Housing is expensive: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Overall, Lanester earns a C+: better than just over two fifths of compared French towns, and #43 of 54 in Morbihan. Its strongest is walkability: 91% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 21% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Schools are a strength too (B+): bac results 0.9 points above the expected rate; brevet results 0.9 points above the expected rate.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · 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 Lanester 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 Lanester.
Work & commuteJobs & income C
Getting about on foot is easier in Lanester than in 88% of compared French towns
The median disposable income is €24,240 a year per consumption unit. At the census, 21.4% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, higher than both Morbihan’s towns (9.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Jobs based in Lanester number 9,650, against 9,300 residents in work (1 per worker). The unemployment rate comes to 11.8%.
21%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving73%
Public transport9%
Bicycle7%
On foot6%
Motorbike or scooter2%
9,650
jobs based in Lanester, 1 per working resident
11.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,240
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A
Walkability: better than 88% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living C
The median sale price of homes in Lanester is €2,461/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The sales split: 63% houses, the rest apartments. The estimated advertised rent is €13.22/m² a month, near Morbihan’s towns (€12.68/m²) and higher than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Sales in Lanester from July 2023 to June 2026: 780 houses and apartments.
€2,461/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Lanester€2,461/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Morbihan median€2,715/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,463/m²
495
Apartments
€2,457/m²
285
€13.22/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.61 to €16.48/m² a month)
6.6
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€12.00/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
Schools
88.6% passed the brevet at the collèges near Lanester (Morbihan towns 93.2%, compared French towns 87.5%)
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Vocational results within 5 km: 94% passed the bac pro, of 485 candidates at 5 lycées. Near Lanester, 96.4% of lycée candidates passed the bac, about level with Morbihan’s towns (96.4%) and above compared French towns (92.9%). By results, schools here place #39 of 62 in Morbihan.
97%passed the bac (general and technological)B+School Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C
Lanester’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is higher than in 73% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its four care homes for older people (223 places) count their residents as Lanester’s; allowing for them, deaths were 3% below expected. 2,525 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 2,407: 5% above. In Morbihan, women can expect to live 85.4 years and men 79.2 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 26 GPs practise in the town.
−3%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw105
Adjusted97
Median town88
Expected100
26
GPs in Lanester · 5.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
1.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ghbs site Hopital du Scorff
1.1 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
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Students and young workers shape Lanester: 12% are 15 to 24, above Morbihan’s towns and compared French towns
17% are under 15, about level with compared French towns (17%) and above Morbihan’s towns (15%). Graduates make up 27% of adults. Line up the people of Lanester by age and the one in the middle is 43.8.
43.8median age
LanesterMorbihan medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
12%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma19%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education27%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Morbihan 51.6%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Morbihan median and France median: the median of compared communes
Safety
More crime per resident in Lanester than in 54% of compared French towns
The graded crime recorded most in Lanester was criminal damage (2025). Graded property crimes ran at 14.1 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 8.1 (2023–2025 average). Police and gendarmerie figures for Lanester show 532 offenses in 2025.
8.1recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage187
Family violence93
Theft from vehicles69
Burglary62
Other physical violence56
Sexual violence44
Vehicle theft21
Fraud173
Theft without violence138
Drug use36
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.
8.1
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
14.1
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
532
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 · For armed robbery, 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, 0.2% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Lanester
Is Lanester safe?
It grades B− for safety, #41 of 54 in Morbihan. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 62 burglaries and 187 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Lanester good?
They grade B+, better than 73% of compared French towns and #39 of 62 in Morbihan. The lycée stands out: 98% of 164 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Jean Macé in 2025, a point above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Lanester expensive to live in?
By type: houses €2,463/m² (495 sales), apartments €2,457/m² (285 sales). Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Lanester grades C for cost of living.
About Lanester
Commune in Morbihan, Brittany
Lanester is a commune of 23,263 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.
