Wallers grades D− overall: better than 5% of compared French towns, and #168 of 189 in Nord. At the median price of €1,681/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération de la Porte du Hainaut. Its strongest is walkability (B+): 80% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 9% 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. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Wallers 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 Wallers.
HealthHealth D−
More deaths than Wallers’ ages would predict, 124 per 100 expected, above Nord’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 597 residents of Wallers died, against 465 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 28% more. Average lifespans in Nord: 84.5 years for women, 78.8 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. This Nord town has 8 family doctors.
+24%deaths against expected, after care homesD−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw128
Adjusted124
Median town88
Expected100
8
GPs in Wallers · 4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
3.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopital de Denain
3.3 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopital de Denain
84.5 · 78.8
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Nord, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income D−
More people in Wallers are out of work than in Nord’s towns or across compared French towns: 15.2%
At the census, 8.6% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Nord’s towns (13.0%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €22,860 a year.
9%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving88%
Public transport4%
On foot2%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
850
jobs based in Wallers, 0.4 per working resident
15.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,860
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
2%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 66% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Wallers keeps more of its old housing than Nord or compared French towns: 14% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Wallers has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 2 inscrit, the second level. Among the classé monuments here is Ancien site minier de Wallers-Arenberg. Protection here reaches back to the 20th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HousingCost of living C+
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Wallers than in Nord’s towns or across compared French towns: €10.71/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
130 sales of houses and apartments in Wallers, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,681/m². From July 2023 to June 2026, 130 homes were sold here. Houses were 98% of what sold.
€1,681/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Wallers€1,681/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Nord median€1,810/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,690/m²
128
€10.71/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.77 to €13.08/m² a month)
5.4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.78/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€21,900
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération de la Porte du Hainaut
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Children make up 20% of Wallers, above Nord’s towns and compared French towns
Degrees are held by just over a quarter of adults, near Nord’s towns (26%) and lower than compared French towns (30%). At 41.3, the median resident of Wallers sits in the middle of the age range. Aged 15 to 24: 11% of residents.
41.3median age
WallersNord medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
11%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma22%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education26%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Nord median and France median: the median of compared communes
Safety
Crime per resident in Wallers is lower than in 56% of compared French towns
All told, Wallers had 134 recorded offenses in 2025. Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 6.1 cases of violence against people and 13.9 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). Of the graded crimes here, criminal damage came up most often (2025).
6.1recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearBSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage33
Family violence25
Theft from vehicles23
Burglary22
Other physical violence20
Vehicle theft11
Fraud25
Theft without violence17
Drug use10
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.
6.1
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
13.9
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
134
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
2.9%
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 · For sexual violence and 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, 2.9% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Wallers
Is Wallers safe?
It grades B for safety, #60 of 189 in Nord. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 22 burglaries and 33 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Wallers good?
They grade D−, better than 4% of compared French towns and #187 of 195 in Nord. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Wallers expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,681/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Wallers grades C+ for cost of living.
About Wallers
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Wallers is a commune of 5,633 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de la Porte du Hainaut. 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.
