Real strengths, and real weak spots. Its lowest grade is for jobs & income: 1.7 jobs per working resident; 19.5% unemployment. Safety is weaker too — an average of 14.2 recorded violent incidents and 12.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Buying 70 m² at the median €1,703/m² takes 5.4 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Conflent-Canigó. School results are strong: bac results 2 points above the expected rate; brevet results 3 points above the expected rate. The overall grade lands at B−, better than 46% of compared French towns. In the ranking it comes #10 of 43 in Pyrénées-Orientales.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment, INSEE census 2023 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · 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 Prades 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 Prades.
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
Unemployment in Prades, 19.5%, runs above Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns and compared French towns
Households’ median disposable income: €21,260 a year per consumption unit. At the census, 25.0% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, higher than both Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (9.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%).
25%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving67%
On foot17%
Bicycle4%
Public transport3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
3,250
jobs based in Prades, 1.7 per working resident
19.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€21,260
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A+
Walkability: better than 95% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Schools
90.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 3 points above the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Prades, 96.8% of lycée candidates passed the bac, above Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (94.2%) and compared French towns (92.9%) alike. Ranked by results, schools here are #6 of 46 in Pyrénées-Orientales.
99%passed the bac (general and technological)ASchool Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Older residents shape Prades: 34% are 65 or over, above Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns and compared French towns
13% of residents are children under 15. People aged 15 to 24 make up nearly a tenth of the town, near Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (9.4%) and lower than compared French towns (11%). Prades has a median age of 53.9.
53.9median age
PradesPyrénées-Orientales medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
34%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma25%
CAP or BEP24%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education26%
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 86 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Orientales 52.6%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Pyrénées-Orientales median and France median: the median of compared communes
Safety
More crime per resident in Prades than in 71% of compared French towns
In 2025, 186 offenses were recorded in Prades. Jobs outnumber working residents in Prades (3,250 to 1,850): it draws people in from around. The graded crime recorded most locally was criminal damage (2025).
14.2recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearCSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage67
Family violence40
Other physical violence29
Sexual violence29
Theft from vehicles21
Drug use74
Theft without violence56
Fraud43
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.
14.2
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
12.5
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
186
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
3.2%
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, burglary and vehicle theft, 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, 3.2% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
HealthHealth C
Prades has a higher adjusted death rate than 69% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its care home for older people (125 places) counts its residents as Prades’; allowing for it, deaths were 5% below expected. From 2016 to 2025, 1,149 residents of Prades died, against 1,089 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 6% more. At birth, a girl in Pyrénées-Orientales can expect 85.5 years and a boy 78.9 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. This Pyrénées-Orientales town has 10 family doctors.
−5%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw106
Adjusted95
Median town88
Expected100
10
GPs in Prades · 3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
0.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Clinique Saint Michel
24.7 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
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Prades: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments here is Église Saint-Pierre. The protected list starts in the 12th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HousingCost of living C+
Renting in Prades costs less than in Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns and across compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €10.53/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
275 sales of houses and apartments in Prades, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,703/m². Houses sell for €1,805/m² here, apartments for €1,538/m². House rents are put at about €9.80/m² a month.
€1,703/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Prades€1,703/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Pyrénées-Orientales median€2,444/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,805/m²
188
Apartments
€1,538/m²
87
€10.53/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.56 to €12.96/m² a month)
5.4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.80/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€21,980
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Conflent-Canigó
Alice Barnole: Salvie Scopie, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Joseph Rous: Agence de presse Meurisse, Public domain · Manuel Fourcade: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain · Bonaventure Petit: A. Vigo, Public domain
Prades’ neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Prades
Is Prades safe?
It grades C for safety, #25 of 43 in Pyrénées-Orientales.
Are schools in Prades good?
They grade A, better than 88% of compared French towns and #6 of 46 in Pyrénées-Orientales. The lycée stands out: 99% of 171 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Charles Renouvier 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 Prades expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,703/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Prades grades C+ for cost of living.
About Prades
Commune in Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie
Prades is a commune of 6,148 people in the Communauté de communes Conflent-Canigó. 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.
