune in Morbihan, Brittany
Groix is a commune of 2,310 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Lorient Agglomération. 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.
