Walkability is its strong suit: just over three quarters of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 17% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Housing is expensive: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 20.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health is weaker too — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 7% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. 52% of homes here are second homes.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Guéthary has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Guéthary 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 Guéthary.
HousingCost of living D−
A home in Guéthary sells for €7,857/m², more than in Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns and across compared French towns
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
In Guéthary, houses go for €7,988/m² and apartments for €7,849/m². The estimated advertised rent is €15.47/m² a month, above both Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (€13.04/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). From July 2023 to June 2026, 83 homes were sold in the town.
€7,857/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Guéthary€7,857/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Pyrénées-Atlantiques median€2,784/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€7,988/m²
31
Apartments
€7,849/m²
52
€15.47/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€11.72 to €20.41/m² a month)
20.7
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€16.35/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€26,570
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération du Pays Basque
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income C+
Guéthary has higher unemployment than Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns or compared French towns: 12.2%
Guéthary holds 400 jobs; 550 of its residents are in work, so 0.8 jobs each. 17.2% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, higher than both Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (9.8%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €27,230 a year.
17%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving69%
Public transport7%
Bicycle6%
Motorbike or scooter5%
On foot4%
400
jobs based in Guéthary, 0.8 per working resident
12.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,230
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
9%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 82% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Few people in Guéthary are 15 to 24: 6.1%, fewer than in Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns and across compared French towns
People 65 and over make up nearly a third of the town, above Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (25%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Children under 15 make up 13% of residents. 47% of adults hold a degree.
51.9median age
GuétharyPyrénées-Atlantiques medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
32%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma11%
CAP or BEP20%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education47%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Atlantiques 52.5%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Pyrénées-Atlantiques median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth C+
Fewer deaths than expected in Guéthary, 93 per 100, but more than in Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns and across compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Guéthary has 2 family doctors. Women in Pyrénées-Atlantiques live to 86.4 on average and men to 81.3 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 248 residents of Guéthary died, against 197 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 26% more.
−7%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw126
Adjusted93
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Guéthary · 4.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
2.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Polyclinique Cote Basque Sud
7.7 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch Cote Basque
86.4 · 81.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Guéthary has more crime per resident than 61% of compared French towns
In all, 25 offenses reached the police record in Guéthary in 2025. Graded property crimes ran at 20.6 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 3.3 (2023–2025 average). Also worth knowing: the graded crime recorded most in the town was criminal damage (2025).
3.3recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC+Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage14
Burglary11
Armed robbery0
Theft without violence9
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.
3.3
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
20.6
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
25
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
21.1%
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 · Small counts of family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 21.1% of the index here. With more than 10% of the index estimated that way, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
History
3 historic monuments and a protected historic area since 2003
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
13% of its homes were built before 1919, above Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (5.9%) and compared French towns (7.4%) alike. Since 2003, a site patrimonial remarquable has protected part of the town. The protected list starts in the 16th century.
3historic monuments
Monuments by protection · Mérimée
Classé0
Inscrit3
16th c.
oldest protected part
1993
first monument protected
2003
protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable)
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Guéthary
Is Guéthary safe?
It grades C+ for safety. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 11 burglaries and 14 acts of criminal damage.
Is Guéthary expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Guéthary grades D− for cost of living.
About Guéthary
Commune in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Guéthary is a commune of 1,306 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Pays Basque. 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.
