Residents’ health trails most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 12% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It lags on jobs & income as well — 0.9 jobs per working resident; 18.2% unemployment. Prices are modest for what you get: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Walkability is a strength too — 63% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 13% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The overall grade comes out at C−, #62 of 120 in Pas-de-Calais. Set against the rest, it does better than a quarter of compared French towns.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · 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 Lillers 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 Lillers.
HealthHealth D
Allowing for age and care homes, deaths in Lillers run higher than in 92% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
At birth, a girl in Pas-de-Calais can expect 83.5 years and a boy 77.5 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. After the care-home adjustment, Lillers’ deaths ran at 112 per 100 expected, about level with Pas-de-Calais’ towns (115) and above compared French towns (88). France’s death rates at each age would predict 792 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 1,153, 45% more.
+12%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw145
Adjusted112
Median town88
Expected100
8
GPs in Lillers · 3.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
5.8 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Polyclinique de la Clarence
5.8 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Polyclinique de la Clarence
83.5 · 77.5
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Pas-de-Calais, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
For crime per resident, Lillers sits above 84% of compared French towns
The commonest graded crime in Lillers was criminal damage (2025). In 2025, 311 offenses were recorded locally. Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 15.4 cases of violence against people and 15.9 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average).
15.4recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage129
Family violence88
Other physical violence39
Sexual violence24
Burglary16
Vehicle theft9
Theft from vehicles6
Drug use67
Theft without violence46
Fraud42
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.
15.4
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
15.9
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
311
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.4%
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 · For armed robbery, 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, 0.4% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
HousingCost of living B+
Buying in Lillers costs less than in Pas-de-Calais’ towns and across compared French towns: the median sale is €1,167/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €10.21/m² a month, below Pas-de-Calais’ towns (€11.26/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) alike. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 335 homes in Lillers. Among the homes sold, 99% were houses.
€1,167/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Lillers€1,167/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Pas-de-Calais median€1,668/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,150/m²
330
€10.21/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.49 to €12.27/m² a month)
3.6
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.82/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€22,990
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération de Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income D
Unemployment in Lillers, 18.2%, runs above Pas-de-Calais’ towns and compared French towns
The median disposable income was €21,760 a year per consumption unit, near Pas-de-Calais’ towns (€22,665) and lower than compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 5.0% of working residents in Lillers went to work by public transport.
13%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving82%
On foot6%
Public transport5%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
3,350
jobs based in Lillers, 0.9 per working resident
18.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€21,760
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 71% of compared French towns
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Students and young workers shape Lillers: 13% are 15 to 24, above Pas-de-Calais’ towns and compared French towns
Nearly a fifth of adults hold a degree, lower than both Pas-de-Calais’ towns (22%) and compared French towns (30%). People 65 and over make up a fifth of the town. Under 15: 18% of residents.
40.8median age
LillersPas-de-Calais medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
13%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma26%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education19%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Pas-de-Calais median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
4 historic monuments in Lillers, 1 classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Lillers is Église Saint-Omer. Its oldest listed monument dates from the 12th century. Homes from before 1919 make up 7% of the total, higher than Pas-de-Calais’ towns (4.2%) yet lower than compared French towns (7.4%).
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Lillers
Is Lillers safe?
It grades C− for safety, #89 of 120 in Pas-de-Calais. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 16 burglaries and 129 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Lillers good?
They grade B+, better than 66% of compared French towns and #52 of 123 in Pas-de-Calais. The lycée stands out: 99% of 200 candidates passed the bac at Lycée général et technologique Anatole France in 2025, 2 points above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Lillers expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Lillers grades B+ for cost of living.
About Lillers
Commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Lillers is a commune of 10,193 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane. 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
10,193 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération de Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane
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.
