Some subjects shine; others lag. On health it is strong: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 25% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Add jobs & income to its strengths — 2 jobs per working resident; 8.9% unemployment. Homes sell for a median €2,355/m²: 70 m² comes to 6.4 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Clermont Auvergne Métropole. What holds it back is schools: bac results 2.8 points below the expected rate; brevet results 1.8 points below the expected rate. All told, that adds up to a B overall and a rank of #27 of 38 in Puy-de-Dôme. That leaves it better than just over three fifths of compared French towns.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · 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.
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 Cébazat 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 Cébazat.
Schools
Bac results near Cébazat run low: 87.0% passed, below Puy-de-Dôme’s towns and compared French towns
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
81.3% of candidates passed the brevet at the collèges within 5 km of Cébazat, lower than both Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (89.1%) and compared French towns (87.5%). The bac pro: 89% of 188 candidates passed at the 2 vocational lycées within 5 km. For collège, the closest is 1.5 mi away.
86%passed the bac (general and technological)DSchool Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income A−
Getting about on foot is easier in Cébazat than in 87% of compared French towns
Jobs located in Cébazat: 6,800, for 3,400 residents in work (2 each). Bus, tram or train carried 7.9% of working residents in Cébazat to work at the census. Nearly a tenth of the labour force were unemployed, close to Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (9.1%) and below compared French towns (10.1%).
14%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving82%
Public transport8%
Bicycle3%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
6,800
jobs based in Cébazat, 2 per working resident
8.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,920
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 87% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth A−
Fewer deaths than Cébazat’s ages would predict, 75 per 100 expected, under Puy-de-Dôme’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 1,079 residents of Cébazat died, against 1,136 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 5% fewer. In Puy-de-Dôme, life expectancy at birth reaches 85.6 years for women and 79.8 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. For a family doctor, residents of Cébazat can choose among 8 GPs.
−25%deaths against expected, after care homesA−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw95
Adjusted75
Median town88
Expected100
8
GPs in Cébazat · 4.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
2.9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Pole Sante Republique
3 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopital Estaing Chu Clermont Ferrand
85.6 · 79.8
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Puy-de-Dôme, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Older residents shape Cébazat: 28% are 65 or over, above Puy-de-Dôme’s towns and compared French towns
The 15-to-24 age group: 8.7%, lower than both Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (9.7%) and compared French towns (11%). Children under 15 count for 18% of the people here. Residents of Cébazat have a median age of 45.8.
45.8median age
CébazatPuy-de-Dôme medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
28%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma19%
CAP or BEP25%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education32%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Puy-de-Dôme median and France median: the median of compared communes
HousingCost of living C
For cost of living, Cébazat gets a C
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A house in Cébazat goes for €2,345/m², an apartment for €2,447/m². Behind the median of €2,355/m²: 234 houses and apartments sold locally between July 2023 and June 2026. For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €10.54/m² a month.
€2,355/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Cébazat€2,355/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Puy-de-Dôme median€2,181/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,345/m²
196
Apartments
€2,447/m²
38
€12.49/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.71 to €16.07/m² a month)
6.4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.54/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,730
median annual income per consumption unit, Clermont Auvergne Métropole
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
2 historic monuments, none of them classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
4.7% of its homes were built before 1919, lower than both Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (8.7%) and compared French towns (7.4%). Protection here reaches back to the 15th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Cébazat has less crime per resident than 52% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 161 offenses in Cébazat in 2025. Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 3.5 cases of violence against people and 17.4 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). More of the graded crimes locally were criminal damage than anything else (2025).
3.5recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage62
Family violence30
Burglary30
Vehicle theft23
Theft from vehicles9
Other physical violence7
Fraud45
Theft without violence29
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.
3.5
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
17.4
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
161
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.8%
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, 0.8% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Cébazat
Is Cébazat safe?
It grades B− for safety, #25 of 38 in Puy-de-Dôme. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 30 burglaries and 62 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Cébazat good?
They grade D, better than 11% of compared French towns and #38 of 41 in Puy-de-Dôme. 86% of 312 candidates passed the bac at Lycée général et technologique Ambroise Brugière in 2025, 5 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Cébazat 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 €2,355/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.49/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Cébazat grades C for cost of living.
About Cébazat
Commune in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Cébazat is a commune of 8,953 people in the Clermont Auvergne Métropole. 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.
