The everyday basics are strong; the price of a home is the catch. Its strongest is health (A+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 36% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Tassin-la-Demi-Lune ranks #51 of 107 in Rhône, with a B+ overall. On that grade it does better than 65% of compared French towns. Prices are high against local incomes (D−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 10.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · 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 Tassin-la-Demi-Lune 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 Tassin-la-Demi-Lune.
HealthHealth A+
Allowing for age and care homes, Tassin-la-Demi-Lune sees fewer deaths than Rhône’s towns or compared French towns: 64 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Tassin-la-Demi-Lune has 22 family doctors. Women in Rhône live to 87.1 on average and men to 81.9 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 1,534 residents of Tassin-la-Demi-Lune died, against 2,164 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 29% fewer.
−36%deaths against expected, after care homesA+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw71
Adjusted64
Median town88
Expected100
22
GPs in Tassin-la-Demi-Lune · 4.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
2.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Clinique de la Sauvegarde
0.7 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Clinique du Val D Ouest Vendome
87.1 · 81.9
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Rhône, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
33.1% of commuters in Tassin-la-Demi-Lune go to work without a car, more than in Rhône’s towns and compared French towns
The median disposable income was €32,750 a year per consumption unit, higher than both Rhône’s towns (€30,220) and compared French towns (€25,970). Tassin-la-Demi-Lune holds 7,100 jobs; 10,350 of its residents are in work, so 0.7 jobs each. Bus, tram or train carried nearly a quarter of working residents in Tassin-la-Demi-Lune to work at the census.
33%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving61%
Public transport24%
On foot5%
Bicycle4%
Motorbike or scooter2%
7,100
jobs based in Tassin-la-Demi-Lune, 0.7 per working resident
9.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€32,750
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A+
Walkability: better than 96% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living D−
Homes in Tassin-la-Demi-Lune cost more than in Rhône’s towns or across compared French towns, with a median sale of €4,144/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses sell for €5,338/m² in Tassin-la-Demi-Lune, apartments for €4,031/m². Advertised rents are estimated at €16.11/m² a month, higher than both Rhône’s towns (€14.83/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The sales split: 14% houses, the rest apartments.
€4,144/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Tassin-la-Demi-Lune€4,144/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Rhône median€3,666/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€5,338/m²
130
Apartments
€4,031/m²
767
€16.11/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€12.35 to €21.00/m² a month)
10.8
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€16.43/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€26,800
median annual income per consumption unit, Métropole de Lyon
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
More crime per resident in Tassin-la-Demi-Lune than in 64% of compared French towns
In 2025, 611 offenses were recorded in Tassin-la-Demi-Lune. Graded property crimes ran at 18.4 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 6.3 (2023–2025 average). Also worth knowing: among the graded crimes locally, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025).
6.3recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC+Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage188
Theft from vehicles121
Burglary79
Vehicle theft64
Family violence62
Other physical violence51
Sexual violence46
Fraud219
Drug use170
Theft without violence154
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.
6.3
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
18.4
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
611
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.2%
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, 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, 0.2% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
History
3 historic monuments, 2 classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Tassin-la-Demi-Lune is Aqueduc de la Brevenne (également sur commune d'Ecully). Its heritage reaches back to the 19th century. The town has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 2 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level. Homes from before 1919 make up 5.4% of the total, below Rhône’s towns (8.3%) and compared French towns (7.4%) alike.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Tassin-la-Demi-Lune is a graduates’ town: 53% hold a degree, more than in Rhône’s towns or compared French towns
Young adults of 15 to 24 are 12% of residents, higher than both Rhône’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). Tassin-la-Demi-Lune has a median age of 40.8. Under 15: 18% of residents.
40.8median age
Tassin-la-Demi-LuneRhône medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
12%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma11%
CAP or BEP16%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education53%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Rhône 51.5%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Rhône median and France median: the median of compared communes
Schools
94.3% of candidates passed the brevet at the 28 collèges within 5 km, at the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Ranked by results, schools here are #48 of 115 in Rhône. At the 20 general lycées, 96% of 5,041 candidates passed the bac, 1.7 points below the expected rate.
96%passed the bac (general and technological)BSchool Grade
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Tassin-la-Demi-Lune’s 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 Tassin-la-Demi-Lune
Is Tassin-la-Demi-Lune safe?
It grades C+ for safety, #58 of 107 in Rhône. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 79 burglaries and 188 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Tassin-la-Demi-Lune good?
They grade B, better than 56% of compared French towns and #48 of 115 in Rhône. 100% of 168 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Saint-Joseph in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Tassin-la-Demi-Lune expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Tassin-la-Demi-Lune grades D− for cost of living.
About Tassin-la-Demi-Lune
Commune in Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Tassin-la-Demi-Lune is a commune of 23,200 people in the Métropole de Lyon. 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.
