Estagel is easy to get around without a car: 98% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 10% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Jobs and pay trail most towns: 0.5 jobs per working resident; 13.5% unemployment. Health lags: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 4% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At €1,585/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 4.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté urbaine Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Estagel 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 Estagel 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 Estagel.
Work & commuteJobs & income D−
Incomes in Estagel run lower than in both Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns and compared French towns: a median €21,440 a year per consumption unit
Unemployment stood at 13.5%, lower than Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (14.7%) yet higher than compared French towns (10.1%). Public transport took 2.2% of Estagel’s working residents to work at the census.
10%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving86%
On foot6%
Public transport2%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
400
jobs based in Estagel, 0.5 per working resident
13.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€21,440
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 84% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C
Adjusted for age and care homes, Estagel sees more deaths than 71% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 251 deaths in Estagel from 2016 to 2025; there were 241, 4% fewer. After the care-home adjustment, the town’s deaths ran at 96 per 100 expected, close to Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (96) and above compared French towns (88). The nearest emergency department to Estagel is Clinique Saint Pierre, 9.9 mi away. The town has 2 family doctors.
−4%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw96
Adjusted96
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Estagel · 2.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
9.9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Clinique Saint Pierre
10.1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Saint Jean Perpignan
85.5 · 78.9
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Pyrénées-Orientales, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Few people in Estagel are 15 to 24: 8.9%, fewer than in both Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns and compared French towns
26% of residents are 65 or over. Degrees are held by 25% of adults, below both Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (27%) and compared French towns (30%). Children under 15 count for 17% of the people here.
46.8median age
EstagelPyrénées-Orientales medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
26%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma15%
CAP or BEP31%
Baccalauréat22%
Higher education25%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Orientales 52.6%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Pyrénées-Orientales median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Estagel keeps more of its old housing than Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns or compared French towns: 18% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Estagel: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments locally is Ancien cimetière wisigothique. Protection here reaches back to the 10th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HousingCost of living B
Renting in Estagel costs less than in both Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns and compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €10.13/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
129 sales of houses and apartments in Estagel, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,585/m². Houses made up 96% of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
€1,585/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Estagel€1,585/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Pyrénées-Orientales median€2,444/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,589/m²
124
€10.13/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.31 to €12.35/m² a month)
4.9
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.62/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€22,520
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté urbaine Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Estagel has more crime per resident than 51% of compared French towns
The commonest graded crime in Estagel was family violence (2025). 2025 saw 43 offenses recorded locally. Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 10.8 cases of violence against people and 10.8 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average).
10.8recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Family violence18
Criminal damage13
Burglary7
Other physical violence5
Theft without violence16
Fraud13
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.
10.8
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
10.8
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
43
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
18.7%
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, armed robbery, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, 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, 18.7% 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.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Estagel
Is Estagel safe?
It grades B− for safety. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 7 burglaries and 13 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Estagel good?
They grade C, better than 29% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Estagel expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,585/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Estagel grades B for cost of living.
About Estagel
Commune in Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie
Estagel is a commune of 2,160 people in the Communauté urbaine Perpignan Méditerranée 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.
