Guiscard has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. At the median price of €1,411/m², a 70 m² home costs 4.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes du Pays Noyonnais. Its strongest is schools (A): brevet results 6 points above the expected rate.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Guiscard 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 Guiscard.
Schools
Exam results around Guiscard beat 87% of compared French towns
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The brevet pass rate near Guiscard is 88.0%, higher than Oise’s towns (85.3%) and near compared French towns (87.5%). The nearest general lycée is 5.2 mi away.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C−
Allowing for age and care homes, deaths in Guiscard run higher than in 81% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Average lifespans in Oise: 84.5 years for women, 79.6 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. Adjusted for age and care homes, Guiscard records 101 deaths per 100 expected, above both Oise’s towns (97) and compared French towns (88). France’s death rates at each age would predict 212 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 320, 51% more.
+1%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw151
Adjusted101
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Guiscard · 2.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
5.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Chicn Noyon
8.4 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch Chauny
84.5 · 79.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Oise, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
More people in Guiscard are out of work than in Oise’s towns or across compared French towns: 16.0%
The median disposable income was €21,830 a year per consumption unit, lower than both Oise’s towns (€25,745) and compared French towns (€25,970). 600 jobs are based in Guiscard, for 650 working residents (1 per worker). On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how one in ten commuters travelled at the census.
10%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving83%
On foot5%
Public transport5%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
600
jobs based in Guiscard, 1 per working resident
16.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€21,830
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 72% of compared French towns
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Degrees are less common in Guiscard than in Oise’s towns or across compared French towns: 16% of adults
Young adults of 15 to 24 are 11% of residents, near Oise’s towns (11%) and higher than compared French towns (11%). Retirement age and beyond: 22% of residents are 65 or older. Half of Guiscard is older than 43, half younger.
43median age
GuiscardOise medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
11%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma33%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat15%
Higher education16%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Guiscard
Is Guiscard safe?
Guiscard has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 8 recorded violent incidents and 9.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Guiscard good?
They grade A, better than 87% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Guiscard expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,411/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Guiscard grades B+ for cost of living.
About Guiscard
Commune in Oise, Hauts-de-France
Guiscard is a commune of 1,749 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays Noyonnais. 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.