Work and incomes are strong: 1 job per working resident; 6.7% unemployment. Gondecourt ranks #2 of 189 in Nord, with an A overall. It comes out better than 94% of compared French towns. Its schools beat most: bac results at the expected rate; brevet results 2.3 points above the expected rate. A 70 m² home at the median €2,614/m² costs 6.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Pévèle-Carembault. The rest of its grades are middling: B for safety and B for health.
Figures: employment, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · 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 Gondecourt 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 Gondecourt.
Schools
More pupils pass the brevet at the collèges near Gondecourt than in Nord’s towns or compared French towns: 94.2%
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pro: 81% of 113 candidates passed at the vocational lycée within 5 km. Schools rank #27 of 195 in Nord. At the general lycée, 99% of 391 candidates passed the bac, a point above the expected rate.
99%passed the bac (general and technological)A−School Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income A
Gondecourt has lower unemployment than Nord’s towns or compared French towns: 6.7%
The median disposable income was €28,710 a year per consumption unit, above both Nord’s towns (€23,900) and compared French towns (€25,970). Jobs located in Gondecourt: 1,900, for 1,850 residents in work (1 each). At the census, 5.9% of working residents in Gondecourt went to work by public transport.
11%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving84%
Public transport6%
On foot3%
Bicycle3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
1,900
jobs based in Gondecourt, 1 per working resident
6.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€28,710
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 83% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B
Mortality in Gondecourt, once ages and care homes are allowed for, undercuts Nord’s towns and compared French towns: 84 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
There are 4 general practitioners in Gondecourt. Women in Nord live to 84.5 on average and men to 78.8 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 304 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 254, 16% fewer.
−16%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw84
Adjusted84
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Gondecourt · 4.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
1.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Seclin
1.3 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Seclin
84.5 · 78.8
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Nord, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Gondecourt has less crime per resident than 63% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 82 offenses in Gondecourt in 2025. Graded property crimes ran at 14.8 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 4 (2023–2025 average). Also worth knowing: of the graded crimes here, burglary came up most often (2025).
4recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearBSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Burglary25
Criminal damage25
Family violence19
Vehicle theft13
Armed robbery0
Fraud32
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.
4
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
14.8
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
82
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
8.4%
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 other physical violence, sexual violence and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 8.4% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Who lives here
Degrees are more common in Gondecourt than in Nord’s towns or across compared French towns: 43% of adults
18% are under 15, near Nord’s towns (19%) and higher than compared French towns (17%). People 65 and over make up 20% of the town. The share aged 15 to 24 is 12%.
43median age
GondecourtNord medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
12%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma15%
CAP or BEP20%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education43%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Nord median and France median: the median of compared communes
HousingCost of living C+
Gondecourt earns a C+ for cost of living
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €13.05/m² a month, about level with compared French towns (€12.41/m²) and above Nord’s towns (€11.81/m²). For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €11.25/m² a month. The sales split: 97% houses, the rest apartments.
€2,614/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Gondecourt€2,614/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Nord median€1,810/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,619/m²
97
€13.05/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€11.25 to €15.14/m² a month)
6.2
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€11.25/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€29,620
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Pévèle-Carembault
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Gondecourt
Is Gondecourt safe?
It grades B for safety, #48 of 189 in Nord. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 25 burglaries and 25 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Gondecourt good?
They grade A−, better than 84% of compared French towns and #27 of 195 in Nord. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Gondecourt expensive to live in?
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,614/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Gondecourt grades C+ for cost of living.
About Gondecourt
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Gondecourt is a commune of 4,148 people in the Communauté de communes Pévèle-Carembault. 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.