Étaples grades C overall: better than 27% of compared French towns, and #57 of 120 in Pas-de-Calais. Its weakest subject is health (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 10% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €2,361/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération des Deux Baies en Montreuillois. Its strongest is schools (A+): bac results 10.2 points above the expected rate; brevet results 6.2 points above the expected rate.
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 Étaples 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 Étaples.
Schools
More pupils pass the brevet at the collèges near Étaples than in Pas-de-Calais’ towns or compared French towns: 95.4%
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the 3 vocational lycées within 5 km, 91% of 117 candidates passed the bac pro. Results rank its schools #7 of 123 in Pas-de-Calais. General-bac pupils go 6.6 mi to the nearest lycée.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth D
Allowing for age and care homes, Étaples sees 110 deaths per 100 expected, against 115 in Pas-de-Calais’ towns and 88 in compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
1,065 deaths in Étaples between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 829: 28% above. The nearest emergency department to Étaples is Centre hospitalier de L Arrondissement de Montreuil, 7.3 mi away. This Pas-de-Calais town has 16 family doctors. Life expectancy at birth in Pas-de-Calais is 83.5 years for women and 77.5 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
+10%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw128
Adjusted110
Median town88
Expected100
16
GPs in Étaples · 6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
7.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de L Arrondissement de Montreuil
6.9 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de L Arrondissement de Montreuil
83.5 · 77.5
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Pas-de-Calais, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Étaples has higher unemployment than Pas-de-Calais’ towns or compared French towns: 15.9%
Half of residents lived on more than €21,560 a year per consumption unit, below Pas-de-Calais’ towns (€22,665) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. For its 4,050 residents in work, Étaples has 4,950 jobs: 1.2 each. 16.8% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport.
17%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving78%
On foot9%
Public transport5%
Bicycle3%
Motorbike or scooter2%
4,950
jobs based in Étaples, 1.2 per working resident
15.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€21,560
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 86% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living C−
Estimated advertised rents run higher in Étaples than in Pas-de-Calais’ towns or across compared French towns: €13.16/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A house in Étaples goes for €2,294/m², an apartment for €2,608/m². 416 sales of houses and apartments in the town, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,361/m². Houses accounted for nearly three quarters of sales, apartments for the rest.
€2,361/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Étaples€2,361/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Pas-de-Calais median€1,668/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,294/m²
308
Apartments
€2,608/m²
108
€13.16/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.69 to €16.19/m² a month)
6.5
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€11.18/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,280
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération des Deux Baies en Montreuillois
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Étaples records more crime per resident than 73% of compared French towns
The police record for Étaples lists 285 offenses in 2025. On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 11.9 violent offenses and 15.2 graded property crimes a year. More of the graded crimes here were criminal damage than anything else (2025).
11.9recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearCSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage108
Family violence76
Theft from vehicles32
Other physical violence31
Sexual violence25
Vehicle theft13
Drug use67
Theft without violence55
Fraud52
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.
11.9
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
15.2
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
285
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.5%
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 and burglary, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 0.5% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
History
2 historic monuments and a protected historic area since 1991
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Homes from before 1919 make up 2.6% of the total. A protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable) has covered part of the town since 1991. The protected list starts in the 18th century.
2historic monuments
Monuments by protection · Mérimée
Classé0
Inscrit2
18th c.
oldest protected part
1984
first monument protected
1991
protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable)
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Degrees are less common in Étaples than in Pas-de-Calais’ towns or across compared French towns: 16% of adults
Half of Étaples is older than 43.6, half younger. People aged 15 to 24 make up just over a tenth of the town, near Pas-de-Calais’ towns (12%) and higher than compared French towns (11%). Under 15: 17% of residents.
43.6median age
ÉtaplesPas-de-Calais medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
12%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma29%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education16%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Étaples
Is Étaples safe?
It grades C for safety, #66 of 120 in Pas-de-Calais.
Are schools in Étaples good?
They grade A+, better than 98% of compared French towns and #7 of 123 in Pas-de-Calais. 100% of 35 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent hôtelier in 2025 given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Étaples 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 €2,361/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Étaples grades C− for cost of living.
About Étaples
Commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Étaples is a commune of 10,710 people in the Communauté d'agglomération des Deux Baies en Montreuillois. 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
Population
10,710 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération des Deux Baies en Montreuillois
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.
